Bitcoin ETFs Add $324.6M As Fidelity Dominates Friday Flows

TL;DR U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $324.6 million in net inflows on September 18. Fidelity’s FBTC accounted for $310.7 million of the total. BlackRock’s IBIT recorded no net flow for the session. Bitcoin ETF money came back in force on Friday, but almost all of it landed in one place. U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded a combined $324.6 million in net inflows on September 18, according to Farside Investors, reversing some of the heavy redemptions seen earlier in the week. Fidelity’s Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund did most of the lifting. FBTC took in $310.7 million during the session, accounting for roughly 96% of the group’s net inflow. Bitwise’s BITB added $9.7 million, ARKB brought in $1.9 million and VanEck’s HODL added $2.3 million. BlackRock’s IBIT, normally one of the largest contributors on strong flow days, finished flat. Fidelity Took The Whole Session The concentration is probably the most interesting part of the numbers. ETF flow headlines often get reduced to one big aggregate figure, but Friday wasn’t a broad wave of institutional buying across every issuer. It was overwhelmingly a Fidelity day. That matters because the previous sessions had been rough. The funds recorded a...