BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF to Surpass Satoshi’s Wallet in 2025? Analysts Weigh In!

Jakarta, Pintu News – The ETF market has witnessed tremendous dominance from the BlackRock Bitcoin ETF, with inflows reaching $287.5 million just on Tuesday. Since its launch in January 2024, the ETF has raised more than $46 billion.

Bloomberg Senior ETF Analyst Eric Balchunas predicts that the asset manager will surpass the amount of Bitcoin (BTC) owned by Bitcoin (BTC) creator Satoshi Nakamoto by the summer of next year. If the price of Bitcoin (BTC) rises to $150,000, this milestone could happen even sooner.

Check out the full analysis below!

BlackRock Approaches Satoshi Nakamoto’s Position

Eric Balchunas highlights that BlackRock is currently the second-largest Bitcoin (BTC) holder in the world, trailing only the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto. If the BlackRock Bitcoin ETF continues to accumulate Bitcoin (BTC) at this pace, they could become the largest Bitcoin (BTC) holder by the summer of next year.

Balchunas suggests that if the price of Bitcoin (BTC) reaches $150,000 in the coming months, it could trigger a “feeding frenzy” among financial advisors. With the recent large inflow of Bitcoin ETFs, BlackRock managed to unseat Binance from the second spot.

Balchunas added, “And yes, this list is debatable given the role of depositories like Coinbase, we get it, the bigger point to be made here is HOW FAST BLACKROCK USES BTC, or rather their investors as their holdings represent millions of people”.

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BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF is Unstoppable

With record fund inflows over 24 of the last 25 trading sessions, the BlackRock Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) has independently increased the ETF’s fund inflows over the last month.

Data from Thomas Fahrer shows that IBIT raised a total of 2,705 BTC worth $287.5 million, which is ten times that of its closest competitor, the Fidelity FBTC ETF, which only saw an inflow of $23 million.

With this, BlackRock’s IBIT has reached another milestone by crossing $46 billion in fund inflows since its inception. As a result, iShares Bitcoin Trust’s total holdings have now jumped to 639,000 BTC.

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Bitcoin Price Strengthening

Bitcoin (BTC) price is also showing strength, with another 1.2% gain today and surging past $107,000. Market experts believe that if this momentum continues, we could see new record highs by the end of this week.

Some of the largest IBIT shareholders in the market include financial giants such as Goldman Sachs. In a recent development, $1 trillion asset manager Blackstone declared a stake of 23,094 shares in the BlackRock Bitcoin ETF as of March 31, according to the latest disclosure.

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Reference

• Coingape. BlackRock Bitcoin ETF to Overtake Satoshi Nakamoto BTC Holdings Next Summer. Accessed on May 22, 2025
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