Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds in the United States saw positive flows again, in contrast to spot Ethereum ETFs, which saw substantial outflows, ending their three-day run of gains.
Data from SoSoValue reveals that on Aug. 15, the twelve U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs registered a collective inflow of $11.11 million, ending their short-lived negative flow witnessed the previous day.
Fidelity’s FBTC led the charge with inflows of $16.2 million followed by Grayscale’s Bitcoin mini trust and Biwise’s BITB which saw $13.7 million and $6.2 million inflows, respectively. Grayscale’s GBTC was the only offering to see outflows of $25 million on the day, bringing its total net outflows to $19.57 billion since its launch. The remaining seven Bitcoin ETFs reported no changes in their inflows or outflows for the day.
Spot Ether ETFs see substantial outflows
Conversely, the nine Ethereum ETFs collectively saw $39.21 million in outflows on Aug. 15, a flip from the previous daily inflows of $10.8 million and $24.3 million. Leading the outflows was Grayscale’s ETHE, with continued outflows of $42.5 million and accumulating total outflows of $2.38 billion since its inception.
Meanwhile, Fidelity’s FETH and BlackRock’s ETHA saw modest inflows of $2.5 and $0.8 million, respectively, on the day. The remaining seven Ethereum ETFs showed no significant activity. Despite these outflows, Ether ETFs experienced a jump in trading volume, totaling $240.58 million, higher than the previous day. These funds have seen a cumulative net outflow of $405.11 million to date.
Leveraged fund attracts investor focus
Meanwhile, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has recently given the green light for the launch of a new leveraged fund, MSTX, by Defiance, a U.S.-based ETF issuer. The fund aims to provide investors with 175% daily long exposure to MicroStrategy, enabling them to gain leveraged exposure to innovative companies without the need for a margin account.
On its debut trading day, MSTX generated $22 million in volume, which might set a new record, according to Bloomberg’s Senior ETF Analyst, Eric Balchunas.
Despite this development and the introduction of IBIT, another ETF, the broader crypto market has shown a tepid response. Most major cryptocurrencies have remained stable or recorded minimal increases. Bitcoin (BTC) had only gained 0.77%, while Ethereum (ETH) managed an even lower increase of 0.16%, per data from crypto.news.
Bitcoin dipped temporarily under the $57,000 mark but has since managed to climb back up to $58,442 at the time of writing. Aptos (APT) and Celestia (TIA) have taken the biggest hit among the top ten by market cap on the daily timeframe and are down 4.9% and 3.8%, respectively.
It remains to be seen if the bulls or the bears get the upper hand now, but analyst Rekt Capital noted in an Aug. 15 post on X that Bitcoin is currently retesting the bottom of its trading channel as support, indicated by a green circle on the chart. They also emphasized that maintaining price stability at this level could favorably impact the cryptocurrency’s potential for a future upward trend continuation.