U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs took in about $1.1 billion net over the three sessions through Oct. 21; Bitcoin then fell 3.61% on Oct. 22, while three smaller-token indexes dropped more.
The Oct. 22 price reading, taken at 4 p.m. ET (20:00 UTC), put Bitcoin at $81,394.33. The DeFi Select Index recorded the steepest decline, down 7.50%; the Computing Select Index fell 6.78% and the Memecoin Index lost 6.27%.
Ether (ETH) slipped 4.37% to $2,384.14. XRP dropped 6.06% to $1.30, while Solana (SOL) lost 4.37% to $103.51.
On Oct. 21, the funds recorded net inflows above $500 million. The Oct. 20 total was $23.2 million, following $526.7 million on Oct. 19. Across all three sessions, net additions came to about $1.1 billion.
Flows were mixed earlier in the month. The ETFs had an $82.4 million net outflow on Oct. 16, following a $5.1 million inflow on Oct. 15; on Oct. 14, they recorded a $261.4 million net outflow.
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) next meets Oct. 27-28.
