Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust (BTC) is a US-listed spot Bitcoin ETF from Grayscale. It lets investors gain exposure to the price of Bitcoin through a regulated exchange-traded fund — bought and sold like any stock in a brokerage account, without the need to self-custody Bitcoin or manage private keys, wallets and exchange accounts. The current BTC price is $29.04, down 0.72% over the last 24 hours, within a 52-week range of $26.14 to $55.96.
As a spot ETF, BTC's share price closely follows the market value of the Bitcoin the fund holds, minus its annual management fee. The chart above shows BTC price history at 5-minute resolution, so you can see intraday moves alongside longer-term performance (+6.41% over 7 days, -17.03% over 30 days). Each share represents a fractional claim on the fund's Bitcoin holdings, and authorised participants create or redeem shares to keep the market price aligned with the fund's net asset value (NAV).
Buying BTC is different from buying Bitcoin on a crypto exchange. With the ETF you never hold the underlying coins yourself — the fund's custodian does — so there are no wallets, seed phrases or withdrawal risks to manage. In exchange, you pay the fund's management fee and can only trade during US market hours. Holding Bitcoin directly gives you 24/7 trading and full self-custody, but shifts all the security and storage responsibility onto you. Many investors choose BTC specifically because it fits inside a normal brokerage or tax-advantaged account.
A spot Bitcoin ETF like BTC holds the actual asset, so it tracks the real-time Bitcoin price. A futures ETF instead holds dated futures contracts and has to “roll” them as they expire, which can introduce tracking error and extra cost in certain market conditions. For investors who simply want exposure that mirrors the Bitcoin price, a spot product is usually the more direct vehicle.
BTC trades on a US stock exchange during regular market hours, while Bitcoin itself trades around the clock. When Bitcoin moves significantly overnight or over a weekend, BTC can open at a noticeably different price than it closed at — a “gap.” This is normal for any crypto ETF and is one reason the 5-minute chart and the 52-week range above are useful for understanding how BTC actually behaves day to day.
BTC is one of several US-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs. Compare it with the other funds tracking Bitcoin:
| Ticker | Fund | Price |
|---|---|---|
| BTC | Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust | $29.04 |
| iShares Bitcoin Trust | $37.20 | |
| Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin | $57.16 | |
| Bitwise Bitcoin ETF | $35.67 | |
| ARK 21Shares Bitcoin | $21.82 | |
| VanEck Bitcoin Trust | $18.56 | |
| Grayscale Bitcoin Trust | $51.02 | |
| Invesco Galaxy Bitcoin | $65.28 | |
| Franklin Bitcoin ETF | $37.94 | |
| CoinShares Bitcoin ETF | $18.53 | |
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| WisdomTree Bitcoin Fund |
| $69.43 |