Bitcoin (BTC) saw net outflows of $450.40 million over a single day on Tuesday from spot Bitcoin ETFs. On the same day, the price of Bitcoin fell 2.5%, and discussions in the U.S. Senate on cryptocurrency legislation failed to move forward.

Key summary

• On September 15, $450.40 million left U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs, recording the largest daily net outflow since June 24.

• $214.80 million was withdrawn from Fidelity’s FBTC and $161.70 million from BlackRock’s IBIT.

• As of the time of reporting, Bitcoin was trading around the $75,700 level, down 2.5% over the past 24 hours.

Large-scale outflows from Bitcoin ETFs

According to Cointelegraph, citing Farside Investors, 13 U.S.-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs reversed sharply in fund flows after seeing a net inflow of $159.9 million on Monday and returning the very next day with a net outflow of $450.4 million. This was the largest daily redemption since the end of June.

Fidelity’s FBTC saw $214.8 million withdrawn, while BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) recorded a $161.7 million outflow. Grayscale’s GBTC had net outflows of $44.1 million, ARK 21Shares’ ARKB $17.4 million, and Bitwise’s BITB $12.4 million, respectively.

These sell orders came in while Bitcoin was trading around $75,700, down 2.5% over the past 24 hours. On top of that, since the Senate could not make progress on the CLARITY bill, regulatory uncertainty further weighed on a market that was already bearish. In other words, market and policy risks overlapped at the same time.

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“What this ongoing trend means”

Spot Bitcoin ETFs are an avenue for investing in Bitcoin in a regulated manner through regular brokerage accounts, so large daily inflows and outflows are widely treated as key indicators for gauging how institutional and individual investors allocate their assets.

Earlier this year, Citi Group analysts said that during June’s bearish market, the primary driver behind Bitcoin’s price drop should be found not so much in some companies selling Bitcoin, but in the persistent capital outflows happening continuously from ETFs. However, some assessment is that those earlier analyses alone cannot fully explain all of the sharp outflows seen over just this one day.

Among the outflows tallied this time, two ETFs—Fidelity and BlackRock—accounted for $376.5 million. With roughly 84% of the total concentrated in those two products, relatively smaller redemptions continued in the remaining Grayscale, ARK 21Shares, and Bitwise ETFs.

The previous larger daily outflow was on June 24, when about $469.0 million was withdrawn from U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs. During the same period, a selloff in tech stocks pressured risk assets broadly, leading investors to cut positions across multiple markets. This Tuesday’s sharp reversal lifted redemption amounts back to a level comparable to that time.

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