By Isaac • August 29, 2026 11:08 pm •
Bitcoin’s nine-session ETF buying streak finally broke on Friday. The more interesting part of the report, however, was what did not break with it.
While U.S. spot Bitcoin funds posted $201.9 million in net outflows on August 28, funds tied to Ethereum, XRP and Solana still drew a combined $145.4 million. That split leaves the market with a much sharper question for Monday: was Bitcoin’s red day simply a pause after an unusually strong run, or is institutional crypto demand beginning to spread more aggressively across major assets?
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CryptoSlate detailed how Friday’s reversal ended a nine-day Bitcoin ETF inflow streak worth $3.0442 billion, even as the five sessions through August 28 still finished with about $924.5
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