BlackRock's ETF receives $5 billion in BTC through direct conversion
A drastic drop from $25 million to $1 million, and a BlackRock that discreetly channels more than $5 billion worth of bitcoin into ETF holdings. You’ll see that the reason cited by the Wall Street giant has nothing to do with taxation.
BlackRock goes from $25 million to $1 million for the direct BTC → ETF conversion.
The Coldcard wallet hack pushes holders to prefer institutional custody over self-custody.
Through Securitize, Wormhole, and RLUSD, BlackRock discreetly builds bridges into the XRP ecosystem.
BlackRock removes the obstacles to bitcoin
In July 2026, BlackRock reduced the threshold for direct bitcoin-to-ETF conversions in its IBIT fund. It went from $25 million to $1 million, with more than $5 billion already processed via this mechanism. According to Robbie Mitchnick of BlackRock, this growth will continue to increase because access keeps expanding.
The psychological aspect plays a big role in this phenomenon, because what drives whales to hand over their private keys to an ETF is not tax optimization, but fear. After the recent Coldcard Bitcoin wallet hack, holding BTC yourself becomes a physical risk. And BlackRock isn’t alone in this dynamic:
Bitwise’s threshold went from $100 million to $50 million, then to $3 million;
21Shares, for its part, averages around $5 million;
Morgan Stanley estimates these conversions at 5–7% of the assets in its bitcoin ETF.
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A drastic drop from $25 million to $1 million, and a BlackRock that discreetly channels more than $5 billion worth of bitcoin into ETF holdings. You’ll see that the reason cited by the Wall Street giant has nothing to do with taxation.
BlackRock goes from $25 million to $1 million for the direct BTC → ETF conversion.
The Coldcard wallet hack pushes holders to prefer institutional custody over self-custody.
Through Securitize, Wormhole, and RLUSD, BlackRock discreetly builds bridges into the XRP ecosystem.
BlackRock removes the obstacles to bitcoin
In July 2026, BlackRock reduced the threshold for direct bitcoin-to-ETF conversions in its IBIT fund. It went from $25 million to $1 million, with more than $5 billion already processed via this mechanism. According to Robbie Mitchnick of BlackRock, this growth will continue to increase because access keeps expanding.
The psychological aspect plays a big role in this phenomenon, because what drives whales to hand over their private keys to an ETF is not tax optimization, but fear. After the recent Coldcard Bitcoin wallet hack, holding BTC yourself becomes a physical risk. And BlackRock isn’t alone in this dynamic:
Bitwise’s threshold went from $100 million to $50 million, then to $3 million;
21Shares, for its part, averages around $5 million;
Morgan Stanley estimates these conversions at 5–7% of the assets in its bitcoin ETF.
$ETFT.ETF
$BLUR
$ROCK.US
#BlackRock
