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U.S. spot Bitcoin<a href="https://yellow.com/asset/btc" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">(BTC)</a> exchange-traded funds pulled in $216.7 million in net inflows on Aug. 31, reversing a single session of redemptions that ended a nine-day streak.<h2 id="key-points">Key Points:</h2><blockquote><ul><li>U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $216.7 million in net inflows on Aug. 31, the first positive session after one day of redemptions.</li><li>BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust supplied $205.9 million of the total, with smaller amounts from Fidelity, Bitwise and Grayscale.</li><li>The funds have still drawn more money out than in across 2026, despite August's strong run.</li></ul></blockquote><h2 id="bitcoin-etf-inflows-rebound-after-outflow">Bitcoin ETF Inflows Rebound After Outflow</h2>Fund-flow data published Sept. 1 <a href="https://en.bloomingbit.io/feed/news/119486" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">showed</a> the group of U.S. spot Bitcoin products absorbing $216.7 million during the prior trading day. BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust supplied $205.9 million of that total, an addition of roughly 2,600 BTC to the fund's holdings. The week before had already carried about $924 million into the same set of products, according to figures <a href="https://farside.co.uk/btc/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">compiled</a> from issuer filings.Fidelity's Wise Origin fund <a href="https://www.thecoinrepublic.com/2026/09/01/bitcoin-price-prediction-heres-what-to-expect-as-btc-long-flips-bullish/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">took</a> in $6.9 million and Bitwise's BITB added $4.3 million, while Grayscale's Bitcoin Mini Trust drew $9.4 million. VanEck's HODL was the outlier. Several smaller products, including the Invesco, Franklin Templeton and WisdomTree funds, recorded no movement at all on the day. Cumulative net inflows across the category since its January 2024 debut now sit near $54.85 billion, a figure that dwarfs any single session.Also Read:<a href="https://yellow.com/news/kalshi-bans-george-santos-71356-fine" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Kalshi Bans George Santos For Life With A $71,356 Fine Over State Of The Union Bets</a><h2 id="etfs-now-shape-market-structure">ETFs Now Shape Market Structure</h2>Flow prints matter because issuers must buy spot coins to back newly created shares, which ties fund demand directly to pressure in the underlying market. On an active session the funds absorb many times the amount of fresh supply that miners bring online.That mechanical link explains why traders track the daily figure far more closely than they track most conventional sentiment gauges. The Aug. 28 session, which recorded a $201.9 million outflow, briefly suggested that August's buying wave had run its course. It lasted one day.Bitcoin opened Sept. 1 at $78,559 before it <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/personal-finance/investing/article/bitcoin-and-ethereum-prices-today-tuesday-september-1-2026-crypto-prices-falling-as-inflation-concerns-persist-123554224.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">eased</a> below $78,000 by midmorning in New York, giving back part of the previous day's gain. Rate expectations are working against it. Futures markets now assign a 66.4% probability to a quarter-point Federal Reserve increase later this month, a reversal from a week earlier, when traders leaned toward no change. Analysts reading the chart <a href="https://sundayguardianlive.com/business/bitcoin-price-today-01-september-btc-holds-near-78000-after-strong-august-rally-faces-key-80000-82000-resistance-check-latest-bitcoin-prices-in-usd-inr-gbp-euro-jpy-275015/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">put</a> the next serious resistance band between $80,000 and $82,000.<h2 id="bitcoin-etf-flows-swung-hard-through-2026">Bitcoin ETF Flows Swung Hard Through 2026</h2>The rebound follows the roughest stretch in the products' short history. Spot Bitcoin funds lost about $2.43 billion in May, then shed roughly $4.5 billion in June, the worst month on record for the category. Prices sank to their lowest level since late 2024 before the selling pressure finally eased.Citigroup<a href="https://www.coingecko.com/learn/bitcoin-price-predictions-expert-forecasts" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">reset</a> its 12-month net-inflow assumption to zero after that run, down from an earlier $10 billion estimate.August then delivered the strongest inflow month of 2026 and carried Bitcoin from the $60,000 range to above $80,000, a gain of nearly 25%. Even so, the funds remain in net outflow territory for the year. That gap is what September will be judged against.Read Next:<a href="https://yellow.com/news/hyperliquid-lazarus-laundering-30m" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Hyperliquid Laundering Risk Uncovered In $30M Lazarus Trades</a>

Bitcoin ETFs Absorb $216.7M, Undoing A Single Session Of Outflows

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