HedgeCo.Net — U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds took in about $241 million of net inflows in the trading week ending October 2, 2026, their third consecutive week of positive flows, according to SoSoValue data cited by Crypto Briefing and Phemex. Cumulative net inflows since the funds launched in January 2024 now stand at about $57.8 billion.
The weekly total was lopsided. BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) gathered about $450 million on its own, while Fidelity’s Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund (FBTC) posted the week’s largest outflow at about $168 million. Total net assets across spot bitcoin ETFs reached roughly $108.9 billion, about 6.4% of bitcoin’s market capitalization.
The pace slowed sharply from the prior week, when the funds drew about $2.4 billion. Ether ETFs moved the other way, recording about $138 million of net outflows after taking in roughly $690 million the week before. Among smaller products, Zcash funds posted their first weekly outflow on record, while Solana and XRP ETFs extended their inflow streaks.
The recovery follows a difficult first half. Spot bitcoin ETFs had absorbed heavy redemptions earlier in 2026, leaving a net outflow deficit of about $5.8 billion by mid-July, before flows turned in August and accelerated through September. Year-to-date net inflows are now about $1.2 billion, with bitcoin trading near $86,200 in early October, according to market reports.
For institutional allocators and crypto fund managers, the concentration of inflows in IBIT reinforces the scale advantage of the largest issuer, while the divergence between bitcoin and ether products suggests investors are still treating ether as a more tactical position. The key signal to watch is whether weekly flows can stabilize above zero without the outsized single-week surges that drove September’s rebound.