BlackRock clients purchase $183M in Bitcoin as institutional appetite keeps growing

BlackRock clients just scooped up $183.41 million worth of Bitcoin, adding another data point to what’s become the most predictable pattern in crypto this year: institutional money flowing into BTC through regulated vehicles like it’s a subscription service. The purchase, made through BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), is the latest in a string of nine-figure inflow days that have defined the firm’s Bitcoin strategy in 2026. A pattern that’s hard to ignore On July 6, BlackRock clients invested $209 million into IBIT, which contributed to roughly $266 million in total US spot Bitcoin ETF inflows that day. BlackRock alone accounted for nearly 80% of all the institutional Bitcoin buying happening through ETFs on that single trading session. On July 15, clients purchased $139 million worth of Bitcoin via IBIT, and an additional $80.82 million inflow was recorded, representing 75% of that day’s total ETF flows. Then around July 22, another $163 million purchase hit the books. Add in the latest $183M buy, and you’re looking at well over $700 million in IBIT inflows across just a handful of days in July alone. On January 5, 2026, BlackRock clients acquired 3,948 BTC for $372 millio...