{"id":77698,"date":"2026-03-25T16:31:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T16:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=77698"},"modified":"2026-03-25T16:31:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T16:31:35","slug":"bitcoin-etfs-inflows-soar-past-2-billion-while-gold-etfs-bleed-a-safe-haven-shift-unfolds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=77698","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin ETFs Inflows Soar Past $2 Billion While Gold ETFs Bleed\u2014A Safe Haven Shift Unfolds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/topic\/gold\">Gold&#8217;s slide into a bear market<\/a> is colliding with an unexpected trend: investors are pouring money into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/etfs\">Bitcoin ETFs<\/a> instead.<\/p>\n<p>This dichotomy is particularly interesting, as the price of gold has declined by over 20% from its January highs, which is enough to qualify as a bear market, whereas U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs have received over $2 billion in inflows over the last few weeks.<\/p>\n<p><em>Bloomberg <\/em>ETF analyst <strong>Eric Balchunas<\/strong> tweeted that <strong>iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"IBIT\" data-exchange=\"NASDAQ\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/IBIT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(NASDAQ:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/IBIT\">IBIT<\/a>) is already in the top 2% among all ETFs in YTD flows.<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yeah bitcoin ETFs now $2.5b for month and one good day away from completely digging out of their YTD flow hole. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24IBIT&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$IBIT<\/a> is already there and then some, in top 2% among all ETFs in YTD flows. Again, incredible fortitude in face of 40% 6mo price drop and widespread media pile on. For\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R9tFzYIiTY\">https:\/\/t.co\/R9tFzYIiTY<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PsJwBVmlwt\">pic.twitter.com\/PsJwBVmlwt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eric Balchunas (@EricBalchunas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricBalchunas\/status\/2036424641925747190?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ETF Flows Tell The Real Story<\/h2>\n<p>Perhaps the most visible aspect of this is the flow data.<\/p>\n<p>The largest gold ETF, <strong>SPDR Gold Shares<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"GLD\" data-exchange=\"ARCA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/GLD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(NYSE:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/GLD\">GLD<\/a>), recorded a record monthly outflow of over $7 billion, a very quick unwinding of a position built on inflation and geopolitical hedging.<\/p>\n<p>Other gold-based ETFs, such as <strong>iShares Gold &#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/etfs\/sector-etfs\/26\/03\/51462226\/bitcoin-etfs-inflows-soar-past-2-billion-while-gold-etfs-bleed-a-safe-haven-shift-unfolds?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Bitcoin\" etfs inflows soar past billion while gold bleed safe haven shift unfolds>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gold&#8217;s slide into a bear market is colliding with an unexpected trend: investors are pouring money into Bitcoin ETFs instead. This dichotomy is particularly interesting, as the price of gold has declined by over 20% from its January highs, which is enough to qualify as a bear market, whereas U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs have received [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-77698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77698\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}