Bitcoin (BTC) just shattered records, surging past $123,000 early Monday, continuing the march to $140,000 levels indicated ...

IBIT has already been “proven” and is trusted by many. However, IBIT does have an expense ratio, while FBTC currently does not. That’s only temporary, though, while FBTC gets off its feet.

The IBIT itself also sits on the top 100 list by AUM. That’s something to consider when you have more than 3,000 total ETFs in the market and only about 35 Bitcoin ETFs.

BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF, IBIT, has become the firm’s most profitable product in its asset category by fee revenue, generating $186 million annually — $3 million more than its S&P 500 ETF, IVV.

With IBIT being an ETF, investors can purchase the fund and gain exposure to Bitcoin at virtually no pricing differences, except for a 0.25% expense ratio. IBIT Investment Page ...

The launch of U.S. bitcoin exchange-traded funds on Jan. 11, 2024, has become one of the year's most significant financial events. These ETFs, including the BlackRock iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT ...

The IBIT prospectus says Coinbase carries a TOTAL insurance, for all clients and activities, of $320Million (a pittance) and that if the ETF's Bitcoin gets hacked/lost/stolen, there is basically ...

Yet IBIT's holdings are small compared to the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), which has 400,165 bitcoins, according to its website, although GBTC has suffered more than $10 billion in outflows.