Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs Bleed $1.23B in 7 Days as October Outflows Deepen

BREAKING

Spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs recorded simultaneous outflows on October 13, with both products extending a seven-day redemption streak that has now drained a combined $1.23 billion from the two categories. The data, reported by Lookonchain and cross-checked against SoSoValue and Farside Investors, shows institutional sellers have been consistently pulling capital for a full trading week.

At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading at approximately $83,286 (+0.97% over the past 24 hours), though the October 13 flow data was recorded when BTC was testing the $62,000 zone — a level it failed to hold, which SoSoValue data correlates with the acceleration of redemptions.

The October 13 Flow Breakdown

On the day alone, Bitcoin ETFs posted a net outflow of 788 BTC ($65.55M). Ethereum ETFs saw steeper single-day pressure: 29,926 ETH ($74.79M) exited the product category in one session. Combined, the two asset classes shed $140.34M in a single trading day.

The seven-day picture is considerably more severe:

Source: Lookonchain, SoSoValue, Farside Investors — October 13, 2025

Concentration: ETH Outflows Are Proportionally Heavier

A notable structural detail emerges when comparing day-to-week ratios. For Bitcoin ETFs, the single-day outflow of $65.55M represents 9.5% of the total seven-day redemption — meaning the weekly drawdown was distributed across multiple sessions rather than front-loaded on one day. For Ethereum ETFs, the October 13 single-day figure of $74.79M accounts for 13.8% of the weekly total — a higher daily concentration, suggesting ETH selling pressure intensified into the end of the week rather than abating.

The research also confirms this is the largest combined weekly outflow for both products since mid-September, per SoSoValue and Farside Investors data cross-referenced against issuer 19b-4 filings. No single regulatory action or corporate event is identified as the trigger — the pattern is consistent with institutional repositioning following Bitcoin’s failure to sustain above $62,000, compounded by broader equity market weakness and persistent uncertainty around U.S. interest-rate policy.

This follows a pattern documented in earlier periods — CoinsProbe previously covered a week where Bitcoin ETFs pulled $742.56M over seven days while Ethereum recorded only a $15M single-day exit, a structurally opposite configuration to what October 13 presents. The current data shows both products declining in tandem, which removes the usual offset dynamic.

What the Numbers Confirm — and What They Don’t

The simultaneous outflow across both asset classes confirms that this is not ETF-category rotation — capital is not moving from Bitcoin ETFs into Ethereum ETFs or vice versa. Both are being redeemed. The research from SoSoValue explicitly rules out forced liquidation as the mechanism; the redemption pace across seven days is consistent with deliberate, scheduled institutional selling rather than a stress event.

For context on how quickly this can reverse: CoinsProbe previously reported a session where Morgan Stanley’s MSBT ETF posted a record single-day Bitcoin inflow of 1,100 BTC ($93.89M) — nearly 1.4 times Monday’s entire Bitcoin ETF daily outflow in a single fund’s single session. That context illustrates how quickly institutional positioning can reverse when sentiment shifts.

What the outflow data does not confirm: it does not indicate that ETF holders are selling spot Bitcoin or ETH. ETF redemptions return the underlying asset to authorized participants — the BTC and ETH are not necessarily liquidated into open markets. Bloomberg terminal data, cited in the research, provides price context but does not establish a direct causal chain between ETF redemptions and spot price movement on October 13 specifically.

The metric to watch going forward is the seven-day rolling net flow on SoSoValue — a reversal above zero on consecutive days would signal the redemption streak is broken. Until then, the data shows $1.23 billion in combined capital has exited both spot ETF categories in one week, the heaviest combined withdrawal since mid-September. Watch $62,000 in Bitcoin as the level whose reclaim or continued rejection will most directly determine whether the flow trajectory reverses in the sessions ahead.

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Source: Lookonchain · Published by CoinsProbe Markets Desk

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