BlackRock's spot bitcoin ETF first to hit $1 billion in assets


FILE PHOTO: People are seen in front of a showroom that hosts BlackRock in Davos, Switzerland Januar 22, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo

(Reuters) - BlackRock's spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) hit $1 billion in assets in the first four days of trading, the first to clinch the milestone among a batch of newly launched ETFs tracking spot bitcoin prices, J.P.Morgan data showed.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved nearly a dozen ETFs tracking the world's largest cryptocurrency last week, after years of regulatory pushback.

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