{"id":76235,"date":"2024-03-31T09:01:20","date_gmt":"2024-03-31T09:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=76235"},"modified":"2024-03-31T09:01:20","modified_gmt":"2024-03-31T09:01:20","slug":"blackrock-spot-bitcoin-etfs-holdings-soar-past-252k-btc-ceo-says-hes-pleasantly-surprised-by-retail-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=76235","title":{"rendered":"Blackrock Spot Bitcoin ETF\u2019s Holdings Soar Past 252K BTC \u2014 CEO Says He\u2019s \u2018Pleasantly Surprised\u2019 by Retail Demand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/blackrock-bitcoins-fink-768x432.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Blackrock Spot Bitcoin ETF's Holdings Soar Past 252 BTC \u2014 CEO Says He's 'Pleasantly Surprised' by Retail Demand\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/blackrock-bitcoins-fink-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/blackrock-bitcoins-fink-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/blackrock-bitcoins-fink-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/blackrock-bitcoins-fink-190x107.jpg 190w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/blackrock-bitcoins-fink-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/blackrock-bitcoins-fink-760x428.jpg 760w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/blackrock-bitcoins-fink.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\">Blackrock\u2019s spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), the Ishares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), has significantly increased its bitcoin holdings, which have now surpassed 252,011 BTC, representing an approximate notional value of $18 billion. This substantial increase reflects a stronger-than-anticipated influx of retail investor demand, exceeding even the CEO\u2019s initial expectations. Blackrock CEO Larry Fink: \u2018I\u2019m Pleasantly Surprised\u2019 [\u2026]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blackrock\u2019s spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), the Ishares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), has significantly increased its bitcoin holdings, which have now surpassed 252,011 BTC, representing an approximate notional value of $18 billion. This substantial increase reflects a stronger-than-anticipated influx of retail investor demand, exceeding even the CEO\u2019s initial expectations. Blackrock CEO Larry Fink: \u2018I\u2019m Pleasantly Surprised\u2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76236,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[309],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/76236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}