U.S. Bitcoin Funds See $110.3 Million Flow Into IBIT on October 26
Key Facts
U.S. spot Bitcoin funds attracted net inflows of $110.3 million on October 26, 2026, with the entire amount going to BlackRock’s IBIT, according to Farside Investors data. The other eleven funds recorded no net flows that day, leaving the sector’s total equal to IBIT’s inflow. The return to inflows came after two sessions of outflows, putting the fund back in positive territory after the same amount flowed out of it on October 23. This shows a sharp shift in daily flows over a few days, but describes only the movement in those sessions. The figures do not reveal investors’ identities or motives, and on their own are not enough to establish a change in the market’s direction.
On October 23, the funds recorded net outflows of $137.9 million; that session included outflows of $110.3 million from IBIT and $31.8 million from FBTC, according to Farside. A day earlier, net outflows reached $635.6 million, with $254.1 million flowing out of IBIT and $217.5 million from FBTC. IBIT therefore returned on October 26 with an inflow equal to the amount that had flowed out on October 23, after recording a larger outflow on October 22. The picture was different on October 21, when the funds posted net inflows of $524.8 million. IBIT received $235 million of that total, while FBTC attracted $212.7 million. These movements show that flows were split among more than one fund in some sessions, while net flows were concentrated in IBIT alone on Monday.
The funds recorded net inflows of $526.7 million on October 19, after IBIT attracted $665.2 million. In the same session, $83.6 million flowed out of FBTC and $54.9 million out of GBTC, reducing the group’s net inflow below the total received by IBIT. This session is an earlier example of flows moving in different directions across funds on the same day, unlike the October 26 session, when the other funds recorded no net flows. Over the period shown on Farside’s page, updated through October 27, cumulative inflows to IBIT reached about $66.244 billion. By contrast, cumulative net flows for the twelve listed funds totaled $57.361 billion. The difference reflects the effect of net outflows recorded by some funds during the period shown, and does not change the fact that both figures measure the entire period, not the October 26 session alone.
Farside’s page lists annual fees of 0.25% for both IBIT and FBTC, while Grayscale’s Bitcoin Mini Trust charges about 0.15%. This comparison puts IBIT’s listed fee above that fund’s, but does not explain the flows in any particular session. In the broader market, Bitcoin fell 0.3% to $80,425.7 at 11:01 a.m. Eastern Time on October 26, amid concerns over rising oil prices and ahead of major central bank meetings, according to an Investing.com report citing Reuters. The report said markets were bracing for the possibility of more hawkish signals from central banks, and that higher interest rates typically weigh on speculative assets such as cryptocurrencies. In EL7 data, BlackRock shares, listed under the ticker BLK, closed at $1,127.66 that day; this is the share price and on its own does not establish a relationship between its performance and demand for IBIT. The Federal Open Market Committee meeting was scheduled for October 27 and 28, with a press conference on October 28, according to the Federal Reserve Board’s calendar.