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Bitcoin ETFs Pull In $1 Billion Monday: Are They Driving This Rally or Chasing It?

Source Beincrypto

Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) absorbed nearly $1 billion on Monday, Sept. 21. But BTC had already jumped earlier that day on a short squeeze, CoinGlass data shows.

Bitcoin briefly topped $84,000 that day, its first trip to that level since Jan. 31. The move liquidated $262.3 million in short positions within an hour.

The Squeeze Came Before the ETF Money

That timing raises a real question about which move actually came first. Spot ETF flows are reported once daily, reflecting trades placed during the US cash session, which opens hours after Asian and European markets are already trading.

BTC’s price rise is coinciding with ETF inflows, but which is the driving force? Image Source: CoinGlass

BTC’s climb came from the day’s short squeeze, which had already pushed the price higher before any same-day ETF buying could take place. That sequence suggests the derivatives market, not ETF demand, supplied the initial spark.

Outflows in the Dip, Inflows in the Rally

This would not be the first time flows tracked price rather than leading it. Spot Bitcoin ETFs posted net outflows on five of six trading days between Sept. 9 and Sept. 16, per CoinGlass. BTC was pulling back over that stretch.

Flows didn’t turn sustainably positive again until Sept. 17, when BTC’s price resumed climbing. Cumulative inflows have since topped $56.98 billion, and total net assets across all Bitcoin ETFs now stand at $107.86 billion.

Fund concentration tells a similar story. The BlackRock iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) holds 785,640 BTC. That’s more than four times the 176,510 BTC held by the Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund (FBTC). That single dominant fund looks more like capital chasing a trend than broad, independent conviction buying.

Flows May Not Spark the Rally, But They Can Extend It

None of this means ETF demand is irrelevant. Creating new ETF shares requires market makers to buy real BTC. So sustained inflows can still add real buying pressure to a rally already underway, even without starting it.

The data available cannot settle whether ETFs are capable of starting a rally on their own. What it shows for this leg is that the futures market moved first, and Wall Street’s money showed up after.

Disclaimer: For information purposes only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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