Spot ETFs Concentrate Bitcoin's Marginal Demand
As institutional bitcoin exposure routes through a few large spot ETFs, single-issuer flows increasingly set the marginal price, amplifying moves and tying crypto more tightly to traditional macro drivers.
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Bitcoin ETFs saw $225 million of July 23 outflows with BlackRock's iShares trust accounting for ~90 percent, even as Morgan Stanley's newer fund kept taking in cash (edition report). A single issuer driving nearly all of a day's redemptions demonstrates how concentrated ETF flows set the marginal move.
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Supporting · July 25, 2026
Bitcoin ETF Buying Streak Ends With $225 Million in Outflows, Led Almost Entirely by BlackRock
Bitcoin ETFs saw $225 million of July 23 outflows with BlackRock's iShares trust accounting for ~90 percent, even as Morgan Stanley's newer fund kept taking in cash (edition report). A single issuer driving nearly all of a day's redemptions demonstrates how concentrated ETF flows set the marginal move.
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