{"id":10409,"date":"2026-03-08T06:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T06:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/bitcoin-etfs-bleed-349m-in-a-day-as-whales-dump-small-buyers-step-in-analysts\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T06:00:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T06:00:28","slug":"bitcoin-etfs-bleed-349m-in-a-day-as-whales-dump-small-buyers-step-in-analysts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/bitcoin-etfs-bleed-349m-in-a-day-as-whales-dump-small-buyers-step-in-analysts\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin ETFs Bleed $349M In A Day As Whales Dump, Small Buyers Step In: Analysts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spot Bitcoin ETFs listed in the US recorded their steepest single-day outflow in nearly three weeks on Friday, with $349 million pulled from all 11 products combined, according to data from Farside<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The withdrawals came as Bitcoin<\/a> slid back toward $68,000 after briefly touching $74,000 earlier in the week \u2014 a run-up that, based on on-chain data, appears to have been the trigger for a significant wave of selling by large holders.<\/p>\n

Big Holders Bought Low, Then Sold Fast<\/h2>\n

Crypto analytics platform Santiment<\/a> tracked the behavior of wallets holding between 10 and 10,000 Bitcoin \u2014 a group commonly referred to as whales \u2014 and found they had been building positions aggressively between Feb. 23 and March 3, when prices were stuck in the $62,900 to $69,600 range.<\/p>\n

Once Bitcoin crossed $74,000 on Wednesday, those same wallets began offloading. By Friday, roughly 66% of what they had accumulated over that 10-day window had been sold back into the market.<\/p>\n

Smaller investors moved in the opposite direction. Wallets holding less than 0.01 Bitcoin \u2014 the retail end of the market \u2014 have been adding to their positions as prices fell.<\/p>\n

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According to Santiment, that kind of divergence between large and small holders has historically pointed to more downside ahead.<\/p>\n

“When retail buys while whales sell, it typically signals that the correction is not yet over,” the platform said in a Friday report.<\/p>\n

Fear Gauge Drops To Its Lowest Reading In Weeks<\/h2>\n

Bitcoin’s slide pushed the Crypto Fear & Greed<\/a> Index down six points to a score of 12 on Saturday, placing it deep in “Extreme Fear” territory. The index measures market sentiment across a range of factors including volatility, trading volume, and social media activity.<\/p>\n

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Some analysts said that Bitcoin could still face another drop if buyers fail to defend the current price zone. A loss of support around the $67,000\u2013$68,000 range may trigger a move back toward recent lows to gather liquidity before any potential rebound.<\/p>\n

An Economist’s Case For A $60K Floor<\/p>\n

Not everyone sees a breakdown coming. Economist Timothy Peterson pointed to the Bitcoin Price to Metcalfe Value chart \u2014 a model that measures Bitcoin’s price against the estimated value of its network based on user activity \u2014 and said the $60,000 level has held as a bottom in every prior cycle.<\/p>\n

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\n“About 99.5% chance it stays above $60k,” Peterson wrote on X.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Bitcoin had already tested that level once this cycle, falling to $60,000 on Feb. 6 during a broader pullback from an all-time high of $126,000 set in October.<\/p>\n

Since then, it has managed a partial recovery, though Friday’s ETF outflows and the continued whale selling suggest the market has not yet found stable footing.<\/p>\n

Featured image from Shutterstock, chart from TradingView<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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