Spot Bitcoin ETFs in the United States have started 2025 with remarkable momentum, attracting significant capital inflows and benefiting from the price surge near its all-time high.
Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas highlighted the strong performance of these funds, which are gaining attention in the early weeks of the year.
Record Net Inflows and Asset Growth for Spot Bitcoin ETFs
On X on, Eric Balchunas noted that as of that date US spot Bitcoin ETFs like BlackRock’s IBIT, Fidelity’s FBTC, and Ark/21 Shares’ ARKB have gathered over $4.2 billion in net inflows this year.
These flows account for about 6% of total ETF flows in 2025 indicating high level of investors’ interest.

Among BlackRock’s corporate money funds, the IBIT posted net inflows of more than $2.3 billion, while Fidelity’s FBTC attracted $1.1 billion.
These U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs, which started trading in late 2023, have attracted more than $40 billion in net assets up to the present, with total AUM exceeding $121 billion.
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Spot Bitcoin ETFs Outpace ESG and Gold ETFs
The growth of U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs has been even more aggressive than other significant categories of ETFs, such as ESG funds.
Highly performing ESG ETFs such as Vanguard ESG U.S. Stock ETF and iShares Global Clean Energy ETF hold total assets under management of approximately $117 billion.
Eric Balchunas pointed out that Bitcoin ETFs now have net assets on par with gold ETFs, which speaks to their market leadership.
They have returned around 127% year to date, making them the preferred investment vehicle for those interested in crypto.
There has only been a moderate amount of inflows into the Ethereum (ETH) ETFs which stand at $130 million in the year.
At the same time, there are new applications for the trading of new altcoins such as Solana, XRP, Litecoin, TRUMP, and Dogecoin but the analysts believe they do not present a threat to Bitcoin ETFs.
Balchunas added that “BTC is on another level and will utterly dominate this category.” This means that competitors in this category such as the altcoin ETF are likely to get only a smaller pieces of the pie.

BTC Nears All-Time High as Optimistic Projections Surface
At press time, the leading crypto was trading at a price of $106,000 which is less than the previous high of $109,356.
As per the experts the prices of Bitcoin are likely to go even higher by the end of the year.
Institutional market forecasts from countries like Standard Chartered have predicted a price rise as high as $200,000 in 2025 because of the increase in institutional spot Bitcoin ETF investment.
VanEck also submitted its estimations seeing the Bitcoin price rise to $180,000 in Q1 2025 and then follow several pullbacks and potential rallies in the same year.
Positive Trends in 2025
The spot Bitcoin ETFs have been receiving steady inflows with $188 million being added on 23 January which means that it has been six consecutive days of inflows.
In the month, daily capital inflows reached $1 billion on January 17 and $805 million on January 21.
The early year momentum of both Bitcoin and spot Bitcoin ETFs has set the stage for these funds to continue their rise in 2025.
This is because other institutions will continue to take an interest in the space, as investors are offered more exposure through these ETFs and bullish price action is expected to continue.