- BlackRock groups its Bitcoin ETF with Treasuries and US equities for 2025
- IBIT attracts over $25 billion in inflows despite weak performance
- Placement may accelerate institutional acceptance of Bitcoin portfolios
BlackRock has positioned its spot Bitcoin product in its list of the top investment themes of 2025 alongside the BlackRock Bitcoin ETF, other short-term US Treasuries, and major US equities.
The relocation is an indication of a change in the way the world largest asset manager will consider Bitcoin in diversified portfolios. Instead of considering Bitcoin an outlier option that is speculative, BlackRock has positioned it to be in the same category as the instruments that the company usually uses as anchors in the portfolio.
BlackRock present IBIT treasury and equity benchmarks
The company has made the iShares Bitcoin Trust with a common name IBIT alongside a 0-and 3-month Treasury bond ETF and an ETF of the highest 20 US stocks. Materials published by the company indicate that these three funds are titled investments towards the year-end investors.
The iShares Bitcoin Trust has also received a net inflow of over $25 billion since January, and it is the sixth-largest exchange-traded fund of 2025. This increase has come at a time when the Bitcoin price has been performing negatively, and this highlights the solidity of institutional demand for regulated exposure to Bitcoin.
Bitcoin allocation strategic view is highlighted in ETF positioning
Nate Geraci, the president of NovaDius Wealth Management, explained that the move is a question of conviction and not optimization of fees. He said that BlackRock runs a number of ETFs that have higher fees and better year-to-date returns, such as its gold fund. The emphasis on a poor-performing product is not common in asset management, where in most cases the marketing focus is on the best performers.
Geraci states that this positioning implies that BlackRock perceives Bitcoin as a strategic allocation as opposed to a tactical trade. The BlackRock Bitcoin ETF is still attracting capital when other wider crypto markets are not regaining their pace.
BlackRock can be redefining institutional cryptocurrency appraisal by bonding Bitcoin to cash-like Treasuries and blue-chip equity yardsticks. According to Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas, the fact that the company received $25 billion in inflows in a bad year shows the magnitude of the potential demand in a better year.
Framing Bitcoin ETFs as core portfolio tools could boost institutional adoption
According to industry observers, this framing may provide a faster path to institutional investment of Bitcoin investment products. Placing the BlackRock Bitcoin ETF in the same category as other traditional risk management instruments can help decrease the internal barriers at pension funds, advisors and asset allocators who have previously treated Bitcoin as being inconsistent with the conservative mandate.
It is especially interesting to compare it with Treasuries, in which short-term government debt is frequently a liquidity instrument and capital-protective instrument. Moving Bitcoin exposure into that context implies the increased belief in its integration as a long-term portfolio asset, as opposed to a peripheral asset category.
