Bitcoin, Ethereum ETFs Shed $582M in a Day as Institutions Trim Risk

Key Highlights

• Selling was spread across Fidelity’s FBTC, Ark’s ARKB, and Bitwise’s BITB, while BlackRock’s IBIT was flat on the day.
• Ethereum spot ETFs likewise saw outflows of almost $225 million on Monday, the largest single-day redemption since the start of the month.
• The pullback came even as crypto prices held within recent ranges, reinforcing that ETF flows, rather than spot moves, are capturing how allocators are repositioning crypto alongside other risk assets.
• “Bitcoin is increasingly acting like a Nasdaq derivative in the fourth quarter: when the tech sector corrects, BTC weakens more aggressively,” Farzam Ehsani, CEO of crypto trading platform VALR, told Decrypt.
• Ehsani said that dynamic has pushed ETF redemptions to track broader equity de-risking rather than crypto-specific stress, as institutional investors use spot ETFs as the most efficient channel to adjust exposure when U. S.