On the last trading day in the US this week, net outflows from US Bitcoin ETFs exceeded $175 million.
In just five trading days, spot Bitcoin ETFs lost $825.7 million.
Since December 15, every trading day for the BTC ETF has been negative, except for December 17, when it attracted approximately $457.3 million.
Commenting on the situation, market participants attributed the weak performance of Bitcoin ETFs to seasonality.
Most of the selling is due to tax loss accounting, meaning it will be over in a week, trader Alec wrote on social media.
Giving some hope for 2026, trader BitBull stated that net outflows from ETFs do not mean "final market highs have been reached."
First, the price stabilizes, flows become neutral, and only then do they return. "Current data suggests that liquidity is inactive, not destroyed," he told his followers regarding Bitcoin and Ethereum.
Recall that since early November, the 30-day moving average of net inflows into exchange-traded funds tracking BTC and ETH has been consistently negative.