Big Bitcoin ETF inflows
Institutional ETF demand is propping BTC — Strategy’s spot Bitcoin ETF raised about $776M this week while IShares’ IBIT saw $46.15M and Fidelity’s FBTC $15.3M on March 13, cushioning price action and and . BTC is trading around $71K with daily spot volume near $41.25B, even as social engagement hits a 52‑week high and the Fear & Greed Index sits deep in “Extreme Fear” at 16 and .
Strategy disclosed acquiring 17,994 BTC between March 2–8 for roughly $1.28 billion, lifting its reported treasury to about 738,731 BTC. finbold.com Market trackers estimate Strategy’s STRC preferred‑stock program funded roughly 7,000 BTC of those purchases in a single week, and the company raised STRC’s dividend to 11.50% for March 2026. coindesk.com U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs registered a five‑day inflow streak that added about $767 million in new capital across the category, the first such run this year. cointelegraph.com Farside Investors’ data showed a single‑day net inflow of $53.8 million into U.S. Bitcoin ETFs on March 12, underscoring continued institutional buying ahead of mid‑March deadlines. lookonchain.com Not all issuers benefited on the same day: Grayscale’s GBTC posted roughly $9.88 million in outflows and Bitwise’s BITB about $5.72 million in redemptions, while ARK’s ARKB attracted modest inflows near $3.03 million. news.bitcoin.com SEC filings and company disclosures show Strategy financed the March buys via a mix of STRC preferred sales and ATM offerings, enabling approximately $1.28 billion of purchases in early March and concentrating a new source of institutional demand. ainvest.com
