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Story: Bitcoin ETFs Surge with $3.52 Billion in August as Price Soars 25%

By Julie Binoche

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August's Trading Day Breakdown. The inflow story wasn't just about the headline figure.

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September Opens With a Rough First Day. It didn't last. Not even into the first week of September.

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Ether and XRP ETFs Hold Steady. While Bitcoin ETFs stumbled into September, Ether and XRP ETFs kept their footing.

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US spot Bitcoin ETFs had a monster August. Net inflows hit $3.52 billion for the month — the highest monthly total of 2026 by a wide margin — as Bitcoin's price climbed 25%, its…

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To put the scale in perspective: July's net inflows were just $172 million. August basically blew that number out of the water.

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The inflow story wasn't just about the headline figure. Bitcoin ETFs posted net inflows on 16 out of 21 trading days in August.

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Total net assets in Bitcoin ETFs grew to $99.61 billion by the end of August. That's a 31% jump from where things stood at the end of July.

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The turnaround is striking when you stack it against earlier months. June was brutal: $4.51 billion in net outflows, the worst single month of the year. May shed another $2.

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On the first trading day of the month, Bitcoin ETFs bled $236.46 million in net outflows. That's a sharp reversal from the $216.70 million in inflows recorded just one day earlier.

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See also: Goldman Sachs Leads with $87.4 Million in XRP ETFs Amid $1.6 Billion Inflows

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Bitcoin's price moved with it. The token dipped below $77,000 after trading above $80,000 at the end of August.

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Whether September holds or folds is unclear yet. The early data isn't encouraging, but one bad day doesn't erase a month of strong inflows. Probably too early to call it a trend.

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While Bitcoin ETFs stumbled into September, Ether and XRP ETFs kept their footing. Spot Ether ETFs pulled in $11 million on that same rough first day of the month.

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Ether ETFs had a genuinely big August. They flipped from deeply negative on the year to positive, ending August with $732 million in year-to-date net inflows.

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XRP ETFs also put up solid numbers. Year-to-date net inflows reached $502 million by August's end — a 46% increase from the $343 million recorded at the close of July.

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