Institutional appetite for crypto ETFs has been uneven since the start of 2026, marked by stretches of heavy outflows and abrupt reversals. The latest weekly data suggests a more sustained recovery is taking hold.
US spot Bitcoin ETFs completed their first five-day inflow streak of 2026, accumulating $767.32 million in net inflows across the run, according to the report. The strongest single session came on Tuesday at $250.92 million, with Friday closing out the streak at $180.33 million in net inflows. For context, the last comparable five-day run ended on December 2, 2025, when the same funds pulled in a combined $284.61 million — notably less than the current streak’s total.
The funds collectively now hold $91.83 billion in net assets, with cumulative net inflows reaching $56.14 billion and approximately $4.93 billion in total value traded on Friday alone. The scale of those figures puts the weekly inflow streak in perspective: it represents meaningful directional momentum against an already large installed base.
Ether ETFs Join the Recovery
Spot Ether ETFs tracked a parallel trajectory, logging a four-day inflow streak that brought in roughly $212.14 million. Thursday was the standout session at $115.85 million, the largest single-day inflow of the run. The streak began Tuesday with $12.59 million, accelerated to $57.01 million on Wednesday, and closed Friday at $26.69 million.
Cumulative net inflows into US spot Ether ETFs now stand at $11.79 billion, with total net assets across those funds reaching $12.26 billion and approximately $1.30 billion in value traded on Friday. The four-day run directly reversed outflows seen earlier in March.
Macro Pressure Keeps Bitcoin Range-Bound
Despite the inflow data, Bitcoin‘s price action remains constrained. Analysts at Bitunix attribute the consolidation to rising geopolitical tension around the Strait of Hormuz and elevated oil prices, which together have increased macroeconomic uncertainty and dampened expectations for aggressive Federal Reserve rate cuts. The effect, the firm says, is a shift toward short-term liquidity positioning among investors.
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Bitunix derivatives liquidation heatmaps identify a key short-liquidity cluster near $71,300 acting as near-term resistance, with a denser concentration between $72,000 and $73,500. To the downside, liquidity support sits around $69,000, with deeper long liquidation levels near $68,800. The firm’s read is that BTC is likely to continue consolidating absent a macro catalyst capable of forcing a breakout in either direction.
The inflow streaks across both products represent the first sustained positive runs of the year, following a volatile opening to 2026 that included several sessions of significant outflows across the ETF complex.
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