BlackRock made waves, unloading over $500 million worth of Bitcoin in a single day on November 18, continuing a bearish streak that’s now dragged on for five days straight.
The sell-off equated to about 5,600 Bitcoin slipping out of BlackRock’s holdings, marking the largest single-day reduction since the launch of its Bitcoin-related funds.
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BlackRock still holds $72 billion Bitcoin
This massive outflow pushed BlackRock’s weekly Bitcoin ETF withdrawals to $1.42 billion, according to the HeyApollo ETF tracker.
bad news guys
BLACKROCK JUST SOLD MORE $BTC THAN EVER BEFORE
They dumped $523M BTC, the highest daily outflow IBIT has ever seen. pic.twitter.com/3KDwRJbg1U
— Arkham (@arkham) November 19, 2025
Despite this, analysts shared that BlackRock still holds Bitcoin net assets valued at nearly $72 billion, which represents roughly 3.9% of Bitcoin’s total circulating supply.
But BlackRock isn’t the lone elephant stomping through the market.
Over the past week, Bitcoin ETFs collectively dumped 3,926 BTC, about $363 million, and on a monthly scale, outflows reached 22,886 BTC.
This coming amid Bitcoin’s attempts to stabilize, it briefly climbed over $91,000 after slipping below $90,000 earlier in the week but still closed the period down by over 12%.
Institutional flows remain quite shaky
Why the jitters? Experts say market uncertainty looms large due to upcoming Federal Reserve rate decisions. T
raders are split on whether to expect a 25-basis-point cut in December, current betting odds sit near 52%.
Until clarity emerges, institutional flows remain quite shaky, with similar pressure hitting spot Ethereum ETFs too.
BlackRock’s Ethereum fund saw $165 million exit on the same day, even as competitors gained a modest $91 million.
BlackRock’s large Bitcoin sell-off
The broader crypto market feels the pinch, too, suffering a $2 billion hemorrhage in cryptocurrency investment products last week, the largest weekly retreat since February.
The total market value for cryptocurrencies slid from around $3.7 trillion at the start of November to roughly $3.1 trillion as of this report.
All told, BlackRock’s large Bitcoin sell-off is both a symptom and a catalyst of heightened volatility in crypto markets right now, signaling that institutional investors are increasingly nervous as they eye macroeconomic indicators and brace for uncertain policy moves.
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📅 Published: November 20, 2025 • 🕓 Last updated: November 20, 2025
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