U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs took in $217 million on Monday, reversing Friday's outflow and resuming a buying trend that made August the strongest month of the year for the funds. Ether ETFs kept climbing, stretching their net-buying streak to 11 straight days.
Bitcoin ETFs pulled in about $217 million on Monday, according to SoSoValue. The rebound followed roughly $202 million leaving the funds on Friday. That single outflow had ended a nine-day buying run stretching back to Aug. 19, a stretch that matched the longest inflow streak of the year.
Ether ETFs, meanwhile, never broke stride through the Friday sell-off. Monday's $88 million marked an 11th consecutive day of net buying worth $1.6 billion, the longest run for the products since a 20-day streak that ended in July 2025. The divergence underscores how differently allocators treated the two asset classes during last week's wobble.
Bitcoin ETF net assets closed August just under $100 billion. The funds had crossed above that line on Aug. 27, before Friday's selling pulled them back below it. Cumulative net inflows since the funds launched in January 2024 now sit near $55 billion, a milestone built almost entirely on the momentum of the past several weeks.
Even so, August finished as the strongest month of 2026 for bitcoin ETFs by a wide margin, more than double what April managed. The funds still carry a net outflow for the year of roughly $2.5 billion, so August's strength has narrowed the year-to-date gap rather than closed it.
Friday's single red day came after Warsh's Jackson Hole remarks pushed rate-hike expectations higher. Monday's rebound therefore suggests allocators treated the sell-off as a one-session adjustment rather than the start of a reversal. This week's flow prints will settle which reading holds.
Source: CoinDesk
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