Bitcoin Chill: ARK’s Flagship Crypto ETF Sees Fresh Outflows as Price Slide Deepens
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The ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF Ben of Int, ticker ARKB, recorded net outflows of $9.63 million on January 9, 2026, a modest but notable pullback for one of the market’s bellwether spot bitcoin funds. With assets under management now standing at roughly $3.38 billion, the latest redemption represents about 0.28% of the ETF’s capital base.
While the percentage impact on AUM is limited, the move underscores growing investor caution as bitcoin’s multi-month downturn persists. Outflows of this size suggest investors are trimming exposure rather than staging a wholesale exit, but they also highlight how sensitive flows remain to crypto price action and macro sentiment.
The related asset, BTC-USD, is currently trading around $90,520.02. Over the past three months, bitcoin has dropped about 21.1%, erasing a significant portion of earlier gains and testing the conviction of both retail and institutional holders. Despite that drawdown, the short-term technical picture is less bleak: the 1-day technical signal screens as a Buy, hinting at a potential near-term relief bounce or short-covering rally.
The tension between weakening medium-term performance and improving short-term technicals helps explain the nuanced flow pattern in ARKB: investors are not abandoning bitcoin exposure outright, but they are recalibrating risk as volatility and macro uncertainty persist. If the recent Buy signal translates into sustained price stabilization, ETFs like ARKB could see flows swing back into positive territory, particularly from traders looking to re-enter at lower levels.
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