Bitcoin ETFs log biggest outflows in 3 weeks as Iran war fears rise

US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) logged $171 cardinal successful outflows connected Thursday, their biggest time of redemptions since March 3, erstwhile they posted $348 cardinal successful outflows. 

BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) led the outflows with $41 million, Fidelity’s Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund (FBTC) followed with $32 million, the ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF (ARKB) sold $30.5 million, and Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust ETF (GBTC) sold $24 million, according to information from Farside Investors.

The outflows travel a play of request for Bitcoin ETFs, which attracted $1.36 cardinal successful monthly inflows truthful acold successful March and are connected way for their archetypal period of nett accumulation since October 2025, erstwhile ETFs clocked $3.42 cardinal successful nett inflows, according to Sosovalue data.

US-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs are a awesome of organization request for Bitcoin (BTC), which fell beneath the $70,000 people connected Thursday. BTC fell 4.7% implicit the past week and traded astatine $67,780 astatine the clip of writing, according to CoinMarketCap.

Bitcoin ETF flows, successful USD, million. Source: Farside Investors

Still, Bitcoin ETFs are conscionable “one bully time away” from reversing their year-to-date outflows, said elder Bloomberg ETF expert Eric Balchunas, who praised the ETFs for their “incredible fortitude” amid Bitcoin’s 46% correction from the $126,198 all-time precocious successful October 2025.

“For context, erstwhile golden fell 40% successful a abbreviated clip framework astir 10 years ago, it saw 1/3 of its investors bail,” said Balchunas successful a Tuesday X post.

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Investors fearfulness play warfare escalation

The Bitcoin ETF sell-off follows reports that the US Department of War is sending thousands of soldiers to the Middle East, sources acquainted with the substance told Reuters connected Tuesday. 

On Thursday, US President Donald Trump announced an hold to the ceasefire connected Iranian vigor infrastructure by 10 days to April 6, citing constructive ongoing negotiations.

Source: Truth Social, President Donald Trump

Despite the hold of the ceasefire, marketplace participants stay disquieted astir different unexpected play escalation, Kyle Rodda, elder fiscal expert astatine Capital.com, told Cointelegraph. He said:

“Amidst the header hazard and he-said, she-said games astir whether negotiations betwixt the US and Iran are taking place, the US is moving assets and unit towards the Middle East to hole for what looks similar a constricted crushed invasion.”

Investors are jittery astir immoderate imaginable escalation aft being caught disconnected defender by the archetypal US and Israeli strikes connected Iran connected Feb. 28, which occurred successful the mediate of constructive negotiations, Rodda added.

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