Bitcoin Income ETF Sees Year-End Outflows as Crypto Volatility Rattles Investors
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The NEOS Bitcoin High Income ETF, BTCI, recorded net outflows of $2.2 million on December 29, 2025, a modest 0.22% slice of its $982.9 million in assets under management. While the withdrawal is small relative to the fund’s size, it underlines mounting caution among income-focused crypto investors as bitcoin’s price slide deepens.
The related asset, BTC-USD, is currently trading at $87,729.98, down roughly 26.2% over the past three months. The short-term picture looks even more pressured, with a 1-day technical signal of Strong Sell, suggesting momentum and trend indicators are firmly skewed to the downside.
For BTCI, which targets high income from bitcoin-related strategies, the latest outflows may reflect investors locking in gains from earlier in the year or sidestepping further drawdowns amid rising risk aversion. Although less than a quarter of one percent of AUM exited in a single day, the move aligns with a broader pattern of defensive positioning across crypto funds as volatility picks up and technical signals deteriorate.
Still, with nearly $1 billion in assets, BTCI’s scale and relatively light percentage outflow hint that most holders are staying put, potentially treating the recent correction as part of bitcoin’s familiar boom-and-bust cycle rather than a structural reversal. Market participants will be watching whether further price weakness in BTC-USD turns these tentative outflows into a more sustained redemption trend.
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