{"id":557580,"date":"2026-02-18T10:52:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T10:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/bitcoin-etfs-log-105m-outflows-as-mystery-ibit-buyer-surfaces\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T10:52:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T10:52:46","slug":"bitcoin-etfs-log-105m-outflows-as-mystery-ibit-buyer-surfaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/bitcoin-etfs-log-105m-outflows-as-mystery-ibit-buyer-surfaces\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin ETFs log $105M outflows as mystery IBIT buyer surfaces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjYtMDIvMDE5YzZmY2EtMmQyYi03N2Q2LWJhNjktZmU5YWZjNDMzZWU0LmpwZw==.jpg\" alt=\"Bitcoin ETFs log $105M outflows as mystery IBIT buyer surfaces\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>US spot Bitcoin ETFs continue to see slowing outflows as investors and analysts examine Q4 2025 filings showing which institutions bought and sold crypto ETFs.<\/p>\n<p data-ct-non-breakable=\"undefined\">US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) posted $104.9 million in net outflows on Tuesday in the first trading session this week.<\/p>\n<p>Total trading volume in spot Bitcoin (<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/bitcoin-price\">BTC<\/a>) ETFs fell to just over $3 billion, down nearly 80% from a record $14.7 billion on Feb. 5, reflecting a continued slowdown in trading activity, <a href=\"https:\/\/sosovalue.com\/assets\/etf\/us-btc-spot\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">according<\/a> to SoSoValue data.<\/p>\n<p>The outflows came as another round of institutions reported their Bitcoin ETF holdings for the fourth quarter of 2025, with Jane Street <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sunnydecree\/status\/2023794087149920710?s=20\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">ranking<\/a> as the second-largest buyer of BlackRock\u2019s iShares Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) in Q4, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1595888\/000159588826000023\/0001595888-26-000023-index.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1595888\/000159588826000023\/0001595888-26-000023-index.htm\">buying<\/a> $276 million.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/bitcoin-etfs-105-million-outflows-mystery-ibit-buyer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US spot Bitcoin ETFs continue to see slowing outflows as investors and analysts examine Q4 2025 filings showing which institutions bought and sold crypto ETFs. US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) posted $104.9 million in net outflows on Tuesday in the first trading session this week. Total trading volume in spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs fell [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":557581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-557580","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/557581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}