Spot Bitcoin ETFs have drawn massive flows since their U.S. debut in January 2024. Collectively, they garnered roughly $35–36 billion in net inflows in 2024.
The pace has slowed in 2025 (about $4.0 billion by April 30, 2025), but rebounded with more than $5 billion added in May alone.
BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) and others have seen sustained inflows (a 30‑day no‑outflows streak in mid-May).
By contrast, flows into gold’s flagship ETF (SPDR Gold Shares, GLD) have been muted. GLD’s holdings recently ticked up to 904.38 tonnes by late Feb. 2025 (reflecting early 2025 demand), but flipped to modest outflows thereafter.
In the week to May 23, for example, GLD shed about 3.2 tonnes ($200 million) of bullion even as Bitcoin funds absorbed $1.2 billion.
Ballooning Bitcoin ETF Flows, Lagging Gold Inflows
Through 2024, the new Bitcoin ETFs raced out of the gate. U.S. filings show roughly $11.8 billion had flowed in by April 30, 2024 (the fir
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