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Crypto ETFs ‘worst’ in 2025 for UK investors says Morningstar Crypto ETFs have been named the worst-performing exchange-traded funds (ETFs) available to UK buyers this year. That’s according to financial analysts Morningstar, which found VanEck’s £203 million ($259 million) Crypto & Blockchain Innovators ETF was the worst-performing in quarter one of 2025, losing 39.34% of its funds.  VanEck was followed by Global X’s Blockchain ETF, iShares’ Blockchain Technology ETF, and WisdomTree’s Blockchain ETF, which lost 37.65%, 30.92%, and 25.80% of their funds, respectively.  Rounding out the worst-performing ETFs were uranium, AI, semiconductor, and cloud computing-based funds.  BlackRock wants to stop bitcoin ETF outflows with 1-2% allocation target Read more: $38 trillion in US brokerages still restricted from bitcoin, report Yesterday, Morningstar also shared that the majority of the best-performing ETFs available to UK investors were m...

Spot Bitcoin ETFs registered their second-largest daily outflows on record as Mt. Gox transferred BTC worth $2.2 billion to unmarked addresses as the US election looms. The 11 spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $541.1 million leave their reserves on Nov. 4, according to Farside Investor data . Only the fund belonging to asset management titan BlackRock managed to record inflows on the day, securing inflows of $38.4 million. Invesco’s BTCO and WisdomTree’s BTCW recorded no new flows. Most of the outflows came from Fidelity’s FBTC, with $169.6 million leaving the fund. ARKB suffered the next biggest blow with $138.3 million in outflows. Meanwhile, both of Grayscale’s spot Bitcoin ETFs, GBTC and BTC, posted outflows of $63.7 million and $89.5 million, respectively. Record outflow day for Bitwise, Ark and the Grayscale Mini today https://t.co/mi5P64BP3Q — Farside Investors (@FarsideUK) November 5, 2024 The remaining funds, BITB, EZBC, BRRR, and HODL all saw capital...

According to reports from Bloomberg Intelligence, Grayscale’s Bitcoin ETF has experienced significant withdrawals, amounting to approximately $579 million.  The magnitude of this withdrawal is notable in the context of the broader market for Bitcoin ETFs. Contrastingly, other spot Bitcoin ETFs have attracted nearly $819 million in investments. This stark divergence in investor behavior underscores a critical assessment of the Grayscale Bitcoin ETF’s performance post-SEC approval. Initial enthusiasm, marked by a trading volume of over $2.3 billion on the ETF’s inaugural day, has cooled, with these outflow s suggesting a shift in investor sentiment. You might also like: Cantor Fitzgerald CEO confirms Tether’s legitimate $86b assets The withdrawal trend from the Grayscale ETF aligns with previous projections by analysts, which anticipated over $1 billion being pulled from the fund in the ensuing weeks. A contributing factor to this outflow could be the fund...