iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) Operating Expenses (2024 - 2026)

iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) reported Operating Expenses of $36.7 million for Q1 2026, up 11.64% year-over-year from $32.9 million in Q1 2025, and down 26.2% quarter-over-quarter from $49.7 million in Q4 2025.

iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) Operating Expenses (2024 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) has 3 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $36.7 million in Q1 2026.

  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $36.7 million, up 11.64% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $178.4 million (up 130.99% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $174.6 million, up 267.51% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses eased to $36.7 million in Q1 2026 per IBIT's latest filing, from $49.7 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Expenses peaked at $53.3 million in Q3 2025 and troughed at $3.1 million in Q1 2024.
  • A 3-year average of $28.8 million and a median of $32.9 million in 2025 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2025 and 2026: Operating Expenses soared 947.78% in 2025, then increased 11.64% in 2026.
  • A 3-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $23.0 million in 2024, then jumped by 116.35% to $49.7 million in 2025, then decreased by 26.2% to $36.7 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows IBIT's Operating Expenses at $36.7 million in Q1 2026, $49.7 million in Q4 2025, and $53.3 million in Q3 2025.

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Mar 31, 2026 36.69 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 49.72 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 53.30 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 38.69 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 32.87 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 22.98 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 11.49 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 9.89 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 3.14 Mn