BlackRock’s IBIT Bitcoin ETF Hits Rock Bottom with a Huge $523 Million Cash Exit
- BlackRock’s IBIT fund experienced its biggest single-day money pullout ever.
- This signals growing worries among big investors in the crypto world.
Investors took $523.2 million out of BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) on November 18, 2025. This broke the old record of about $463 million that was set only a few days before. It was part of a bigger trend in which U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs lost a total of $372.8 million that day.
IBIT has grown quickly since it started, and BlackRock is the world’s largest asset manager. But lately, money has been leaving in large amounts, totaling more than $1.26 billion this month alone. That’s a big change from the money that used to come in and raise Bitcoin prices.
Experts say that there are more general worries about the economy. Investors get nervous when interest rates go up and the stock market goes down. They take money out of risky assets like Bitcoin and put it in safer places.
“This retreat shows that institutions are changing their risk appetite,” said one analyst. Ethereum ETFs lost $74.2 million, and BlackRock’s fund was the biggest loser.
After the news, the price of Bitcoin fell a little and stayed around $90,000. But it’s done better than expected, only going down a little from recent highs. Other ETFs, such as Fidelity’s FBTC and Ark’s ARKB, saw smaller outflows or even inflows. This shows that not all funds are doing badly in the same way.
