Topic
Weekly net flow data for US spot Bitcoin ETFs, including $78.9 million of IBIT outflows and $267.2 million across all products in the week through Aug. 14, 2026.
One conditional line from Christopher Waller moved September hike odds from 63.2% to a coin flip. The squeeze that followed force-closed $415 million of shorts against $92 million of longs -- forced buying, not investor demand.
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Decade-dormant coins are moving at an unusual clip while Warsh talks the Fed hawkish, so the tempting read is old supply against ETF demand. Divide the two flows and one side is ninety-six times the other.
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A $1.92 billion ETF inflow print and a Fear and Greed reading of 78 say institutional sentiment flipped. Neither says whether the money was spot or borrowed.
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More than $3 billion of short liquidations did the heavy lifting, with a $517 million ETF day alongside it. That fuel is spent, so the next leg has to be bought.
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The asset manager tells allocators the slide from $126,200 was leverage clearing rather than a change in the investment case. Its own ETF took $78.9 million of outflows in a week.
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