{"id":26477,"date":"2025-08-25T12:46:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T09:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=26477"},"modified":"2025-08-26T10:31:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T07:31:31","slug":"investors-withdraw-over-1-billion-from-bitcoin-etfs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/investors-withdraw-over-1-billion-from-bitcoin-etfs\/","title":{"rendered":"Investors Withdraw Over $1 Billion from Bitcoin ETFs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Between August 18 and 22, investors withdrew $1.17 billion from spot bitcoin ETFs. The IBIT fund from BlackRock led the outflow, losing $615 million.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-qw.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXdjyBlI80-ZZWLQbHU_V09rJdV25YHU-TObTQH9vyvRzfC9c2rGe10F3iHf1lSs16FudXuqi-n8ssybAav4uvWyvX2t9AQtoUaNIYHTfUtXa1S4_z7R-5BIneABWzscAZVNhX-r2g?key=FK10lL0-keVHMzdlcWxmxg\" alt=\"Investors Withdraw Over $1 Billion from Bitcoin ETFs\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/sosovalue.com\/assets\/etf\/us-btc-spot\">SoSoValue<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Instruments based on the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization also saw withdrawals amounting to $237.73 million. This ended a 14-week streak of net capital inflows.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-qw.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXdlg2JeArdrubFPKsT2dVSd2Tz358F_HyXf-T26mtXiboFUs2IBleOySFQrYuGLYlMjzMb2H4AKmm-uzHz2BH_D61LwfQ6bJao4ua1NQs34Z8OFH8ueXSMPrSEagP0BfGqglZw9ew?key=FK10lL0-keVHMzdlcWxmxg\" alt=\"Investors Withdraw Over $1 Billion from Bitcoin ETFs\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/sosovalue.com\/assets\/etf\/Total_Crypto_ETH_ETF_Fund_Flow?page=usETH\">SoSoValue<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Vincent Liu, an analyst at CIO Kronos Research, commented to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblock.co\/post\/368060\/bitcoin-under-112700-whale-migration\">The Block<\/a> that the approval of staking for Ethereum-based ETFs will increase network activity and could trigger a rise in altcoins.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;Ethereum is poised to take center stage,&#8221; he stated.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Nick Rak, Director at LVRG Research, noted that major holders are reducing their bitcoin positions in favor of Ethereum, anticipating further growth of the second cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n<p>This trend is also reflected in market dynamics. Bitcoin&#8217;s dominance decreased from 61% at the beginning of the month to 58.17%, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/BTC.D\/\">TradingView<\/a>. This indicates a capital shift towards altcoins.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing, Ethereum is trading around $4592 after recently reaching a new all-time high <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/week-in-review-ethereum-hits-a-new-ath-as-two-bitcoin-pools-seize-51-of-hashrate\">above $4946<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Liu added that increased volatility is likely in the short to medium term. Traders will closely monitor macroeconomic data, including U.S. unemployment claims on August 28.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the crypto market <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-surges-to-117000-following-fed-chairs-remarks\">reacted<\/a> with growth to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell&#8217;s speech. The head of the regulator hinted at a readiness to lower the key rate in September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Between August 18 and 22, investors withdrew $1.17 billion from spot bitcoin ETFs. The IBIT fund from BlackRock led the outflow, losing $615 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Investors withdrew $1.17 billion from bitcoin ETFs, with BlackRock's IBIT losing $615 million.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18,569,46],"class_list":["post-26477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitcoin","tag-etf","tag-ethereum"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"318","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Investors withdrew $1.17 billion from bitcoin ETFs, with BlackRock's IBIT losing $615 million.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26477"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26479,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26477\/revisions\/26479"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}