Thursday, January 15, 2026

Crypto ETF Outflows Present Establishments Disengaging: Glassnode

Bitcoin and Ether exchange-traded funds have seen a chronic streak of outflows, indicating that institutional buyers have disengaged with crypto, stated the analytics platform Glassnode.

Since early November, the 30-day easy shifting common of internet flows into US spot Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) ETFs has turned unfavourable, Glassnode stated on Tuesday.

“This persistence suggests a part of muted participation and partial disengagement from institutional allocators, reinforcing the broader liquidity contraction throughout the crypto market,” it added.

Flows into crypto ETFs often lag the spot markets for the tokens, which have been trending down since mid-October.

The ETFs are additionally thought-about a bellwether for institutional sentimentwhich has been a market driver for many of this yr however seemingly turned bearish as the broader market has contracted.

Supply: Glass node

Crypto ETF promoting strain is again

Coinglass stated combination Bitcoin ETF flows have been within the purple for the previous 4 consecutive buying and selling days. Nevertheless, BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Belief (IBIT) has seen minor inflows over the previous week.

“Crypto ETF promoting strain is again,” the Kobeissi Letter stated on Tuesday. It reported that crypto funds recorded $952 million in outflows final week, and buyers have now withdrawn capital in six out of the final ten weeks.

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Regardless of the latest outflows, the industry-dominant BlackRock fund has seen $62.5 billion in inflows since inception, eclipsing all rival spot Bitcoin ETFs.

IBIT beat gold for flows

Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas stated on Saturday that IBIT is the one ETF on  Bloomberg’s “2025 Movement Leaderboard” with a unfavourable return for the yr.

“The true takeaway is that it was sixth place regardless of the unfavourable return,” he added.

Balchunas stated that BlackRock’s flagship Bitcoin fund even took in additional than the SPDR Gold Shares fund (GLD), which was up 64%.

“That’s a very good signal long run IMO. If you are able to do $25 billion in a nasty yr, think about the circulation potential in a very good yr.”

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