U.S.-based spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded their biggest yet daily outflow as investor sentiment turned sour after Tuesday’s market bloodbath, with investors retreating from risk assets in dealing with increasing macroeconomic concerns after President Donald Trump’s tariff threats against Mexico and Canada. Bitcoin ETFs Lose Over $1 Billion In One Day The nearly a dozen spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds on Feb. 25 suffered a combined net outflow of $1.01 billion in what is their sixth consecutive trading day of bleeding. Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund (FBTC) led the exodus on Tuesday with $345 million, followed by $164.3 million outflows from BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), as per data from SoSoValue. Meanwhile, Valkyrie’s BRRR and Bitwise’s BITB lost $100 million and $88.3 million, respectively. Franklin Templeton’s EZBC logged outflows of $74 million, with Grayscale’s GBTC and Invesco’s BTCO saw outflows of $66 million and $62 million respectively. Grayscale’s GBTC, Franklin Templeton’s EZBC, and Invesco’s BTCO also posted sizable net outflows yesterday. The recent intense selling edged past the previous record-high outflow on Dec. 19, when the spot BTC ETFs saw $671.9 million in withdrawals after the price of Bitcoin plunged below $97,000 from its then-all-time high of around $108K. Broader Market Downturn Bitcoin touched a low of $86,000 on Tuesday, its lowest level since November. Although the top crypto has slightly rebounded to around $88,658 as of press time, it remains down 7% over the past week, per CoinGecko. Ethereum (ETH) and other major altcoins, such as Ripple’s XRP and Solana, suffered even steeper price declines. The global crypto market capitalization has declined 2.9% over the last 24 hours. The Crypto Fear and Greed Index, a measure of traders’ sentiment, has dropped from a score of 25 to 21 today, remaining in the “extreme fear” zone. Nevertheless, ETF Store President Nate Geraci stated in a Feb. 26 X post that he was “still amazed at how much TradFi hates Bitcoin and crypto.” “Huge victory laps at every downturn,” he added. “Hate to break it to you, but no matter how big drawdowns are, it’s not going away.”
