BlackRock’s flagship spot Bitcoin ETF clawed back a year of redemptions in a single week, and the round trip says a lot about how institutions are trading crypto right now
BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) spent much of 2026 bleeding money. Then, in a single week, it took enough back to push its year-to-date flows above zero again.
A year in the red, undone in a week
A recent stretch shows how quickly sentiment can sour. From late October to mid-November 2026, IBIT recorded net outflows of roughly $2.1 billion to $2.35 billion. That window included an 11-day run of consecutive outflow days that ended around November 13.
Even after that drain, IBIT still showed approximately $2.45 billion in net inflows for…






