US crypto ETF inflows cool after $3.3B week but streaks hold

What happened

US spot crypto ETF inflows cooled on Monday. Bitcoin, Ether, Solana and XRP funds attracted $64.8 million combined, down about 80% from Friday, according to Cointelegraph, which cited SoSoValue data. The slowdown followed a week in which the same four categories took in more than $3.3 billion.

Bitcoin ETFs led Monday with $31.07 million. Ether funds followed at $17.1 million, Solana at $12.7 million and XRP at $3.96 million. Friday was busier: the four categories drew roughly $330.8 million, with Bitcoin funds at $134.47, Ether at $86.95 million, Solana at $86.7 million and XRP at $22.65 million.

Every category stayed positive. Monday extended Bitcoin ETFs' net inflow streak to eight consecutive trading sessions, and those funds have taken in about $3 billion over the run, including a 2026 high of nearly $1 billion on Sept. 21. Ether ETFs recorded a seventh consecutive positive session, Solana ETFs their seventh and XRP ETFs their fifth. BlackRock's iShares Ethereum Trust took $15.4 million of the Ether total, 21Shares' TETH added $1.7 million, Bitwise's BSOL drew most Solana inflows and Canary Capital's XRPC brought in the entire $3.96 million XRP total.

Why it matters

The cool-down followed a week of heavy buying. Bitcoin ETFs led last week's inflows with $2.39 billion, followed by Ether at $690 million, Solana at $188 million and XRP at $75.6 million. Zcash ETFs added about $35 million over that week before an $8.1 million outflow on Monday.

The next session was mixed. Bitcoin ETFs attracted $66.2 million on Tuesday, stretching their streak to nine trading days and lifting year-to-date net inflows to roughly $1 billion. Ether ETFs ended a seven-day run with about $3 million in net outflows, after gathering more than $851 million across those sessions and about $14 billion cumulatively. Zcash funds snapped a six-day streak with $8 million in outflows at the start of the week.

Market tone softened alongside the funds. Bitcoin traded at about $83,567, down 0.4% over 24 hours, and Alternative.me's Crypto Fear & Greed Index slipped to 71 from 73 while staying in "Greed" territory. Kyle Rodda, senior financial market analyst at Capital.com, told Cointelegraph that rising crude prices are capping non-yielding assets, so Bitcoin's rally has taken a pause. He said the technical picture remained constructive.

What the data shows

Dogecoin ETFs have now posted three straight weeks of inflows per data from SoSovalue. Inflows topped $878,790 on September 28, and the funds recorded $3.71 million in September 2026, their highest monthly inflow since January 2026.

The money came from the Grayscale Dogecoin Trust ETF, which has $14.11 million in total net assets and $16.34 million in cumulative net inflow. DOGE traded at $0.0934 on September 30, down 1.37% that day, and is up 13% in September 2026.

What is still unclear

• It is unclear whether the daily cooling will persist. Monday's $64.8 million was far below Friday's $330.8 million, yet all four categories stayed in positive territory.
• Whale positioning on Dogecoin is mixed. CoinGlass data shows three times more whale long accounts than short accounts on Binance and Bybit, and a long/short reading of 1.65 on OKX, while smart money sentiment remains bearish.

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