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  5. US Spot Bitcoin ETFs Shed About $910M Over Two Weeks Amid Hot Inflation
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2026-10-18•2 min read

US Spot Bitcoin ETFs Shed About $910M Over Two Weeks Amid Hot Inflation

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“Institutional Bitcoin wrappers make great marketing during easy money, but a 3.7% CPI print and roughly 5% risk-free Treasury yields quickly remind allocators that spot ETFs trade like macro liquidity proxies once the average holder falls underwater below an estimated $82,300 cost basis.”

US Spot Bitcoin ETFs Shed About $910M Over Two Weeks Amid Hot Inflation
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Executive Summary

  • •US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $228.6M in net outflows this week, bringing two-week redemptions to about $910M according to SoSoValue.
  • •The funds are down about $615M in October after an Oct. 7 exit of $484.9M, though cumulative net inflows since January 2024 still stand at $57.3B.
  • •Selling accelerated alongside a 3.7% September CPI print and Bitcoin falling below the average ETF holder's estimated $82,300 cost basis.

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Key Developments & Data

US spot Bitcoin $BTC ETFs recorded $228.6M in net outflows this week following a $681.1M exit the previous week, bringing two-week outflows to about $910M according to SoSoValue. Outflows exceeded inflows on three of five trading days, led by $261.4M in redemptions on Wednesday after September consumer price index data showed inflation at 3.7% year over year, above the 3.6% forecast. Bitcoin briefly fell below $80,000 on Thursday and closed Friday near $81,590, sitting below the average ETF holder's estimated cost basis near $82,300, according to Nexo analyst Iliya Kalchev, while nearly $950M in leveraged crypto positions were liquidated over 24 hours per CoinGlass. The funds are down about $615M for October according to Decrypt's tracker, while US spot Ether ETFs and Solana ETFs have also been in the red this month. Despite the recent pullbacks, US spot Bitcoin ETFs hold $57.3B in cumulative net inflows since launching in January 2024, with total net assets standing at $104.29B according to SoSoValue, or $100.2B on Decrypt's tracker.

Zubiqo Strategic Assessment

Primary Impact

US spot Bitcoin ETF issuers, institutional crypto allocators, and leveraged crypto derivatives traders.

Strategic Shift

Higher-than-expected US inflation readings and expectations of elevated Federal Reserve interest rates are pressuring risk assets as nearly risk-free Treasury yields around 5% compete with spot crypto exposure.

The Ripple Effect

With Bitcoin trading below the estimated $82,300 average cost basis for ETF holders, sustained macroeconomic pressure and costlier borrowing conditions could keep institutional ETF flows volatile in the near term.

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