Crypto ETFs See $610.7M Outflows; ETH Exceeds BTC This Week

U.S. Crypto ETFs Post $610.7M Net Withdrawals

U.S.-listed crypto ETFs tracked across five Farside Investors tables recorded a combined $610.7 million in net outflows for the week of Oct. 12–16, 2026. Ethereum-focused funds led the withdrawals, surpassing Bitcoin products in total redemptions. The figures reflect trading activity captured by Farside’s daily tables and underline continuing volatility in digital asset investment products.

Weekly fund flow summary

Total weekly outflows across the five ETF categories declined 52.5% versus the prior reporting period, when the same groups saw $1.2863 billion in net withdrawals from Oct. 5–9. Despite the slowdown, every tracked category finished the week negative. Bitcoin and Ethereum combined for $548.5 million of the $610.7 million total, representing roughly 89.8% of the week’s net redemptions.

Daily pattern and major sessions

Farside’s aggregated daily totals show Tuesday was the only session with net inflows across the five ETF groups, attracting $194.3 million after Monday’s $155.5 million in redemptions. Wednesday was the heaviest loss of the window with $393.4 million leaving funds, followed by $90.1 million on Thursday and $166 million on Friday. These daily swings emphasize the sensitivity of ETF flows to market sentiment and macroeconomic headlines.

Ethereum ETFs: Biggest weekly outflows at $320.1M

Ethereum ETFs experienced $320.1 million in net withdrawals over the five-session window, the largest single-category loss. BlackRock’s ETHA accounted for the lion’s share: Farside’s daily entries put ETHA’s net redemptions at $299 million, roughly 93.4% of the category’s total outflow.

Ethereum daily and fund-level breakdown

Ethereum products posted four negative sessions and one positive day. Monday saw $85.4 million redeemed, while Tuesday produced $24.8 million of inflows. Wednesday brought the week’s largest single-day Ethereum exit at $129.5 million, and Thursday and Friday added respective outflows of $60.3 million and $69.7 million.

Other fund-level movements included Fidelity’s FETH, which attracted $10.5 million over the week, and Grayscale’s smaller vehicles: the Ethereum Mini Trust lost $12.4 million and ETHE recorded $18.3 million in withdrawals. Franklin Templeton’s EZET shed about $900,000. Several other listed Ethereum funds showed no net movement across the reporting days in Farside’s table.

Separately, VanEck filed to withdraw its proposed Lido Staked Ethereum ETF registration on Oct. 14, stating it does not intend to proceed with the planned distribution. The registration had not been declared effective and no securities were issued under it; the withdrawal request cited Rule 477 and related procedural items. That proposed offering was distinct from the operating funds included in Farside’s flow tables.

Bitcoin ETFs: $228.4M of outflows despite a strong Tuesday

Bitcoin-focused ETFs recorded $228.4 million in net redemptions across the week. Tuesday was the category’s best session, drawing $175.7 million in inflows, but Wednesday’s $261.4 million withdrawal and Friday’s $82.4 million exit outweighed that buying pressure.

Top Bitcoin ETF movers

BlackRock’s IBIT experienced the largest Bitcoin fund-level outflow, losing $165.4 million for the reporting period based on Farside’s daily tallies. Fidelity’s FBTC retreated by $60.2 million. In contrast, Morgan Stanley’s MSBT attracted $6.7 million and Bitwise’s BITB added $2.2 million. Invesco’s BTCO posted $4.1 million in redemptions, while the Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust saw $7.6 million leave.

Earlier in October, Bitcoin funds suffered a substantially larger single-session hit: $484.9 million in withdrawals on Oct. 7, noted as their largest daily outflow since June 25, when redemptions hit $691.7 million. These episodic spikes highlight how ETF fund flows can amplify and reflect broader trader reactions to macro data and on-chain events.

Altcoins and niche products: Solana, Zcash, Hyperliquid

Other tracked categories also finished the week in the red. Solana ETFs lost $25.5 million in the five sessions, continuing a run of daily outflows that began the prior week. Bitwise’s BSOL made up most of the Solana category’s pain, accounting for $18.8 million of the decline. Grayscale’s GSOL posted a $6 million withdrawal on Thursday.

Zcash’s tracked product, ZCSH, recorded a $19.2 million net loss; it saw an inflow of $3.7 million on Wednesday but a $14.8 million exit on Thursday that pushed the category negative. Hyperliquid-branded ETFs together shed $17.5 million: BHYP lost $6.4 million, THYP $8.5 million and HYPG $2.6 million. Thursday alone accounted for $10.3 million of Hyperliquid’s weekly net outflow, including $7.1 million from THYP.

Context and market drivers

A separate CoinShares report covering global digital asset investment products published Oct. 16 registered $434 million in outflows for its own reporting week. CoinShares’ dataset and reporting cutoff differ from the five U.S.-listed ETF categories aggregated here. The asset manager linked some withdrawals to shifting interest-rate expectations after recent U.S. inflation and retail sales data — underscoring how macroeconomic releases and monetary policy outlooks can affect blockchain investment strategies and ETF demand.

Farside’s tables provide a transparent view of fund flows but do not attribute causes to individual transactions. That leaves room for multiple explanatory factors — from short-term trader positioning and tax-loss harvesting to portfolio rebalancing and reaction to regulatory or product-specific updates.

What it means for investors

The latest week’s flows show that even as ETF adoption advances, capital in and out of digital asset funds remains sensitive to headline risk and market momentum. For institutional and retail investors tracking crypto ETFs, monitoring daily fund flows alongside broader macro indicators and on-chain trends remains essential to understanding liquidity and price impact across Bitcoin, Ethereum and altcoin ETF markets.

As ETF product suites expand and new proposals circulate — as with the withdrawn Lido-staked filing — fund flows will continue to offer a near real-time barometer of investor appetite for blockchain exposure through regulated vehicles.