{"id":9226,"date":"2024-11-07T09:55:26","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T16:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/?p=9226"},"modified":"2024-11-07T09:56:53","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T16:56:53","slug":"blackrock-bitcoin-etf-sees-biggest-volume-day-ever-with-4-1b-traded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2024\/11\/07\/blackrock-bitcoin-etf-sees-biggest-volume-day-ever-with-4-1b-traded\/","title":{"rendered":"BlackRock Bitcoin ETF sees \u2018biggest volume day ever\u2019 with $4.1B traded"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>And <a href=\"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2022\/11\/09\/the-case-for-the-only-cryptocurrency-of-value-bitcoin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bitcoin<\/a> hit a new all time high of $76,500 yesterday, and currently $75,755. I still see these banker funds as a way to manipulate price and wreck investors trying to use leverage, but when the OCGFC funds are running them, they see value there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/blackrock-bitcoin-etf-sees-biggest-volume-day-ever-4-1-billion-traded\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/blackrock-bitcoin-etf-sees-biggest-volume-day-ever-4-1-billion-traded<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub_divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_a0094dd4-4ecf-475d-8143-81be57e1070d\"><div class=\"ub_divider_wrapper\" style=\"position: relative; margin-bottom: 2px; width: 100%; height: 2px; \" data-divider-alignment=\"center\"><div class=\"ub_divider_line\" style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 2px; \"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">BlackRock Bitcoin ETF saw its largest day of trading activity following Donald Trump\u2019s reelection as the president of the United States.&nbsp;<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=90,width=1434\/https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2024-11\/019303e1-ebae-7c86-9553-107c070d3ec7\" alt=\"BlackRock Bitcoin ETF sees \u2018biggest volume day ever\u2019 with $4.1B traded\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>BlackRock\u2019s Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) witnessed a record trading day after Donald Trump\u2019s victory in the United States presidential election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a Nov. 6 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EricBalchunas\/status\/1854281747082477696\">post<\/a> to X, Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas shared that the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) witnessed its \u201cbiggest volume day ever\u201d with over $4.1 billion in daily trading volume on Nov. 6.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor context that\u2019s more volume than stocks like Berkshire, Netflix, or Visa saw today. It was also up 10%, its second-best day since launching, \u201c he added.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2024-11\/01930421-1894-779e-8187-afa95e51edc1\" alt=\"United States, Donald Trump, Bitcoin ETF, BlackRock, ETF, US Elections 2024\" title=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Source: <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EricBalchunas\/status\/1854281747082477696\"><em>Eric Balchunas<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The other Bitcoin <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/bitcoin-price\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BTC $75,779<\/a> ETFs also had one of their best days since \u201cthe crazy early days\u201d in January, with most of the funds doing two times their average volume, according to a follow-up <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EricBalchunas\/status\/1854282107818021162\">post<\/a> from Balchunas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IBIT\u2019s record trading day came amid a flurry of bullish signals for Bitcoin, with the asset notching a new all-time high of $76,500 on Nov. 6, less than one day after crypto-friendly Trump\u2019s election as the next president of the US.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The price of Bitcoin had since retraced slightly to $75,267 at the time of publication, according to TradingView <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/BTCUSD\/?exchange=COINBASE\">data<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2024-11\/01930421-79e9-75c2-9208-cc7f2f2b70f1\" alt=\"United States, Donald Trump, Bitcoin ETF, BlackRock, ETF, US Elections 2024\" title=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br><em>Bitcoin notched a new all-time high of $76,500 on Nov. 6. Source: TradingView<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Bitcoin has dominated the ETF landscape this year, accounting for six of the top 10 most successful launches in 2024, ETF Store president Nate Geraci said in an X <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NateGeraci\/status\/1849108095198220501\">post<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Analysts also said that Trump and the sweeping pro-crypto policies he\u2019s promised may be a boon for assets beyond Bitcoin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Already in 2024, asset managers have flocked to submit a swathe of regulatory filings to list <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/canary-capital-files-spot-solana-etf\">ETFs holding altcoins<\/a>, including Solana, XRP and Litecoin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Issuers are also waiting on approval for several planned crypto index ETFs designed to hold diverse baskets of tokens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Oct. 25, Balchunas described the filings for crypto index ETFs as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/sol-xrp-etf-filings-call-options-trump-win\">call options on a Trump victory<\/a>\u201d in the US presidential race.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, several analysts and traders have predicted that Bitcoin\u2019s price will keep rising now that Trump \u2014 a pro-crypto Republican \u2014 is set to take office.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fadi Aboualfa, head of research at Copper.co told Cointelegraph <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/blackrock-bitcoin-etf-sees-1-b-in-volume-in-first-minutes-of-post-election-trading\">that a $100,000 target price<\/a> for Bitcoin is \u201cquite possible\u201d by Jan. 20, the day Trump is to be inaugurated.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And Bitcoin hit a new all time high of $76,500 yesterday, and currently $75,755. I still see these banker funds as a way to manipulate price and wreck investors trying to use leverage, but when the OCGFC funds are running them, they see value there. https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/blackrock-bitcoin-etf-sees-biggest-volume-day-ever-4-1-billion-traded BlackRock Bitcoin ETF saw its largest day of trading [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jason","author_link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/author\/jturning\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9226"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9229,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9226\/revisions\/9229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}