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BlackRock buys $545.6M in Bitcoin, sells $253.9M in Ether over four days

  • —IBIT purchased $545.57 million in BTC over four trading days, net assets at $9.62 billion
  • —ETHA divested $253.87 million in ETH, with $201.89 million leaving on October 6
  • —ETHA holds 3,656,389.78 ETH, worth more than $9.8 billion
  • —BTC rose 1.13% to $83,960 while ETH fell 3% to $2,597
Why it matters: Diverging flows at the largest ETF issuer signal institutional demand rotating from Ether toward Bitcoin.
Source: Finbold