Key Takeaways
- • Spot Bitcoin ETFs drew $442.67 million in net inflows in the week ended Oct. 23, 2026, making Bitcoin the strongest of the four tracked crypto ETF categories.
- • Spot Ethereum ETFs lost $224.96 million in the same week, marking a fourth straight week of redemptions and more than $1.2 billion in outflows since late September.
- • Bitcoin ETFs recorded a $635.49 million single-day outflow on Thursday, the largest since late June, yet cumulative net inflows still rose to nearly $57.2 billion.
- • Across the four tracked categories, the combined weekly net flow was a positive $204.66 million, with XRP adding $4.25 million and Solana shedding $17.3 million.
- • Ethereum and Solana funds shed a combined $242.26 million while Bitcoin and XRP products attracted $446.92 million, pointing to investor preference for Bitcoin-linked exposure.
Summary
Spot Bitcoin ETFs drew $442.67 million in net inflows last week, according to figures reported in weekly flow tallies, offsetting $224.96 million of redemptions from Ethereum funds and $17.3 million from Solana products. XRP funds added $4.25 million. The four tracked categories finished with a combined gain of roughly $204.66 million. The figures cover the week ended Oct. 23, 2026.
Bitcoin's week was volatile. Flows turned positive on Monday with a $526.60 million inflow, followed by $23.16 million on Tuesday and $528.50 million on Wednesday as bitcoin pushed toward $85,000. That rally failed, and according to SoSoValue data, Thursday's redemptions reached $635.49 million, the heaviest daily outflow since late June. Farside put Friday's withdrawals at $137.9 million. Cumulative net inflows across spot Bitcoin ETFs still rose from just under $56.9 billion to nearly $57.2 billion. A separate tally put the weekly Bitcoin figure at $304.77 million, illustrating that estimates vary by data provider.
Ethereum funds extended a negative run that began in late September. They saw $103.28 million of withdrawals on Monday and $26.13 million on Tuesday, a brief reprieve of about $15 million of inflows on Wednesday, and $110.50 million of outflows on Thursday, with a modest $4.4 million returned on Friday. Since late September, Ethereum ETFs have lost well over $1.2 billion, pulling cumulative net inflows from close to $14 billion to below $12.75 billion. Ether fell more than 4% over the week and traded near $2,350.
Taken together, the split suggests a preference for Bitcoin-linked exposure among traditional and institutional investors during a period of volatile price action. The data does not break out which individual issuers gained or lost the most. The source notes that ETF flows capture only part of crypto trading, which also occurs on centralized exchanges, decentralized platforms and derivatives venues, so inflows do not by themselves guarantee higher prices. Investors will be watching whether Bitcoin's momentum persists and whether outflows from Ethereum and Solana ease.
Bitcoin's week was volatile. Flows turned positive on Monday with a $526.60 million inflow, followed by $23.16 million on Tuesday and $528.50 million on Wednesday as bitcoin pushed toward $85,000. That rally failed, and according to SoSoValue data, Thursday's redemptions reached $635.49 million, the heaviest daily outflow since late June. Farside put Friday's withdrawals at $137.9 million. Cumulative net inflows across spot Bitcoin ETFs still rose from just under $56.9 billion to nearly $57.2 billion. A separate tally put the weekly Bitcoin figure at $304.77 million, illustrating that estimates vary by data provider.
Ethereum funds extended a negative run that began in late September. They saw $103.28 million of withdrawals on Monday and $26.13 million on Tuesday, a brief reprieve of about $15 million of inflows on Wednesday, and $110.50 million of outflows on Thursday, with a modest $4.4 million returned on Friday. Since late September, Ethereum ETFs have lost well over $1.2 billion, pulling cumulative net inflows from close to $14 billion to below $12.75 billion. Ether fell more than 4% over the week and traded near $2,350.
Taken together, the split suggests a preference for Bitcoin-linked exposure among traditional and institutional investors during a period of volatile price action. The data does not break out which individual issuers gained or lost the most. The source notes that ETF flows capture only part of crypto trading, which also occurs on centralized exchanges, decentralized platforms and derivatives venues, so inflows do not by themselves guarantee higher prices. Investors will be watching whether Bitcoin's momentum persists and whether outflows from Ethereum and Solana ease.
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