Bitcoin ETFs lost $430 million as Fidelity reversed course
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U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs posted another day of heavy redemptions, with different outlets putting the November 6 total around $412 million to $430.2 million. BlackRock’s IBIT was the main outflow driver in several accounts, while Fidelity’s FBTC was described as part of the swing and, in one report, as taking in new money. Bitcoin also moved back above $76,000 after an earlier dip below that level.
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Spot Bitcoin ETFs began trading in the US in January 2024, when the SEC approved eleven funds including BlackRock's IBIT and Fidelity's FBTC, now the two largest by assets. Daily net flows across these products have since become a standard proxy for institutional sentiment, tracked by services such as Farside Investors. The swing from a positive Wednesday into Thursday's $430.2 million outflow fits a pattern of abrupt single-day reversals that has recurred since the funds launched.
BlackRock's IBIT shed $403 million in redemptions while Fidelity's FBTC pulled in $42.8 million the same day, meaning holders of the two largest funds experienced opposite outcomes despite one blended headline number. Traders now need issuer-level data, not totals, to see which fund is losing assets and which is gaining them. Authorized participants creating or redeeming shares to match these flows adjust their Bitcoin holdings accordingly, feeding straight into spot-market liquidity.
Bitcoin's spot price recovered above $76,000 the same day ETFs posted their second straight sizable outflow, showing fund flows and spot price do not move in lockstep. That decoupling complicates the common shorthand that ETF outflows signal weak demand outright: a tech-led market selloff can move Bitcoin's price independent of what happens inside wrapper products. Treating a single day's flow figure as a verdict on demand risks more certainty than the data supports.
Farside Investors' next daily print will show whether IBIT's redemptions extend into a third session or stabilize, and whether FBTC's inflow was a one-day rebalancing or a genuine shift in demand toward Fidelity's fund. Ethereum ETFs logged a second consecutive day of outflows in the same window, so a reversal there, or its absence, will indicate whether the selling is specific to Bitcoin or part of a broader pullback across crypto ETFs.
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Bitcoin rose 0.7% in the 4 hours after the first headline, after falling 0.3% in the 2 hours before.
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Has this happened before?
| When | What happened | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 4 days ago | Spot Bitcoin ETFs see $75M in net inflows as BlackRock’s IBIT sheds $201M event | 2 actors in common · 5 news media |
| 4 days ago | Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs shed $1.8B – Why investors are pulling back event | 2 actors in common · 2 news media |
| 6 days ago | US Bitcoin ETFs see $399M in outflows, Ether funds lose $140M event | 2 actors in common · 6 news media |
| 17 days ago | Bitcoin ETF Holders Pull $635 Million Before Price Even Hits Their Usual Breaking Point event | 2 actors in common · 4 news media |
| 18 days ago | Bitcoin trades above $83K as ETFs attract nearly $550M in 2 days event | 2 actors in common · 4 news media |