Two green days break a bruising run Spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded nearly $289 million in net inflows across Monday and Tuesday, with $181 million on Monday and $108 million on Tuesday, as $BTC p
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July 16, 2026
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Two green days break a bruising run
Spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded nearly $289 million in net inflows across Monday and Tuesday, with $181 million on Monday and $108 million on Tuesday, as $BTC pushed back above $64,000. The two-day recovery follows one of the more punishing stretches the ETF complex has endured this year. May and June were marked by weekly outflows running into the billions, and as recently as last Thursday the market printed a $425 million red day.
The context matters. Year-to-date net outflows across all US spot Bitcoin ETFs still sit at roughly $5.4 billion, one of the worst institutional selloffs in Bitcoin ETF history. Against that backdrop, two consecutive inflow sessions represent a change in direction, not a confirmed trend reversal.
BlackRock's $IBIT and Fidelity's $FBTC are the two funds driving the current inflow picture. The combined assets under management across all US spot Bitcoin ETFs currently stands at $78.5 billion, with BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust holding the most Bitcoin among US spot ETFs, followed by Fidelity's FBTC. Both funds have historically been the primary barometers of institutional appetite in the space.
The broader question now is whether the streak holds through the rest of the week. The money has been moving between issuers, but the sector is still net negative for the year, and that is the tension the flow data has to resolve. Sustained inflows across multiple sessions and broader participation beyond the two lead funds would be needed before the market can read the current move as something more durable.
For now, the ETF complex has a pulse. Whether that becomes a trend depends on price holding higher ground and institutional conviction following through.
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