Spot Ethereum (ETH) ETFs Draw Inflows as Bitcoin Funds Shed $462.73M

Bitcoin ETFs Shed $462.73M in Four Days

Capital rotation defined the latest trading week across US-listed crypto funds. Spot Bitcoin ETFs, the largest cohort by assets, turned red for the first time since the breakout week of mid-August, shedding a combined $462.73 million across four business days. The losing streak began on Tuesday — after the Labor Day holiday closed US markets — with $46.65 million in net withdrawals, deepened to $120.24 million on Wednesday and peaked at $282.56 million on Thursday before tapering to $13.29 million on Friday, the session that carried the latest US inflation print. The damage trimmed cumulative net inflows for the Bitcoin vehicles from $55.62 billion at the end of the prior week to $55.15 billion as of September 11, per our reading of the flow data.

The pullback stands out against the preceding stretch, when these funds attracted over $1.9 billion between August 17 and 21 as BTC climbed from under $65,000 to nearly $80,000, followed by two more positive weeks worth $924 million and $986 million. Last week's Bitcoin ETF outflows therefore mark the first sustained pause in institutional demand since that run. The spot Ethereum ETF complex told the opposite story: after a $24.29 million withdrawal on Monday, investors returned with $34.75 million on Wednesday, stepped back with $29.76 million on Thursday, and drove a positive Friday session that coincided with ETH tagging an eight-month high. The streak had already shown its scale midweek, when US spot Ethereum ETFs logged a $216.4 million net inflow on September 11. Attention now shifts to Washington, where the CLARITY Act reaches the US Senate next week and the Federal Reserve announces its next rate decision a day later. In our desk's view, the split flows indicate institutions are rotating gains within crypto rather than exiting the asset class outright — a pattern we follow in our regular Ethereum market coverage.

55% Recovery From June Low

Ethereum's price structure gives those fund flows their context. Trading near $2,492 on the ETH/USDT chart, the asset has recovered more than 55% from its June low around $1,600, putting the third quarter on course to rank among the strongest in Ethereum's history. More consequential for technicians, ETH now sits comfortably above every major moving average after spending much of the year below them. August delivered the advance's strongest leg: after several weeks of consolidation in the $1,850–$1,950 band, price cleared $2,000 and pushed straight into the $2,400–$2,500 zone, with a marked expansion in trading volume lending the breakout weight. Rather than surrendering those gains, the market has since settled into a $2,400–$2,550 range — a constructive sign, because the consolidation is holding well above the prior breakout area while the August impulse is digested. The move has also been underpinned by maturing network fundamentals, from Layer 2 scaling throughput to steady staking participation.

The moving-average stack has improved in tandem: short-term averages are rising beneath price and now define immediate dynamic support at $2,350–$2,400, while most longer-term averages cluster between $2,180 and $2,250. ETH has even reclaimed its major long-term moving average, a threshold it traded below for most of 2026. Momentum, however, is cooling — the relative strength index surged into overbought territory during the August breakout and has since drifted toward the mid-50s, washing out the initial rally's overheated condition but signaling that short-term buyers have lost some force. The next meaningful test lies at $2,550–$2,650; a decisive break there, after repeated failures to hold above $2,500, would open $2,700 and potentially $3,000. The larger quarterly bullish structure remains intact as long as the $2,350–$2,400 shelf holds, and our Ethereum spot-to-futures volume ratio work, which hit a six-month high of 0.15, points to the same picture of spot-led accumulation rather than leveraged froth. Readers tracking the market in real time can follow live spot and futures prices on Bybit.

$2,516.30 Resistance in Focus

COINOTAG's proprietary 42-indicator composite S/R scoring engine rates the $2,516.30 resistance at 78/100, driven by confluence of the high-volume node, pivot point and Ichimoku Tenkan. First support at $2,436.31 scores 71/100 on EMA 20 and Bollinger Band confluence, with $2,326.82 (70/100) behind it. Spot sits at $2,479, down 2.25% over 24 hours; RSI at 57.98 and a bearish MACD signal flag cooling momentum within a broader uptrend. Derivatives positioning stays constructive — funding at 0.0021%, $10.09 billion in open interest and a 1.68 long/short account ratio — while the Fear & Greed Index reads 61, in Greed territory, so outright FOMO-driven chasing looks limited. A daily close above $2,516.30 opens $2,613.82 (67/100); losing $2,436 would invalidate the short-term bullish thesis.