Bitcoin ETFs Lose $91 Million as Morgan Stanley’s MSBT Adds Fresh Capital
CryptoETF flows remained subdued on Thursday, June 18, asbitcoinand ether funds posted another day of outflows ahead of the Juneteenth market closure. SolanaandXRPETFs attracted modest inflows, while HYPE. . .
CryptoETF flows remained subdued on Thursday, June 18, asbitcoinand ether funds posted another day of outflows ahead of the Juneteenth market closure. SolanaandXRPETFs attracted modest inflows, while HYPE products saw no trading activity. Key TakeawaysBitcoin ETFs lost $90. 66M on June 18, led by Blackrock IBIT’s $96. 66M outflow. Solana and XRP ETFs gained $2. 99M and $2. 55M, showing selective investor demand. Franklin targets Sept. 1, 2026, launch for two bitcoin-linked dividend reinvestment ETFs. Bitwise LeadsSolanaandXRPInflows asBitcoin ETFsExtend LossesThe market limped into the holiday break with a quieter tape and a familiar divide. Bitcoinand ether ETFs remained under pressure, though volumes eased as traders prepared for the Juneteenth closure. The day was not without pockets of demand. SolanaandXRPproducts both added capital, but the broader tone stayed cautious. Bitcoin ETFsrecorded $90. 66 million in net outflows, led by two funds. Blackrock’s IBIT accounted for the bulk of the pressure, losing $96. 66 million. Vaneck’s HODL added a smaller $4. 44 million exit. Morgan Stanley’s MSBT was the lone positive contributor, drawing $10. 43 million in inflows. It helped soften the overall loss, but not enough to reverse the day’s direction. Totalbitcoin ETFvalue traded came in at $2. 40 billion, while total net assets closed at $78. 32 billion. Morgan Stanley’s MSBT has seen four days of inflows despite the broader market outflows. Source: SosovalueEther Outflows Stay ConcentratedEther ETFs also finished in negative territory, with the entire $12. 77 million outflow coming from Blackrock’s ETHA. There were no offsetting inflows across the category. Total ether ETF value traded stood at $436. 41 million, while net assets closed at $9. 30 billion. The result kept ether funds under pressure, even as the scale of redemptions remained moderate compared with earlier sessions this month. SolanaandXRPFind Buyers as HYPE Goes QuietSolanaETFs offered the strongest positive flow of the day, adding $2. 99 million. The entire inflow went into Bitwise’s BSOL. Total traded value was $38. 30 million, and net assets closed at $794. 01 million. XRPETFs also ended in the green, bringing in $2. 55 million, all through Bitwise’sXRPproduct. Total value traded reached $11. 98 million, while net assets slipped below the $1 billion mark to close at $994. 81 million. HYPE ETFs saw no trading activity. Net assets closed at $221. 22 million. The session also brought a fresh sign of how issuers are trying to blend traditional income strategies withbitcoinexposure. Henry Jim, ETF analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence,notedtwo new Franklinfilings: the Franklin US EquityBitcoinDRIP Index ETF and the Franklin US InnovationBitcoinDRIP Index ETF. Both are structured to invest dividends intobitcoin, with an effective date listed as Sept. 1, 2026. Thursday’s flows showed a market winding down before the holiday, without finding a decisive direction. Bitcoinand ether remained weak, but steady inflows intosolanaandXRPsuggested selective demand is still present beneath the slower trading tape.