Bitcoin ETF inflows top 500 times 2025 average in ‘significant deviation’

Important points

• The Bitcoin ETF’s inflows on April 22 obliterated 2025.

• ETF performance continues to be heavily dependent on BTC’s price movement, following the six-week highest BTC/USD.

• ETFs are becoming more popular, and one analyst argues that ETFs can be used to help investors. “determine” Exchange activity

BitcoinBTCOn April 22, institutional investors invested more than eleven times their average annual amount into US Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs).

Onchain Analytics releases new data Glassnode According to the ETF, the 912 million dollars in ETF flows is more than five times higher than the average daily ETF flow of 2025.

The average ETF investment for 2025 was only 23 BTC

Bitcoin ETFs saw inflows as the price of BTC rose this week. undergoing a “dramatic” turnaround BTC/USD hit its highest level in one day, nearly $1 billion. BTC/USD has hit its highest levels since early March.

Glassnode reveals just how unusual such a tally is — in 2025, so far, the average daily inflow has been just 23 BTC ($2.1 million).

“This was the largest daily inflow since November 11, 2024, marking a notable resurgence in demand,” Researchers explain in detail how to use an X thread On the subject.

This means that the total for April 22 is more than 500 percent higher than average in a year when dramatic shifts in sentiment have resulted to periods of major outflows ETF cohorts are grouped together.

The ETFs have been around since the beginning of their existence. January 2024 launchThis figure of $912 million is very rare. It represents about 11.5 times daily average.

“Since inception, the average daily inflow is approximately 1,031 $BTC,” Glassnode has been added to the total for April 22, a “significant deviation.”

ETFs are becoming “marginal buyer” BTC

Eric Balchunas, a Bloomberg ETF Analyst was one of those who were optimistic about ETFs changing fortunes.

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“The spot bitcoin ETFs went Pac-Man mode yesterday,” He told X Followers

Balchunas reported that the inflows of money increased throughout most of Europe. eleven ETFs — a move that contrasts with the common scenario in which the largest product, BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), takes in the lion’s share of investments.

Andre Dragosch is also optimistic.

“Great to see very positive net inflows into Bitcoin ETFs again — In fact, they have become ‘the marginal buyer’ in Bitcoin since Jan 2024,” He observed alongside more Glassnode data. 

“The can actually determine whether you see negative or positive net buying volumes on BTC spot exchanges.”

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