Key Takeaways
- • Bitcoin traded at 81,385.80 USD as of October 28, 2026, at 12:51:40 UTC, up 1.88 percent from the UTC daily close of October 27, according to Investing.com.
- • US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded a net outflow of 635.49 million USD on October 22, 2026, per TokenPost citing SoSoValue data, with BlackRock's IBIT leading withdrawals at 254.05 million USD.
- • Morgan Stanley's MSBT was the only spot Bitcoin ETF with an inflow on October 22, taking in 2.33 million USD, while five of the 12 funds posted outflows.
- • Bitcoin's market capitalization stood at 1,640.00 billion USD, ranking first, with 24-hour volume of 21.89 billion USD and circulating supply of 20.10 million BTC.
Summary
Alongside the price move, the source highlighted fund flows into US spot Bitcoin ETFs. According to TokenPost, citing SoSoValue data, these funds recorded 635.49 million USD in net outflows on October 22, 2026. Five of the 12 funds posted outflows. BlackRock's IBIT led withdrawals at 254.05 million USD, followed by Fidelity's FBTC at 217.46 million USD. Morgan Stanley's MSBT was the only fund with an inflow, at 2.33 million USD. Total spot Bitcoin ETF trading volume was 2.56 billion USD that day, and total net assets were 104.71 billion USD.
Flows earlier in October were mixed. Yahoo Finance, citing SoSoValue, reported 526.6 million USD in net inflows on October 19, 2026, driven entirely by IBIT. That followed reported combined outflows of 163.18 million USD between October 13 and October 16. Cointelegraph reported 1.08 billion USD of inflows across three sessions through October 21. The reports show that daily ETF flows can shift materially within a month. The source notes that the available reports do not establish a direct link between ETF flows and the Bitcoin price.
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