Bitcoin ETFs shed $167M after strongest three-week inflow run of 2026
In brief
- Bitcoin ETFs posted $120.2M outflows Wednesday; ARKB led at $78M
- Two-day pullback erased only 4.4% of three-week $3.8B inflow run
- Ether and Solana ETFs reversed course, attracting $34.7M and $11.2M
Bitcoin ETF Outflows
ARKB led Wednesday's withdrawals with $78 million, followed by Grayscale's GBTC at $27.2 million and BlackRock's IBIT with $19.5 million. Morgan Stanley's MSBT was the only fund to record inflows, adding $4.5 million.
Wednesday's outflows followed $46.6 million in net redemptions on Tuesday. Combined, the two-day pullback totaled $166.8 million — marking the category's first back-to-back outflow days since a three-day run ended on August 14. Across the two sessions, GBTC lost $92.7 million, while ARKB and IBIT recorded net redemptions of $69.9 million and $8.8 million, respectively.
The retreat matters less than it sounds. The two-day pullback erased about 4.4% of the $3.8 billion attracted during the funds' strongest three-week stretch of 2026. Year-to-date, Bitcoin ETFs have recorded about $1.07 billion in net outflows, though they've attracted about $55 billion in cumulative net inflows since their launch.
Ether and Solana ETFs Reverse Course
The picture looked brighter for other crypto asset ETFs on Wednesday. US spot Ether ETFs attracted $34.7 million after recording $24.3 million in withdrawals on Tuesday, leaving the funds with $10.4 million in net inflows for the week. BlackRock's ETHB led Wednesday's Ether ETF inflows with $22.9 million, followed by its ETHA fund with $9.7 million, and the 21Shares TETH fund added $2.1 million.
Spot Solana ETFs also reversed Tuesday's outflow of about $700,000, attracting $11.2 million on Wednesday, bringing their two-session total to $10.5 million in net inflows. All Wednesday inflows went to Bitwise's BSOL.
Hyperliquid ETFs continued to bleed capital. The funds recorded net outflows for a second session, losing $5.3 million Wednesday after $13 million in Tuesday outflows, bringing the week's total outflow to $18.3 million.
Market Context
Bitcoin traded near $78,000 on Thursday, down from about $79,700 when the earlier three-week inflow figures were reported. Ether traded around $2,470, while Solana hovered near $101.
