Bitcoin Drop Linked To Hidden $1.3 Billion ETF Trade, Analyst Reveals
Eight straight days. That is how long US spot Bitcoin ETFs have been bleeding money, with more than $2 billion in net outflows recorded since May 14 — and Tuesday’s session added another ugly chapter to that streak. Related Reading: HYPE Price Breakout Ignites Rally Talk Toward $170 Target A Sell Order Like No Other A single trader sold over 29 million shares of BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF on Tuesday through a dark pool, a private trading platform used by institutions to quietly execute large orders away from public markets. The transaction, valued at $1.3 billion, was executed at $43.16 per share at 2:30 pm UTC. Alex Thorn, head of firmwide research at Galaxy Digital, said it was the biggest dark pool trade in the fund he had ever seen. Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas added more weight to that claim, pointing out that the sell order was more than 22 times larger than the second-biggest IBIT sell order recorded on the same day. The identity of the trader has not been dis