Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana ETFs Bleed in October — SkimNews
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- Bitcoin ETFs are down a net $386.3 million for October after Wednesday's $484.9 million exit — their worst single day since June — though Friday's $21.1 million inflow offered a modest bounce.
- Ethereum ETFs extended their outflow streak to nine straight trading days, shedding $56.1 million on Friday and $635 million for October so far, with the heaviest single-day exit of $201.9 million hitting Oct. 6.
- Solana ETFs lost $3.8 million on Friday, their fifth straight day of outflows, bringing October's net total to a $24.8 million loss on top of only one $1.3 million inflow on Oct. 2.
- Bitcoin ETFs' October reversal stands in sharp contrast to September, when a roughly $3 billion nine-session inflow streak — sparked after the Senate's failed cloture vote on the Clarity Act — pushed 2026 year-to-date flows back into positive territory.
- Bitcoin ETFs hold $100.6 billion in total net assets with $57.6 billion in cumulative net inflows since launch, while Ethereum ETFs carry $14.5 billion in assets and $13.2 billion in cumulative inflows.
Why it matters: The sharp sentiment reversal is the story — Bitcoin ETFs flipped from a roughly $3 billion September streak (triggered by the failed Clarity Act cloture vote) to a $386.3 million October loss in just weeks. Ethereum's nine-day outflow streak totaling nearly $700 million is the heaviest sustained damage, signaling institutional de-risking rather than routine profit-taking.
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