Bitcoin price struggles over the past week have also been in the ETF market, with Bitcoin ETFs recording their first net outflows in a month. Prior to this trading session, these mutual funds experienced a 4-week rising streak, resulting in a total net inflow of $2.21 billion.
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according to Data from SoSoValueThe combined trading activity across 12 Bitcoin Spot ETFs resulted in negative inflow of $296.18 million over the past week. This development marks the seventh weekly influx of 2026, and the 15th since the start of the cryptocurrency bear market in October 2025. Daily analysis shows that net withdrawal performance is closely related to back-to-back outflows on Thursday and Friday, collectively valued at more than $396 million. For context, the $225.48 million outflow recorded on Friday represents the largest net outflow in the market since March 3.
Looking at the performance of individual funds, BlackRock IBIT saw the largest net redemptions at $158.07 million. Meanwhile, Grayscale’s GBTC, Bitwise’s BITB, and Ark/21 ARKB shares also recorded a total net inflow of $169.26 million. ETFs such as Grayscale’s BTC and VanEck’s HODL also recorded net drawdowns respectively of $5.45 and $10.28, representing minor contributions to the overall market’s negative performance. On the other hand, Fidelity’s FBTC accounted for the only net inflow on record of $46.88 million.
Other ETFs, such as Invesco’s BTCO, Valkyrie’s BRRR, Wisdom Tree’s BTCW, Franklin Templeton’s EZBC, and Hashdex’s DEFI, all saw zero weekly net inflows. At press time, the Bitcoin Spot ETF reported a total cumulative net inflow of $55.93 billion and total net assets of $84.77 billion.
Meanwhile, recent reports Pointing Applied by US banking giant Morgan Stanley to launch its own Bitcoin ETF under the ticker MSBT. According to Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas, the proposed fund would offer the lowest fees on the market at 0.14%, just below Grayscale’s fee of 0.15%. If approved by the SEC, MSBT will be the first bitcoin ETF to be listed directly by a U.S. bank. For context, Morgan Stanley ranks as the world’s leading financial services operator with assets under management of $1.9 trillion and a market capitalization of $251 billion.
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Ethereum Spot ETFs Record Back-to-back Outflows
In separate news, Ethereum ETFs continued their negative performance for the second week in a row after recording weekly net withdrawals of $206.58 million. At the time of writing, the total cumulative net inflow into the Ethereum spot market is $11.52 billion, while the total net assets are worth $11.33 billion.
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