Short Sellers Blink as ProShares UltraShort Bitcoin ETF Sees $5.6 Million Outflow
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The ProShares UltraShort Bitcoin ETF, SBIT, recorded a sharp reversal in sentiment on December 23, 2025, with investors pulling $5,593,978 from the fund. The outflow represents roughly 4.42% of its latest assets under management (AUM), which now stand at $126.6 million, signaling a notable vote of reduced confidence in leveraged bearish bets against Bitcoin.
The move comes as the related asset, BTC-USD, trades at $87,460.76. While the three-month percentage change figure was not specified, Bitcoin’s elevated price level underscores how resilient bullish momentum has been in recent months, despite periodic volatility typical of the crypto market.
From a short-term trading perspective, Bitcoin’s 1-day technical posture is flashing a Your response should be a json object with the following structure: {Summary: text, Title: text, Error: error message or null}, a signal that may be reinforcing the case for investors to lighten their exposure to inverse products like SBIT. Inverse and leveraged ETFs are often used tactically rather than for long-term positioning, so a swing in flows of more than 4% of AUM can indicate a meaningful repositioning among active traders.
The sizable outflow suggests that some market participants may be locking in profits from prior downside bets or stepping aside amid uncertainty over Bitcoin’s next leg, particularly as macro conditions and regulatory headlines continue to sway crypto sentiment. If Bitcoin’s price continues to hold above key technical thresholds, pressure on bearish vehicles such as SBIT could persist.
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