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U.S. Spot Bitcoin ETFs Log $782 Million Holiday Week Outflows as IBIT and FBTC Lead Withdrawals

Analysts largely tie the withdrawals to thin year‑end liquidity, with longer‑running flow gauges showing institutional demand has cooled since November.

Overview

  • SoSoValue data show about $782 million exited U.S.-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs over the Christmas week, trimming total assets to roughly $113.5–$113.83 billion while cumulative net inflows since launch remained near $56.8 billion.
  • Friday posted the largest single-day move with roughly $276 million in redemptions, led by BlackRock’s IBIT at about $193 million and Fidelity’s FBTC near $74 million, as Grayscale’s GBTC saw smaller withdrawals.
  • The redemptions extended into a six-session run with total withdrawals surpassing $1.1 billion, and several funds recorded zero flows on some days as trading activity thinned over the holidays.
  • Glassnode’s 30-day moving average of net flows for U.S. spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs has stayed negative since early November, signaling a broader pullback by institutional participants beyond seasonal effects.
  • Context from CoinShares and Farside shows crypto ETPs still attracted $46.7 billion year to date in 2025, and analysts caution that single-day outflow headlines can mislead given cohort rotations and ETF plumbing that decouple flows from immediate spot buying.