U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $471 million in net inflows on April 6, the largest single-day total since Feb. 25 and the 6th-biggest of 2026. BlackRock IBIT led with $182M, Fidelity FBTC added $147M, and ARKB saw its largest daily inflow since July 2025 at $119M.
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $471 million in net inflows on April 6, the largest single-day total since Feb. 25 and the 6th-biggest of 2026. BlackRock IBIT led with $182M, Fidelity FBTC added $147M, and ARKB saw its largest daily inflow since July 2025 at $119M.
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs posted a combined $471 million in net inflows on April 6, according to SoSoValue data — the strongest daily inflow since February 25 and the 6th-largest single-day figure of 2026.
BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) led with approximately $182 million in inflows, followed by Fidelity's Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund (FBTC) at $147 million. The ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF (ARKB) ranked third with nearly $119 million, marking its largest daily inflow since July 10, 2025.
This follows March's $1.3 billion in net monthly inflows (first monthly gain of 2026 after $1.61B Jan and $207M Feb outflows). The April 6 surge is notably broad-based — not IBIT-dominated — with three issuers each contributing over $100M, suggesting diversified institutional appetite rather than single-fund flows.
Meanwhile, Arkham data shows ETF outflows slowed to a halt last week, with major issuers selling just $16.6M in BTC. ARKB actually purchased the most at $34M.
The inflow surge comes despite BTC stalling below $70,000 amid Iran tensions, whale distribution, and extreme fear (Crypto Fear & Greed Index at 13). ETFs are now the marginal buyer absorbing long-term holder selling — a structural shift where institutional flows are effectively putting a floor under price during risk-off periods.
Binance Research reports bitcoin's correlation with global monetary easing has flipped negative since ETF launch — BTC now front-runs Fed policy rather than lagging it, a fundamental change in how the asset trades.
Capital Group ($3.3T AUM) disclosed a 10.63% stake (136M shares, ~$203M) in Metaplanet, making it the largest shareholder of Japan's premier Bitcoin treasury company. The firm already holds a position in Strategy, now extending its Bitcoin treasury thesis across two jurisdictions.
T. Rowe Price, the $1.89 trillion asset manager, launched the T. Rowe Price Active Crypto ETF (TKNZ) on NYSE Arca — the first actively managed multi-token spot crypto exchange-traded product in the marketplace. The fund holds a diversified portfolio across Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB, XRP, Solana, and Hyperliquid, with active allocation adjustments led by Blue Macellari, Head of Digital Assets since 2022.
The SEC approved an immediately effective rule change quadrupling IBIT options position limits from 250,000 to 1,000,000 contracts, enabling up to $5B in notional options exposure per participant. The approval landed the same day BlackRock reported record $15.3T AUM and $191.7B Q2 inflows, even as IBIT shed $3.3B during the quarter.