Although the latest week ended with sharp outflows on Thursday and Friday, the funds still added $622.75 million overall as institutional demand stayed strong earlier in the week. Bitcoin’s price traded volatilely alongside the ETF flows, and climbed toward $82,000 before pulling back and stabilizing near $80,800 by the weekend.
Bitcoin ETF Inflows Hit 6-Week Streak
US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) extended their recovery momentum last week after recording a sixth consecutive week of net inflows. This was the longest sustained inflow streak since August of 2025.
According to SoSoValue data, the six-week run, which started during the week of April 2, has now attracted approximately $3.4 billion into US-based Bitcoin ETF products. The latest week alone contributed $622.75 million, despite a sharp reversal in flows toward the end of the week.
Weekly Bitcoin ETF flows (Source: SoSoValue)
The strongest week during the streak came in mid-April when inflows reached nearly $1 billion. Although the latest weekly inflows stayed positive overall, sentiment weakened noticeably during the final two trading days.
Thursday recorded outflows of $277.50 million, followed by another $145.65 million in outflows on Friday. Earlier in the week, however, Bitcoin ETFs saw strong demand, with Monday and Tuesday bringing in more than $999 million combined before inflows slowed on Wednesday.
The latest streak is also the longest since the seven-week inflow period between June and July 2025, when Bitcoin ETFs absorbed roughly $7.57 billion. That period was one of the strongest institutional accumulation phases since the launch of spot Bitcoin ETFs in the United States, and the current recovery trend suggests institutional investors are once again regaining confidence in the crypto market.
Bitcoin’s price action over the past week mirrored the changing ETF sentiment. BTC traded in a volatile range throughout the week but managed to hold above the psychologically important $80,000 level. The asset climbed toward the $82,000 region during the middle of the week as ETF inflows remained strong and crypto sentiment improved.
BTC’s price action over the past week (Source: CoinCodex)
However, late-week ETF outflows coincided with a pullback in price momentum, which caused Bitcoin to retreat from local highs before stabilizing around the $80,800 area by Sunday.
Meanwhile, spot Ethereum ETFs also returned to positive territory after suffering outflows the previous week. Ether-focused funds recorded $70.49 million in net inflows for the week ending May 8, reversing part of the prior week’s $82.47 million in outflows.