BlackRock’s Bitcoin Stash Hits 3.7% of Total Supply: Continues Adding Ethereum

BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) quietly amassed more than 3% of all Bitcoin in existence. If this isn’t enough proof of the increase in institutional demand for BTC, corporate heavyweights Strategy and Metaplanet added more to their treasuries amid sharp price swings. As of 15 August 2025, BlackRock holds over 740,000 BTC through IBIT –.. The post BlackRock’s Bitcoin Stash Hits 3.7% of Total Supply: Continues Adding Ethereum appeared first on 99Bitcoins.

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Aug 20, 2025 - 02:00

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BlackRock’s Bitcoin Stash Hits 3.7% of Total Supply: Continues Adding Ethereum

BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) quietly amassed more than 3% of all Bitcoin in existence. If this isn’t enough proof of the increase in institutional demand for BTC, corporate heavyweights Strategy and Metaplanet added more BTC ▲0.18% to their treasuries amid sharp price swings.

As of 15 August 2025, BlackRock holds over 740,000 BTC through IBIT – 3.72% of Bitcoin’s total supply. This makes BlackRock one of the largest single pools of Bitcoin exposure globally, second only to Satoshi Nakamoto’s estimated 1:1 million BTC.

Let’s talk about competitors. Fidelity’s FBTC and Grayscale’s GBTC are at $24.7 billion and $22.18 billion respectively. Meanwhile, BlackRock’s IBIT stands steady at $80 billion.