TLDR
About $443 million left Bitcoin investment products this week (week to 29 Dec) per a CoinShares summary reported by Yahoo Finance.
- US spot Bitcoin ETFs specifically saw about $782 million outflows in Christmas week, per Cointelegraph.
- On 31 Dec, spot Bitcoin ETFs took in $355 million, ending a seven?day outflow streak of $1.12 billion, per Cointelegraph.
Deep Dive
1. What This Week Measures
The $443 million figure reflects all digital asset investment products (not just US spot ETFs) in the week ending 29 Dec, with $443 million from Bitcoin products per the CoinShares weekly noted by Yahoo Finance.
For US spot Bitcoin ETFs only, holiday?shortened Christmas week recorded about $782 million in net outflows, led by a $276 million single?day on Friday, as reported by Cointelegraph.
Flows then flipped positive on 31 Dec with a $355 million net inflow, breaking a seven?day $1.12 billion outflow run, per Cointelegraph.
If you track this week as a calendar week into 29 Dec, net outflows were large; if you focus on US spot ETFs, the prior week was negative, but a late 31 Dec inflow may mark a tentative shift.
2. Why Flows Mattered Now
Holiday positioning, thin year?end liquidity, and tax?related rebalancing were widely cited as drivers of the outflow streak, pressuring price action into year?end per multiple market updates (Investing.com).
The seven?day outflow sequence totaled about $1.12 billion before the 31 Dec reversal, with the inflow led by BlackRocks IBIT and ARKB as noted by Cointelegraph.
CoinShares broader fund flows corroborate a cautious tone, citing $446 million out of digital asset products in the week to 29 Dec, including $443 million from Bitcoin, per Yahoo Finance.
The outflows looked mostly seasonal and liquidity?driven. The late?week inflow suggests the regime may be stabilizing, but confirmation requires several consecutive positive sessions.
Conclusion
Weekly flows were negative into 29 Dec (about $443 million out of Bitcoin products), and US spot ETFs had heavy Christmas?week redemptions (about $782 million), but 31 Dec saw a $355 million inflow that ended a seven?day outflow streak. The key signal now is whether inflows persist into the first full trading week of January.
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