{"id":94667,"date":"2026-02-25T10:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T07:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=94667"},"modified":"2026-02-26T10:36:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T07:36:06","slug":"institutional-investors-offload-bitcoin-etf-shares-amid-market-downturn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/institutional-investors-offload-bitcoin-etf-shares-amid-market-downturn\/","title":{"rendered":"Institutional Investors Offload Bitcoin ETF Shares Amid Market Downturn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the fourth quarter, major investors sold exchange-traded fund shares based on the leading cryptocurrency, amounting to the equivalent of 25,098 BTC. This data was provided by Bloomberg analyst James Seyffart.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What did 13F filers do with the Bitcoin ETFs in Q4??<\/p>\n<p>In what should not be much of a surprise \u2014 they were sellers. Advisors and Hedge Funds (the two largest holder categories) were the biggest sellers. Overall 13F Filers sold ETF shares equivalent to ~25,000 Bitcoin in 4Q 2025. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0MEbzXVDb1\">pic.twitter.com\/0MEbzXVDb1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James Seyffart (@JSeyff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JSeyff\/status\/2026379168796103076?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The primary sellers were hedge funds and investment advisors. Brevan Howard was the most active in reducing positions, liquidating shares worth over 17,000 BTC.<\/p>\n<p>The asset sell-off occurred amid a <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/analysts-warn-of-bitcoins-potential-drop-to-47000\">market correction<\/a>, when Bitcoin&#8217;s price plummeted from a historic high above $120,000 to below $63,000.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the mass sell-off at the end of last year, on February 24, the net inflow into spot Bitcoin ETFs was $257.71 million. The FBTC fund by Fidelity attracted the most funds, totaling $82.8 million.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-77ebdda025e37f2a-7219945712143812.webp\" alt=\"\u0421\u043d\u0438\u043c\u043e\u043a \u044d\u043a\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0430 2026-02-25 095517\" class=\"wp-image-275773\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/sosovalue.com\/assets\/etf\/us-btc-spot\">SoSoValue<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Coinbase Premium<\/h2>\n<p>An analyst under the pseudonym nino considers the behavior of the Coinbase premium the main reason for the recent decline in digital gold prices.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Coinbase Premium SMA-30 Rejection Above Zero Emerges as Potential Trigger for Bitcoin Slide<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis lack of sustained recovery in the premium, despite the temporary uptick, is considered a potential trigger for the recent downward price action.\u201d \u2013 By <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nino_trade?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nino_trade<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LtM9EpQ9ro\">pic.twitter.com\/LtM9EpQ9ro<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CryptoQuant.com (@cryptoquant_com) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cryptoquant_com\/status\/2026212848175558954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The expert noted that the <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-moving-average-and-how-is-it-used-in-crypto\">SMA-30<\/a> index briefly exceeded the zero mark but failed to remain &#8220;in the black&#8221; as the new week began.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in February, Strategy <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/strategy-acquires-592-btc-for-39-million-ahead-of-price-dip\">invested<\/a> $39.8 million in the leading cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the fourth quarter, major investors sold exchange-traded fund shares based on the leading cryptocurrency, amounting to the equivalent of 25,098 BTC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":94668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Institutional investors sold Bitcoin ETF shares equivalent to 25,098 BTC amid market downturn.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18,569,1156],"class_list":["post-94667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitcoin","tag-etf","tag-institutional-investors-and-whales"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"140","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Institutional investors sold Bitcoin ETF shares equivalent to 25,098 BTC amid market downturn.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94667","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=94667"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94669,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94667\/revisions\/94669"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}