{"id":42150,"date":"2026-03-16T08:52:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T08:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=42150"},"modified":"2026-03-16T08:52:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T08:52:00","slug":"blackrock-leads-institutional-crypto-inflow-surge-with-600-million-bitcoin-acquisition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=42150","title":{"rendered":"BlackRock Leads Institutional Crypto Inflow Surge With $600 Million Bitcoin Acquisition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBitcoin&#8217;s volatility is picking up on the back of considerable institutional inflows over the past week, mostly led by BlackRock. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Bitcoin\u2019s price is approaching the $74,000 level amid ongoing international geopolitical tensions. The move comes on the back of increased institutional involvement, as witnessed by the net inflows into spot BTC ETFs.<\/p>\n<p>Data <a href=\"https:\/\/farside.co.uk\/btc\/\" target=\"_blank\">shows<\/a> that BlackRock has been the biggest buyer, acquiring $600.1 million worth of BTC over the past week, while Grayscale\u2019s GBTC has been the biggest seller. The world\u2019s largest asset manager is on a five-day streak, last selling on March 6th. The combined inflows total $763.4 million last week.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, ETH is also seeing positive inflows of $160.9 million for the week ending on March 13th. The biggest buyer was Fidelity\u2019s FETH ETF, while the biuggest seller was once again Grayscale.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"bitcoins-price-tests-74000\">Bitcoin\u2019s Price Tests $74,000<\/h2>\n<p>The leading cryptocurrency has consistently been making higher highs on the hourly chart since March 9th, pushing above $74,000 today and recovering by more than 13% since then.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1431529\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1431529\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/BTCUSD_2026-03-16_09-25-59-scaled.png\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1431529\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: TradingView<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As\u00a0<em>CryptoPotato\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/300-million-in-shorts-liquidated-as-btc-and-eth-rocket-to-6-week-peaks\/\">reported<\/a>, the most recent increase led to the liquidation of more than $300 million across the board as the broader market also moves forward. Ethereum\u2019s price is up 7.4% over the past 24 hours; XRP is up 5.2%; Solana is up 5.8%; and so forth.<\/p>\n<p>This has resulted in a total market capitalization of close to $2.6 trillion and an improvement in the overall sentiment. The latter, however, remains in an extreme state of fear, according to the popular Fear and Greed Crypto Index.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"the-week-ahead-in-crypto\">The Week Ahead in Crypto<\/h2>\n<p>As volatility picks up, the week ahead might bring more of it, with important economic events <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/3-things-that-could-move-crypto-markets-in-big-week-ahead\/\">scheduled<\/a> over the next few days.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"you-may-also-like\" class=\"heading-4\">You may also like:<\/h3>\n<p>First things first, February\u2019s PPI inflation report is coming out on Wednesday. It\u2019s unlikely to change the Federal Reserve\u2019s hawkish stance, but it\u2019s important to monitor nonetheless.<\/p>\n<p>Again, on Wednesday, the US Central Bank will announce its decision on interest rates. Prediction markets and CME futures predict a 99% probability of no change.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-12\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div><center><span style=\"font-size:11px; color: gray;\">SPECIAL OFFER (Exclusive)<\/span><\/center><br \/>\n<b>Binance Free $600 (CryptoPotato Exclusive): <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/binance600f\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Use this link<\/a> to register a new account and receive $600 exclusive welcome offer on Binance<\/b> (<a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/binance600d\/\">full details<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><b>LIMITED OFFER for CryptoPotato readers at Bybit: <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/pl\/bybit24\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Use this link<\/a> to register and open a $500 FREE position on any coin!<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/blackrock-leads-institutional-crypto-inflow-surge-with-600-million-bitcoin-acquisition\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Bitcoin&#8217;s volatility is picking up on the back of considerable institutional inflows over the past week, mostly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2531,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-crypto","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}