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Crypto ETF flows split as Bitcoin gains $82.9m, Ethereum bleeds

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U.S. spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs moved in opposite directions over the week ending Oct. 2, with Bitcoin funds taking in fresh money and Ether funds seeing withdrawals. The split was also visible on the final trading day of the period, when Bitcoin ETFs posted inflows and Ether ETFs posted outflows.

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On Oct. 2, Bitcoin ETFs had $120.25 million in net inflows.
Bitcoin and Ether ETF Flows Diverge Over Seven Days as Daily Totals Split
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On Oct. 2, Ether ETFs had $64.69 million in net outflows.
Bitcoin and Ether ETF Flows Diverge Over Seven Days as Daily Totals Split
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For Sep. 28 through Oct. 2, U.S. Bitcoin ETFs posted provisional net inflows of $82.9 million, while Ethereum ETFs posted $118 million in net outflows.
Crypto ETF flows split as Bitcoin gains $82.9m, Ethereum bleeds
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U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $241.1 million in net inflows over the week ending Oct. 2.
Weekly spot ETF flows split as Bitcoin posts $241M inflow and Ether sees $138M…
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U.S. spot Ether ETFs recorded $138 million in net outflows over the same week.
Weekly spot ETF flows split as Bitcoin posts $241M inflow and Ether sees $138M…

What it means

Spot ETF users and holders saw a split in flows by the end of the week ending Oct. 2: Bitcoin products took in money while Ether products saw withdrawals. That means anyone watching ETF demand on Friday morning would have seen the two largest crypto assets in fund form moving in opposite directions on the day and over the week.

In practice, the weekly pattern was not uniform across the whole period. Bitcoin ETFs still recorded inflows, but the week’s final tally in one item is far smaller than the $2.39 billion reported for the preceding week, while Ether ETFs stayed in net outflow territory.

Market reaction i

BitcoinBTC the event is about this asset
first headline
+0.6% 2 h before
-0.5% 4 h after
$84,224price at publication
13data points

The move was larger before the first headline than after. That is an observation, not an explanation: the market also moves on things nobody publishes.

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Oct 3 06:57
crypto.news scoop
Breaks the event: $2.4B
+2 d 6 h
Oct 5 13:15
The Cryptocurrency Post adds
Breaks the figures down; the largest, $241.1M, with quotes

Has this happened before?

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40 days ago Bitcoin ETF Comeback: $2.4B Week Flips Year-to-Date Flows Positive event 1 actors in common · 2 news media