Bitcoin ETFs Inflow Billions as Price Hits $81,160
Bitcoin (BTC)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
Bitcoin exchange-traded funds have maintained their momentum by attracting billions in new capital over the past week, according to bitcoinmagazine.com. U.S. investors contributed $2.56 billion since last Monday, helping drive the cryptocurrency's price upward. This week alone, nearly $652 million in fresh cash entered products managed by BlackRock, Morgan Stanley, and Fidelity.
Bitcoin recently traded at $78,302 after surging nearly 25% over seven days, with a high of $81,160 on Monday. The rally follows a sluggish June and July where the asset mostly traded below $65,000. Treasury announcements regarding doubled liquidity-support buyback operations weakened the dollar, benefiting non-yielding assets like Bitcoin and gold.
Bloomberg Intelligence ETF Analyst Eric Balchunas noted on X that the debasement trade is back, citing a record $7 billion combined flow into gold and Bitcoin ETFs over five days. This strategy hedges against currency devaluation, as these assets cannot be endlessly printed. Positive regulatory signals also fueled activity, with President Donald Trump urging lawmakers to pass the crypto Clarity Act.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for BTC, measured when this story was written up on 26 August 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
Whalio spot data shows Bitcoin trading at $79,023.75 with a 24-hour buy ratio of 49.9%, indicating balanced buying and selling pressure. Short-term momentum shows slight weakening, with the 1-hour buy ratio at 44.7% and the 4-hour ratio at 43.0%, both below the daily average. Volume delta is negative across all timeframes, with -$9.6 million in the last hour and -$13.5 million over four hours. This negative delta means sell volume has exceeded buy volume in these short windows, suggesting immediate selling pressure. The 24-hour volume delta of -$903,088 is relatively small compared to the total spot volume of $1.15 billion, indicating that while sellers are currently active, the overall market depth remains high.
The latest daily buy ratio of 46.7% sits at the 18th percentile of the last 322 days, against a median of 49.2% - weaker buying than most days.
Twenty-four hours later
What BTC did over the 24 hours after the story broke. The market moves for its own reasons; this is what happened, not what the story caused.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for BTC, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Compared to the preceding week, today's activity represents a shift from the previous trend of net buying. The 7-day average buy ratio was 51.6%, meaning today's 49.9% ratio is 1.7 percentage points lower than the weekly norm. Volume is also subdued, running at 0.54 times the weekly average, which suggests a notable cooling in trading intensity. While the previous week saw net buying on six of seven days, today's metrics indicate a pause in that accumulation phase. This marks a departure from the strong inflows that characterized the prior eight days, where total volume delta was positive by over $445 million.