- Grayscale GBTC generated extra annual revenues than all different U.S. spot BTC ETFs mixed.
- Nonetheless, GBTC’s BTC has dropped about 70% since its ETF conversion in January 2024.
Regardless of being the costliest, Grayscale Bitcoin [BTC] Belief ETF (GBTC) has outpaced the entire income collected by the remainder of the U.S. spot BTC ETFs.
In an X (previously Twitter) submit, Nate Geraci of ETF Retailer highlighted that GBTC had an implied income of $268 million, in comparison with $211 million from mixed collections by the opposite 11 merchandise.
“Practically 16 months after spot BTC ETFs launched, GBTC nonetheless making extra $$$ than all the different ETFs mixed…And it’s not even shut.”
Supply: X
What’s behind GBTC’s dominance?
After the debut in January 2024, Grayscale’s GBTC noticed the heaviest outflows on what analysts linked to investor flight to cheaper options like BlackRock’s iShares BTC ETF.
Supply: Coinglass
Earlier than the debut, GBTC held about 619,000 BTC. Sixteen months later, the GBTC’s holdings dropped to 191,000 BTC, a virtually 70% decline in belongings underneath administration (AUM).
As proven by Geraci’s information, GBTC charged the very best charges of 1.5% whereas the remainder of the merchandise had a mean price of 0.15%-0.94%. But GBTC dominated the general annual income.
In response to Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas, GBTC’s 1.5% price was considered common within the conventional ETF market.
Nonetheless, different analysts identified that the majority traders had been captured in GBTC because of the heavy tax implications of switching to a less expensive various. Daniel Sempere, a enterprise coach, stated,
“Paying the capital beneficial properties to change out of GBTC is extra painful than paying the additional charges, I assume.”
Merely put, the excessive charges and captive tax implications boosted GBTC earnings. Nonetheless, can the anticipated approval of in-kind redemption for ETFs have an effect on GBTC’s moat?
In response to specialists, in-kind redemption, utilizing BTC as an alternative of money, would decrease the tax burden, particularly for giant traders. Regardless of in-kind redemption being tax-efficient, particular person traders sitting on large unrealized beneficial properties will nonetheless face capital beneficial properties tax.
That stated, GBTC ranked third on the AUM entrance with $17.8 billion. The BlackRock iShares BTC ETF topped the AUM listing with $54.8 billion, adopted by Constancy’s FBTC at $18 billion.
After the droop in Q1 2025, the spot BTC ETFs noticed renewed demand in April, with a whopping $3 billion in inflows.
This boosted BTC’s restoration to $94k, up 26% from the 12 months’s low of $74.5k. Within the brief time period, the $92K vary low assist and $100K overhead mid-range resistance had been key ranges to look at.
Supply: BTC/USDT, TradingView
