BlackRock lowered the minimum bitcoin required for direct conversion into its iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) ETF shares from $25 million to $1 million in July 2026. The firm has processed over $5 billion in direct bitcoin-to-ETF conversions, while competitor Bitwise also reduced its threshold from $100 million to $3 million.
Mubadala Investment Company and Abu Dhabi Investment Council collectively hold approximately $764 million worth of BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF, maintaining their positions through Q2 despite Bitcoin's 47% decline.
U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds attracted $853.54 million in net inflows during the week ending August 7, 2026, marking their best weekly performance since mid-April. BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) dominated with approximately $693 million of the total inflows.
Morgan Stanley priced its proposed spot Bitcoin ETF (MSBT) at 14 basis points, undercutting all existing competitors and potentially launching in early April. Bloomberg analysts called it a 'big move' that could drive significant inflows given the bank's 16,000 financial advisors managing $6.2 trillion in client assets.
