
April 18th, 2025
Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds have seen steady trading volumes in April after reaching a peak in early March, maintaining solid activity around $215 billion.
GBTC’s decline coincides with a recent downturn in the crypto market, resulting in Bitcoin price falling drastically.
Grayscale CEO is confident of more investors adopting Bitcoin ETF especially after the US SEC approves Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust with lower sponsor fees.
While outflows have decreased from the substantial $600 million observed in March, GBTC continues to face net redemptions.
According to the Ripple CEO, Bitcoin ETF market and the network’s upcoming halving will spike the crypto market by 100% this year.
While the Bitcoin investment products registered strong inflows, the Ethereum products registered their fourht consecutive week of outflows.
The Bitcoin ETF market continues to see new competitors. Hashdex, a crypto asset management firm, announced its futures fund’s transformation into a spot product.
Grayscale’s BTC holding was down to 361.79K, from 624.28K Bitcoins it held by January 11, before ETF conversion.
Despite the strong outflows from Bitcoin ETFs, Bitcoin price bounced back above $67,000 following the dovish stand by the Fed. Analysts remain hopeful before the Bitcoin halving next month.
Grayscale’s GBTC cash outflow is expected to continue in the coming weeks despite the recent move to save its clients.
Grayscale’s Sonnenshein justified high fees due to GBTC’s liquidity and track record. He explained that other ETFs may offer lower fees because they lack a proven track record, and issuers are enticing investors with fee incentives.
Butterfill stated that since the launch of spot Bitcoin ETFs in the US, the average daily demand for Bitcoin has increased to 4500 on trading days, while only approximately 921 new Bitcoin are produced each day.
Fortunately for VanEck, its decision to crash management fees to 0% until next year attracted record inflow for the company.
Although Grayscale has not revealed the specific details of the fee structure for the new fund, analysts expect it to be significantly lower than GBTC’s current fee.
Despite a recent fee reduction, VanEck will begin a complete fee waiver from today until next year if HODL does not hit $1.5 billion in AUM.