
The Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) encountered a substantial surge in outflows and trading volume during the preceding five trading days as investors exhibited a keen interest in exiting the fund, leading to an estimated total of $2.2 billion in capital withdrawals.
The conversion of investors in Grayscale's Bitcoin Trust to a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund following the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) approval has sparked an unprecedented wave of sell-offs, the sheer magnitude of which has taken analysts by surprise.