US Bitcoin, Ether ETFs See $646M Inflows to Start 2026 Strong
United States spot Bitcoin and Ether exchange-traded funds posted a strong start to 2026, recording combined net inflows of about $646 million on the first trading day of the year, according to Farside data.
On Friday, spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs registered net inflows of $471.3 million, while spot Ether (ETH) ETFs added $174.5 million, bringing total inflows across both categories to $645.8 million.
For Bitcoin funds, it was the largest daily net inflow in 35 trading days, the biggest since Nov. 11, when the eleven U.S.-listed BTC ETFs collectively drew $524 million. Spot Ether ETFs saw their largest single-day inflow in 15 trading days, the most since Dec. 9, when $177.7 million was recorded.
ETF flows rebound following late-2025 market pullback
ETF flows are often viewed by market participants as a gauge of broader investor sentiment toward digital assets and a potential indicator of short-term price direction.
Over the last 30 days, spot prices for Bitcoin and Ether declined 1.56% and 1.39%, respectively, extending a downturn that began after Bitcoin reached an all-time high of $125,100 on Oct. 5, followed by a widely reported $19 billion liquidation event on Oct. 10.
Bitcoin is up 1.03% over the past 24 hours. Source: CoinMarketCap
Sentiment has remained cautious. The Crypto Fear & Greed Index has hovered between “Extreme Fear” and “Fear” since early November and fell back to “Extreme Fear” on Sunday with a reading of 25.
Crypto executive: Institutional investors are “loading up”
Tonso’s chief marketing officer “Wal” said in an X post on Friday that spot Bitcoin ETFs “are back,” asserting that “lots of institutional investors sold their $BTC in Q4 ‘25 to tax loss harvest.” “Now they are loading up, this is just the beginning,” Wal said.
Despite weakness in the final months of the year, U.S. investors allocated more than $31.77 billion to U.S. crypto ETFs in 2025. U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted $21.4 billion in net inflows during 2025, down from $35.2 billion in 2024.
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