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Story: Bitcoin ETFs Soar with Nearly $1 Billion in Inflows as Price Surpasses $86,000

By Dan Saada

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Where the Money Actually Went. Ether ETFs had a strong day too, pulling in $269.98 million across eight funds.

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The $81,722 Cost Basis That Changes Everything. Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart put out a number that matters here.

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What the Numbers Say About Breadth. The spread of inflows across different assets is probably the most interesting part of Monday's…

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U.S. bitcoin ETFs just had their best day of 2026. Net inflows hit $998.95 million in a single session, the largest haul the year has produced so far, and bitcoin was trading…

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BlackRock's IBIT led the charge, pulling in $381.37 million on its own. Ark & 21Shares' ARKB wasn't far behind at $289.12 million, and Fidelity's FBTC added $238.84 million.

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That $110 billion figure is worth sitting with for a second.

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It wasn't long ago that the idea of bitcoin ETFs clearing $100 billion in net assets seemed ambitious.

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Ether ETFs had a strong day too, pulling in $269.98 million across eight funds. BlackRock's ETHA led with $110.06 million. Fidelity's FETH added $72.

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Solana ETFs weren't left out. Net inflows came in at $26.10 million, with Bitwise's BSOL contributing the biggest slice at $14.44 million.

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ZEC ETFs added $2.36 million through Grayscale's ZCSH, pushing net assets to $917.47 million. HYPE ETFs brought in $2.82 million, split between 21Shares' THYP and Grayscale's HYPG.

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XRP ETFs? Flat. No net changes. Net assets stayed at $1.62 billion. Unclear why XRP sat out while everything else moved — probably a mix of price momentum differences and where…

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Read also: Perplexity AI Predicts XRP to Reach $3.25 by 2027 as Whales Invest $2 Billion

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Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart put out a number that matters here. He said the estimated average cost basis for bitcoin ETF holders sits at around $81,722 per BTC.

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That's a pretty significant psychological shift. When a broad pool of institutional holders moves from underwater to profitable, the whole market conversation changes.

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September was rough for U.S. crypto ETFs. Policy uncertainty kept things volatile, and there were stretches where confidence looked genuinely shaky.

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