Fidelity’s Crypto ETFs Lead Massive Outflows

U.S.-listed spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs fell out of favor with investors on Wednesday amid macroeconomic headwinds that took a toll on the broader crypto market.

The asset manager’s spot Bitcoin ETF (FBTC) bled hundreds of millions on January 8. Seven of the eleven funds saw a combined outflow of $582.9 million according to data from SoSoValue.

Fidelity’s Crypto ETFs Lead Massive Outflows

Seven U.S.-listed crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) experienced a collective net outflow of $742.2 million on Wednesday, marking the biggest single-day outflow for the funds since their launch in October 2023, according to data from Implied Order Flow.

The outflows were primarily concentrated in Bitcoin and Ether ETFs, with seven of the eleven funds seeing outflows totaling $582.9 million.

FBTC led the outflows with $258.69 million, as BlackRock’s IBIT, the world’s largest spot Bitcoin ETF by net assets, haemorrhaged $124.05 million to break its three-day positive streak.

While FBTC recorded its largest daily net outflow since its inception on January 11 last year, IBIT has witnessed its third largest negative flow, coming barely a week after it posted outflows totaling $332.6 million.

The remaining funds, including Grayscale’s GBTC and BTC, Ark Invest’s ARKB, Valkyrie’s BRRRR, VanEck’s HODL, Invesco’s BTCO, WisdomTree’s BTCW, and Hashdex’s DEFI, recorded a combined daily net outflow of $200.16 million.

Meanwhile, U.S.-listed spot Ether ETFs were not spared from Wednesday’s market bloodbath as investors pulled $159.34 million from the three funds, including Fidelity’s FETH, which led the day’s outflows with $147.68 million. Grayscale’s ETHE and ETH saw mild outflows of $8.26 million and $3.4 million, respectively.

Despite recording their largest single-day outflows on January 8, Fidelity’s FBTC and FETH are on a positive track. The two funds still claimed the second-largest cumulative net inflows among all spot Bitcoin and Ether exchange-traded funds.

Bitcoin exchanged hands at $92,538 after losing 2.87% in the last 24 hours, while Ether’s price stood at $3,247 after tumbling 3.45% over the same period, CoinMarketCap data shows.