During the week from December 15 to 19, 2025, there was a significant capital outflow from spot exchange-traded funds focused on Bitcoin and Ethereum. The total amount withdrawn from these ETFs exceeded $1.1 billion, reflecting a trend of declining investor activity in the cryptocurrency sector.
This is reported by Business • Media
Dynamics of Spot Bitcoin ETFs
The spot Bitcoin ETF sector recorded an investment outflow of $497.05 million during the reporting week. According to current data, the largest negative cash flow was observed in the following funds:
- IBIT — $240.32 million;
- BITB — $115.21 million;
- ARKB — $100.59 million;
- HODL — $39.21 million;
- GBTC — $27.51 million;
- BTC — $7.37 million.
At the same time, five funds — BTCO, EZBC, BRRR, BTCW, and DEFI — did not attract new investments, while FBTC, on the contrary, received a capital influx of $33.15 million.
Capital Outflow from Ethereum ETFs and Altcoin Funds
During the specified period, spot Ethereum ETFs lost $643.97 million. Capital outflow was recorded in six key funds:
- ETHA from BlackRock — $558.15 million;
- ETHE from Grayscale — $32.36 million;
- ETH from Grayscale — $17.29 million;
- FETH from Fidelity — $16.72 million;
- ETHW from Bitwise — $13.01 million;
- ETHV from VanEck — $6.43 million.
Three funds — EZET from Franklin Templeton, QETH from Invesco, and TETH from 21Shares — did not receive investments during this week.
The spot Bitcoin ETF sector closed the week with a cash outflow of $497.05 million.
It is worth noting that the altcoin market saw an influx of investments in funds such as XRP-ETF, Solana-ETF, and LINK-ETF — totaling $152.21 million. Meanwhile, DOGE-ETF, Litecoin-ETF, and HBAR-ETF remained without inflows.
In the Hong Kong market during this period, there was an outflow of 8.98 BTC and an inflow of 1550 SOL.
The previous week, on the contrary, saw a capital influx into Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs exceeding $490 million.