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This can be a big feat for BTC, given the corporate manages greater than 1,400 exchange-traded funds globally and is the world’s largest asset supervisor with over $13.4 trillion in property below administration.
Talking on the Blockchain Convention 2025 in São Paulo, Castro known as their development “an enormous shock” and stated that allocations in BlackRock’s Bitcoin funds, together with the U.S.-based iShares Bitcoin Belief (IBIT) and Brazil’s IBIT39, had surged to $100 billion this yr.
IBIT, which started buying and selling in January of final yr alongside roughly a dozen Bitcoin ETFs, presently has round $70.73 billion in property below administration, in keeping with information supply SoSoValue, making it by far the preferred exchange-traded fund to trace the BTC worth.
“Once we launched, we had been optimistic,” Castro stated, “however we didn’t anticipate this scale.”
 
IBIT’s internet inflows surpassed $52 billion in its first yr, far outshining all different ETFs that debuted over the previous decade. The Bitcoin fund can also be estimated to have generated roughly $245 million in annual charges by October 2025.
A wave of institutional demand following the U.S. regulatory approval of spot BTC funds has largely pushed IBIT’s sturdy development. BlackRock now owns round 3.9% of Bitcoin’s 21 million provide.
BlackRock IBIT’s Document Exodus In November Is “Completely Regular”
Castro’s remarks come on the heels of a rollercoaster month for BlackRock’s US-listed IBIT, which witnessed a staggering $2.34 billion in withdrawals this November. The most important capital exits occurred mid-month, with the fund shedding roughly $463 million on Nov. 14 and round $523 million exiting on Nov. 18 — extending their outflow streak.
In keeping with Castro, such brutal outflows are anticipated given how retail traders react to cost drawdowns.
“ETFs are very liquid and highly effective devices,” Castro reportedly informed native media on the Blockchain Convention. “They exist to let individuals allocate capital and handle money stream. What we’ve been seeing is completely regular; any asset that begins to expertise compression often has this impact, particularly in an instrument that’s closely managed by retail traders.”
Bitcoin has retreated sharply from its October $126,080 all-time excessive, buying and selling round $91,331 at press time and testing the conviction of newer ETF entrants who bought close to the highs.
