Week breakdown. $320 million left Ethereum funds, while $229 million left Bitcoin funds. For Bitcoin, this is the second consecutive week of outflows; for Ethereum, the third.
Scale. A week earlier, the outflow was even larger — $1.22 billion, meaning the pressure has eased but has not reversed. For comparison, over the whole of 2026, Bitcoin funds have taken in only $259 million in net inflows, and Ethereum funds $610 million: October alone wiped out the yearly result for ETH.
Price. At the time of publication on October 19, Ethereum was trading at $2,433 (-5% over 7 days), Bitcoin at $82,783 (-1.3% over the week). ETH is falling noticeably faster, and the fund outflows confirm this.
Other altcoins. Money is leaving everywhere, but the amounts are smaller: Solana — $26 million, Zcash — $19 million, Hyperliquid — $18 million, XRP — $1.8 million, BNB — $285 thousand.
What this means. Exchange-traded funds are the main channel through which institutional investors' money enters crypto. When that channel is working on the way out for several weeks in a row, the market loses its constant buyer, and any downward move goes through more easily. It is worth watching whether the streak breaks this week.
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