From March 23 to March 27, 2026, there was a significant outflow of funds from spot exchange-traded funds focused on Bitcoin and Ethereum. Overall, investors withdrew over $500 million from the respective ETFs, marking a substantial correction in the cryptocurrency investment market.
This is reported by Finway
Details of Capital Outflow from Spot ETFs
According to analytical data, $296.18 million was withdrawn from spot Bitcoin ETFs this week. A significant negative capital balance was recorded by six key funds, including:
- IBIT — $158.07 million;
- BITB — $68.29 million;
- GBTC — $50.93 million;
- ARKB — $50.04 million;
- HODL — $10.28 million;
- BTC — $5.45 million.
Five other Bitcoin ETFs (BTCO, EZBC, BRRR, BTCW, and DEFI) did not receive new investments last week. Meanwhile, FBTC experienced an inflow of $46.88 million.
At the same time, BTC Markets analyst Rachel Lucas noted that in March, the inflow of funds into spot Bitcoin ETFs in the U.S. amounted to $1.13 billion, which “ended a four-month streak of outflows.”
Against this backdrop, spot Ethereum ETFs also suffered losses: the outflow totaled $206.58 million. The largest capital withdrawals were from the following funds:
- ETHA from BlackRock — $285.12 million;
- ETH from Grayscale — $24.9 million;
- FETH from Fidelity — $16.5 million;
- ETHE from Grayscale — $15.55 million;
- ETHW from Bitwise — $6.64 million.
Other funds, such as ETHV, QETH, and EZET, did not attract capital, while ETHB from BlackRock and TETH, on the contrary, saw an inflow of $141.07 million.
Dynamics of Altcoin ETFs and Capital Movement in Global Markets
Amid losses in Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs, some altcoin-based funds recorded positive dynamics. During the week, only XRP and LINK ETFs managed to attract funds among other crypto ETFs, while DOGE, HBAR, AVAX, Litecoin, and DOT ETFs saw no investment inflows. Conversely, the Solana ETF recorded a capital outflow of $4.24 million.
In the Hong Kong market during this period, there was an inflow of 34.28 BTC, as well as an outflow of 1210 ETH and 25,780 SOL, indicating an active redistribution of capital among different classes of cryptocurrency assets.
In comparison, the previous week was positive for the spot ETF sector, with a capital inflow of $62 million.