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Spot Bitcoin ETFs Draw Nearly $1B in Inflows Amid Market Rally

U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs logged nearly $1 billion in net inflows on Monday, recording one of their largest single-day totals.

  • Spot bitcoin ETFs recorded nearly $1 billion in inflows on Monday.

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What happened

U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs logged nearly $1 billion in net inflows on Monday, recording one of their largest single-day totals.

Why it matters

Spot bitcoin ETFs recorded nearly $1 billion in inflows on Monday.

What to watch

24h breadthMixed · 51/100
Latest available market pulse.A compact snapshot of whether BTC, ETH, SOL moved higher or lower over the prior 24 hours.
Lower50 = flatHigher

Tracked assets were close to neutral overall.

Breadth starts at 50, adds three points for each 1% of average 24-hour movement across the tracked assets, and is capped between 0 and 100.
BTC$84,192.00+0.20%
BTC was 0.20% higher than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:57 UTC.
ETH$2,679.52−0.07%
ETH was 0.07% lower than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:57 UTC.
SOL$116.76+1.18%
SOL was 1.18% higher than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:57 UTC.

CoinGecko snapshot at 04:57 UTC. Prices and 24-hour moves refresh automatically without rerunning the newsroom.

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What moved, and by how much.

This panel compares each provider quote with the quote 24 hours earlier. Editorial stories remain in the Editor-in-Chief’s priority order instead of being repeated or pulled into this fixed data region.

Mixed · breadth 51/100. A score of 50 means the tracked assets were flat on average.

24-hour price changeLatest · 04:57 UTC
Each row compares the current provider quote with its quote 24 hours earlier. Bar length is scaled to the largest move shown.
BTC$84,192.00
+0.20%BTC was 0.20% higher than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:57 UTC.
ETH$2,679.52
−0.07%ETH was 0.07% lower than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:57 UTC.
SOL$116.76
+1.18%SOL was 1.18% higher than the provider quote 24 hours earlier. Snapshot: 04:57 UTC.

Exact percentages are printed beside every row; color is supplemental.

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