Michael Saylor Bets Big: BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF IBIT to Dominate Global Markets by 2035
MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin evangelist just dropped a bombshell—BlackRock’s IBIT could eclipse every ETF on earth within ten years. Here’s why Wall Street’s latest ‘safe’ crypto play might actually disrupt the old guard.
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The Prediction That’s Shaking Finance
Saylor—never one for understatement—claims IBIT’s combination of institutional trust and Bitcoin’s scarcity will trigger a trillion-dollar asset grab. Meanwhile, traditional gold ETFs better watch their backs.
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Wall Street’s Ironic Embrace
Nothing says ‘mainstream adoption’ like asset managers who spent years mocking crypto now racing to offer ‘regulated’ exposure. The fees alone could make IBIT BlackRock’s cash cow—assuming the SEC doesn’t pull another 180.
Michael Saylor, the Executive Chairman of the world’s largest Bitcoin corporate holder Strategy, has predicted that in the next ten years, BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), which launched in January 2024 alongside 10 other US-based spot Bitcoin ETFs, will become the largest ETF in the world.
BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Accounts For Nearly 3% Of Entire BTC Supply
It might be pocket change when considering BlackRock currently boasts trillions of dollars in assets under management, but it hasn’t gone unnoticed that the asset management giant’s Bitcoin ETF stash is closing in on 3% of Bitcoin’s total supply.
“BlackRock is accumulating. They now hold 2.77% of the entire Bitcoin supply,” Arkham Intelligence wrote to X on Friday, noting the Wall Street behemoth had added a staggering $1.2 billion in BTC this week alone.
As of April 26, BlackRock held approximately 582,000 BTC via IBIT, worth around $54 billion. That makes it the 33rd biggest exchange-traded fund by assets under management. In comparison, the largest ETF by market cap, the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO), boasts a market capitalization of $593.5 billion, more than ten times that of IBIT.
However, speaking at the Bitcoin Standard Corporation’s Investor Day, Strategy’s Michael Saylor forecasted that “IBIT will be the biggest ETF in the world in ten years.”
NEW: @saylor predicts that @BlackRock’s $IBIT will be “the biggest ETF in the world in ten years.” pic.twitter.com/cyDDFf47FV
Bloomberg’s senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas concurred with Saylor that IBIT could potentially become the world’s biggest ETF, though he stressed that it would be extraordinary.
“It’s possible, especially if IBIT starts taking in more cash than VOO, but that would require inflows well north of $1 billion a day — more likely in the range of $3 to $4 billion daily, to gain ground. In short, some extraordinary things would have to happen, but it’s possible,” Balchunas said.
It’s pertinent to note that this is not Saylor’s first insanely optimistic Bitcoin-related prediction. As ZyCrypto reported previously, the tech entrepreneur said he thinks the crypto will rocket to a price of $13 million per coin over a 21-year period. Saylor’s company currently holds 538,200 BTC, worth roughly $51 billion.
Bitcoin recently changed hands at $94,969, up 1.5% over the past 24 hours. The largest cryptocurrency by market cap is up 13.5% over the past 14 days.
