
Bitcoin ETF Flows Turn Positive: $109.8M Inflow Ahead of CPI
US spot bitcoin ETFs logged ~$109.8M of net inflows Oct 13, led by Fidelity, snapping an outflow; ether ETFs added $24.8M, their first after ten down days, ahead of CPI.
Daily coverage · Priya Kapoor
Bitcoin, ether, ETF flows and on-chain data read like a market.

US spot bitcoin ETFs logged ~$109.8M of net inflows Oct 13, led by Fidelity, snapping an outflow; ether ETFs added $24.8M, their first after ten down days, ahead of CPI.

The CFTC's Oct 13 Federal Register filing of Reg CTX and Reg CAM starts the codification of how crypto venues and intermediaries operate in the US, a structural step for institutional adoption.

US spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs posted roughly $1.25 billion of combined weekly outflows into September CPI and the FOMC. Ether's nine-day run is the stronger signal.

SEC and CFTC are writing crypto's first federal rulebook as ETF outflows hit $1.25B. See what Regulation Crypto Assets and the new CFTC dockets mean for retail.

The SEC's Regulation Crypto Assets proposal adds a $75M exemption and a conditional safe harbor from the investment contract test. Here's what it means for a firm crypto tape.

Fund investors have added money to spot bitcoin ETFs for a third straight week, a +$241.1M follow-up to the $2.4B week that flipped 2026 flows positive on Treasury-buyback liquidity. BTC still trades ~28% below its high. The flows, not the price, are the story.

A $700 million four-session reversal hides a larger FBTC withdrawal, a quieter IBIT and a price move that cannot prove causation.

On-chain data showed aggressive accumulation that price ignored: wallets holding 10,000 BTC added about 86,700 coins (~$7B) in three weeks, exchange supply hit a multi-year low, and Bitcoin still fell 5%. The marginal buyer in ETFs and order books was a net seller, and a 5.35% 10-year Treasury capped the squeeze.

Spot Ether ETFs have now bled for eight consecutive sessions, about $638M out in seven days, the weakest institutional signal of the week. The offsetting story is regulatory: SEC staff staking clarity and a busy ETF-staking filing pipeline that is engagement, not yet approvals.

Two regulators, one disputed boundary. The House bill passed 294 to 134, but Senate cloture failed 49 to 50, leaving retail accounts unchanged.

Bitcoin's spot ETFs added $118.9M on October 6 even as Ether's funds bled $201.9M in a single session. Under a 5.3% ten-year Treasury yield, a 24-year high, the divergence is a structural tell about how differently the two complexes have matured.

The CFTC opened retail crypto rulemaking as the SEC's comment window closes. Here's the two-agency regulatory build taking shape in a legislative vacuum.