{"id":552765,"date":"2026-08-07T04:50:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T03:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=552765"},"modified":"2026-08-07T09:34:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T08:34:52","slug":"blackrocks-crypto-etfs-shed-3-5-billion-as-last-years-creation-boom-turns-into-redemptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/blackrocks-crypto-etfs-shed-3-5-billion-as-last-years-creation-boom-turns-into-redemptions\/","title":{"rendered":"SEC filings show a $17.4 billion BlackRock crypto reversal as mystery investors redeem 106,000 BTC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BlackRock\u2019s spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs recorded a combined $3.5 billion net decrease from capital-share transactions in the second quarter, reversing a $13.9 billion increase a year earlier, according to new SEC filings.<\/p>\n<p>The $17.4 billion year-over-year swing measures trust-level share creation and redemption activity.<\/p>\n<p>The Aug. 6 filings for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1980994\/000143774926026004\/bit20260630c_10q.htm\">iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT)<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/2000638\/000143774926026000\/etha20260630c_10q.htm\">iShares Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHA)<\/a> use the capital-share line for contributions tied to issued shares less distributions tied to redeemed shares. It is separate from price-driven changes in the trusts\u2019 net assets and investors\u2019 individual profits or losses.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/products\/ishares-bitcoin-trust\/\">IBIT<\/a> recorded $4.3 billion of contributions for shares issued and $7.2 billion of distributions for shares redeemed during the three months ended June 30. The difference produced a $2.9 billion net decrease.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/products\/ishares-ethereum-trust-etf\/\">ETHA<\/a> recorded $943.3 million in contributions and $1.5 billion in distributions, resulting in a $583.4 million decrease.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1980994\/000143774925024884\/bit20250630_10q.htm\">2025 IBIT filing<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/2000638\/000143774925024883\/iset20250630_10q.htm\">2025 ETHA filing<\/a> show the combined $13.9 billion prior-year increase, creating a $3.5 billion decrease against this year.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"cs-article-embed\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/blackrocks-ibit-accounted-for-90-of-a-225-million-bitcoin-etf-reversal-after-a-seven-day-buying-streak\/\" class=\"cs-article-embed__link\">\n        <div class=\"cs-article-embed__body\">\n            <span class=\"cs-article-embed__related-reading\">Related Reading<\/span>\n            <h3 class=\"cs-article-embed__title\">BlackRock\u2019s IBIT accounted for 90% of a $225 million Bitcoin ETF reversal after a seven-day buying streak<\/h3>\n        <\/div>\n        <span class=\"cs-article-embed__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <i class=\"fa-light fa-arrow-up-right\"><\/i>\n        <\/span>\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>IBIT\u2019s operations reduced net assets by over $7 billion during the second quarter, while ETHA\u2019s reduced them by $1.5 billion. Those totals include net realized losses and unrealized depreciation at the trust level.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_552794\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-552794\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/exec-c405032c-f03a-487f-b08d-b71a3bac05d4.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-552794\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/exec-c405032c-f03a-487f-b08d-b71a3bac05d4.png\" alt=\"Infographic comparing BlackRock IBIT and ETHA capital-share transactions: a combined $13.912 billion net increase in Q2 2025 versus a $3.534 billion net decrease in Q2 2026, a $17.446 billion deterioration.\" width=\"720\" height=\"1126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/exec-c405032c-f03a-487f-b08d-b71a3bac05d4.png 1003w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/exec-c405032c-f03a-487f-b08d-b71a3bac05d4-192x300.png 192w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/exec-c405032c-f03a-487f-b08d-b71a3bac05d4-655x1024.png 655w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/exec-c405032c-f03a-487f-b08d-b71a3bac05d4-768x1201.png 768w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/exec-c405032c-f03a-487f-b08d-b71a3bac05d4-983x1536.png 983w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-552794\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BlackRock\u2019s IBIT and ETHA shifted from a $13.9 billion capital-share increase in Q2 2025 to a $3.5 billion decrease in Q2 2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The activity tables placed 106,148 BTC and 770,839 ETH in rows labeled as assets sold for share redemptions. The footnotes say those rows include in-kind distributions valued at $3.85 billion of <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/bitcoin\/\">Bitcoin<\/a> and $904 million of <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/ethereum\/\">Ethereum<\/a>, without disclosing the unit-level split.<\/p>\n<p>The full token quantities cannot be treated as wholly open-market sales, and the filings do not identify who initiated the underlying share redemptions.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"cs-article-embed\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/ethereum-just-outpaced-bitcoin-with-365-million-in-etf-inflows-but-on-chain-data-shows-the-real-bottom-isnt-in-yet\/\" class=\"cs-article-embed__link\">\n        <div class=\"cs-article-embed__body\">\n            <span class=\"cs-article-embed__related-reading\">Related Reading<\/span>\n            <h3 class=\"cs-article-embed__title\">Ethereum just outpaced Bitcoin with $365 million in ETF inflows, but on-chain data shows the real bottom isn't in yet<\/h3>\n        <\/div>\n        <span class=\"cs-article-embed__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <i class=\"fa-light fa-arrow-up-right\"><\/i>\n        <\/span>\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>Three August sessions offer a limited counterweight<\/h2>\n<p>As of Aug. 6, <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/farside-investors\/\">Farside Investors\u2019<\/a> latest completed Bitcoin ETF row showed <a href=\"https:\/\/farside.co.uk\/btc\/\">a $196.8 million IBIT inflow<\/a> on Aug. 5, while its <a href=\"https:\/\/farside.co.uk\/eth\/\">Ethereum ETF table<\/a> showed $50.3 million for ETHA. Across Aug. 3-5, IBIT captured $478.5 million in inflows, and ETHA drew $83.8 million.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"cs-article-embed\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/after-suffering-a-brutal-265-million-mass-exit-seven-different-bitcoin-etfs-simultaneously-roar-back-to-life\/\" class=\"cs-article-embed__link\">\n        <div class=\"cs-article-embed__body\">\n            <span class=\"cs-article-embed__related-reading\">Related Reading<\/span>\n            <h3 class=\"cs-article-embed__title\">After suffering a brutal $265 million mass exit, seven different Bitcoin ETFs simultaneously roar back to life<\/h3>\n        <\/div>\n        <span class=\"cs-article-embed__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <i class=\"fa-light fa-arrow-up-right\"><\/i>\n        <\/span>\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>As a nominal scale marker only, $562.3 million equals 15.9% of $3.5 billion. If August sustains the same $187.4 million combined daily average, it would take about 19 trading sessions <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/blackrock\/\">for BlackRock funds<\/a> to accumulate a similar amount.<\/p>\n<p>That shows why persistence over weeks is the more meaningful test.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IBIT and ETHA moved from a $13.91 billion Q2 increase to a $3.53 billion decrease, while three positive August sessions remain inconclusive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1264,"featured_media":552888,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77952,78665,77968,35372],"tags":[81073,77954,76769,76128,76890,72190],"post_folder":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.9 (Yoast SEO v21.9.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>SEC filings show a $17.4 billion BlackRock 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