$1.7B Bitcoin ETF Inflows in 3 Days: $100K Next?

Spot Bitcoin ETF inflows reverse early-January redemptions

The three-day inflow run marked a sharp swing after net outflows of roughly $1.3 billion to $1.4 billion from Jan. 6 to Jan. 9, including about $486 million on Jan. 7, based on widely tracked ETF flow tallies.

Market snapshot: Bitcoin rose about 12% in early 2026 during the move and touched roughly $98,000 before it slid back toward $95,000, according to the price levels cited alongside the ETF flow data.

Flow detail: The inflow streak built day by day. Totals were about $753.8 million to $760 million on Jan. 13 and about $840 million to $843.6 million on Jan. 14, followed by further inflows on Jan. 15 that brought the three-day sum to about $1.71 billion, according to SoSoValue’s spot ETF dashboard and Farside Investors’ flow page. This story focuses on the headline totals and a few large fund-level figures highlighted in summaries from those sources.

BlackRock’s IBIT leads as spot ETF AUM tops $128B

BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust was the largest driver in the reversal. IBIT pulled in about $648.39 million on Jan. 14, a record daily intake for the fund and the biggest single day of 2026 so far in the data cited, while Fidelity’s Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund led Jan. 13 with about $351.4 million, according to the same flow trackers. The inflows appeared to lift sentiment, with the Crypto Fear and Greed Index climbing to 61 (“Greed”) by Jan. 15 as the market digested the positive ETF flow data.

The surge also followed a start-of-month drawdown that hit many of the same tickers. For readers tracking the category’s stop-and-start demand into year-end, our earlier coverage of IBIT’s December outflow streak details the kind of day-to-day volatility ETFs can show even when longer-period ownership stays large in absolute terms in BlackRock ETF IBIT Moves $200M in Bitcoin: Red Flag or Buy-the-Dip?.

By mid-January, spot bitcoin ETF assets under management were about $128.04 billion, and the products collectively held around 606,000 BTC, or about 3% of all bitcoin ever mined, according to the cited dashboards. IBIT alone was reported near $73 billion in assets, which helps explain why its creations and redemptions can dominate the category’s day-to-day flow prints.

These creations and redemptions matter beyond headline dollars. When ETF shares are created, authorized participants deliver bitcoin into the fund’s custody in exchange for new shares, and when shares are redeemed the process runs in reverse. That mechanism can concentrate demand into a small number of trading windows, which is one reason daily flow reports often shape the market narrative even when the underlying investors are moving on slower timelines.

When creations lead for several sessions, ETF buying can remove coins from readily traded supply through custody, and heavy redemptions can unwind that effect. The three-day inflow run followed by a Jan. 16 reversal highlights how fast the balance can change.

What to watch in daily ETF flow reports

The key open question is whether the rebound reflects a durable shift in positioning or a short-term swing after the early-January outflows were cleared. On Jan. 16, the group saw net outflows of about $395 million, a reminder that the series can flip quickly after sharp moves, based on the same flow tallies.

Watch the next few trading days of published flow data from trackers like SoSoValue and Farside Investors, plus issuer updates such as BlackRock’s IBIT product disclosures. For more context on how headline “sold” claims can blur the line between a market sale and an ETF redemption, see BlackRock ‘Sold’ $251M Bitcoin: What IBIT Holdings Show.

Regulatory timelines also stay in the background for the sector, even during flow-driven weeks. The Senate Banking Committee’s postponed markup vote on the CLARITY Act is a reminder that policy process can move on its own calendar, and that timing was not immediately clear, as covered in US Senate Voting On CLARITY Act Has Been Canceled.