Bitcoin Flows Back: Grayscale’s Mini Trust Sees Fresh Inflows Despite Price Slump
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The Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust (BTC) reported a fresh wave of inflows on January 16, 2026, as investors added $6.74 million to the BTC fund. The move, while modest at 0.16% of its latest $4.33 billion in assets under management (AUM), signals that some capital is returning to bitcoin-linked products even as the underlying asset struggles through a pronounced drawdown.
The related asset, BTC-USD, is currently trading at $88,271.69, down roughly 20.3% over the past three months. Short-term momentum remains fragile, with the 1-day technical signal flashing Sell, underscoring persistent pressure from profit-taking and risk-off positioning across digital assets.
Against that backdrop, the latest inflow into BTC suggests a cohort of investors is prepared to lean into weakness, using the pullback as an opportunity to build exposure via regulated, exchange-traded vehicles rather than spot exchanges. While a single day of flows—representing a fraction of AUM—does not yet indicate a full-scale rotation back into crypto, it hints at resilient institutional and retail interest in bitcoin as a longer-term macro or “digital gold” play, even as short-term technicals remain challenging.
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