American spot bitcoin ETFs have taken in a net $321.5 million in the first four trading sessions of October 2026, according to the daily flow table kept by TFTC (TFTC, October 2026 flows). That headline is positive and unremarkable. The split underneath is not: BlackRock’s IBIT added $545.7 million, which is 170% of the net total, so every other fund combined must have lost $224.2 million. Fidelity’s FBTC alone shed $105.9 million. Flows through 6 October predate Wednesday’s 2.65% fall in bitcoin to $83,275, so the figure that matters most for the next update has not been published yet.
The daily table
| Date (U.S. session) | Total net flow | IBIT | FBTC | All other funds (derived) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct | +$102.7M | +$195.6M | −$60.7M | −$92.9M |
| Fri 2 Oct | +$189.8M | +$158.2M | +$29.3M | +$31.6M |
| Mon 5 Oct | −$89.9M | +$69.9M | −$74.5M | −$159.8M |
| Tue 6 Oct | +$118.9M | +$122.0M | $0.0M | −$3.1M |
| Total | +$321.5M | +$545.7M | −$105.9M | −$224.2M |
Source: TFTC daily flows for IBIT, FBTC and total. The “all other funds” column is this desk’s subtraction of IBIT and FBTC from the total and therefore includes FBTC’s outflows; excluding FBTC, the remaining funds are net −$118.3 million. TFTC and other trackers can differ by a few million dollars on any day.
What the split means
IBIT was positive on all four days. The rest of the market was positive on only one. Two readings are possible, and the data cannot yet separate them. The first is concentration: new money chooses the largest, most liquid wrapper, and smaller funds suffer outflows as investors consolidate. The second is rotation: existing holders are moving between providers, selling shares of higher-fee products and buying IBIT, so the “net” of $321.5 million contains a lot of internal churn that says nothing about new demand for bitcoin. Only fee schedules and share-class data could distinguish them, and this desk does not have those for the funds involved.
The honest summary: this desk does not hold current fund asset figures, so it cannot say what share of each fund’s assets these flows represent. What the table does support is narrower. Demand through the largest fund has been steady, and no day in the sample produced an outflow large enough to count as a rout: the biggest was −$89.9 million on Monday 5 October. Across the four sessions the average daily net flow was about +$80 million.
Video: The Wolf Of All Streets, published 28 September 2026, whose title refers to an earlier $2.4 billion ETF buying figure that this desk has not verified. Included as context on how the same price level was received two weeks ago; the presenter’s views are his own.
Price context: flows and bitcoin did not move together on the days that matter
| UTC day | Coinbase close | Day change | ETF net flow (that U.S. session) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct | $84,849 | +1.55% | +$102.7M |
| 2 Oct | $84,505 | −0.41% | +$189.8M |
| 5 Oct | $85,749 | −0.87% (from the day’s open) | −$89.9M |
| 6 Oct | $85,540 | −0.24% | +$118.9M |
| 7 Oct | $83,275 | −2.65% | Not yet published |
Prices from Coinbase Exchange daily candles. A caution: ETF flows are counted for the U.S. trading day (to 4 p.m. ET), whereas the Coinbase candle runs 00:00 to 24:00 UTC, so the two are not perfectly aligned. Even so, the largest inflow in the sample (+$189.8 million on Friday 2 October) came with a slightly down day for bitcoin, and Monday’s outflow came with a fall of 0.87% from the day’s open — in line with the folk rule that ETF buyers chase price, but four days is far too short a sample to call it a pattern.
What Wednesday could change
Wednesday 7 October was the sharpest decline in this window: bitcoin dropped from $85,540 to $83,275, its lowest daily close since 20 September ($81,160), and Thursday morning prices were near $82,870. ETF holders tend to hold through short drops, but a three-day outflow of more than $300 million would reverse the first half of October’s inflows. The data to watch is TFTC’s 7 and 8 October rows. This desk will update this table when both are posted.
Technical context in one line
At Wednesday’s close the 50-day average of Coinbase closes stood near $80,277, the 100-day at $72,016 and the 200-day at $71,728, so the 100-day lead over the 200-day widened from $129 (6 October) to $289, as reported in this desk’s golden-cross update. Bitcoin’s close was about 3.7% above the 50-day.
Video: The Wolf Of All Streets, 17 September 2026 — commentary after the Fed’s 16 September hike. Third-party opinion, not this desk’s view.
Calendar
- Thursday 8 October: TFTC posts the 7 October flow row, the first to include the 2.65% decline.
- 14 October: the next U.S. inflation report.
- 29 October: the next FOMC decision, after minutes that said most participants see another hike as likely appropriate by year-end.
Method: bitcoin prices, highs, lows and closes are Coinbase Exchange BTC-USD candles (UTC day or UTC hour) pulled by Bitcoin Mastery at about 06:20 UTC on Thursday 8 October 2026; the 8 October candle is still open at that time, so any closing figure quoted is the 7 October close unless stated. Treasury yields are the U.S. Treasury’s own daily par yield curve (constant-maturity) series. Third-party figures are attributed to their source and date. ETF flow data are from TFTC (retrieved 8 October 2026), unaudited; sums and the derived “all other funds” column are this desk’s arithmetic. 50-, 100- and 200-day averages are simple averages of Coinbase daily closes through 7 October.
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