The investors who were supposed to bring stability to Bitcoin are heading for the exits.
US spot-Bitcoin exchange-traded funds have suffered more than $1.3 billion of withdrawals over the past week as the cryptocurrency’s slump deepens, marking a sharp break from the pattern that defined previous selloffs when ETF investors routinely stepped in to buy the dip. BlackRock’s IBIT has seen the largest net departures at $860 million so far this week. That puts it on pace to mark its seventh straight week of outflows, the longest streak on record.
The outflows from recent sessions mark “one of the most persistent periods of capital withdrawal since the ETFs launched” back in 2024, wrote analysts at Glassnode in a note. “This time, however, sustained redemptions indicate that many investors are choosing to reduce exposure rather than accumulate into the drawdown.”
All in all, the outpouring out of the funds adds up to some $4.5 billion so far this year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
