{"id":78586,"date":"2026-04-01T13:01:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T13:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=78586"},"modified":"2026-04-01T13:01:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T13:01:39","slug":"bitcoin-drops-24-in-q1-despite-1-32b-etf-inflows-in-march-is-april-the-turning-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=78586","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Drops 24% In Q1 Despite $1.32B ETF Inflows In March\u2014Is April The Turning Point?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) fell 23.8% in Q1 2026, the worst first-quarter performance since 2018, despite U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recording $1.32 billion in net inflows during March after four consecutive months of outflows.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Six-Month Slide<\/h3>\n<p>Bitcoin closed Q1 at $66,619 on Tuesday, down from $87,508 on January 1.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The quarterly drop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblock.co\/post\/395991\/bitcoin-worst-q1-since-2018\">represents<\/a> the largest since Q1 2018, when Bitcoin fell 50% from $14,112 to $6,973.<\/p>\n<p>The decline extends the 23% drop in Q4 2025, when Bitcoin slipped to $87,508 from $114,057.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Andri Fauzan Adziima,<\/strong> Research Lead at Bitrue, said Bitcoin\u2019s first-quarter decline stemmed primarily from ETF outflows, coupled with sticky inflation, a cautious Fed, and broader risk-off sentiment across markets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sosovalue.com\/assets\/etf\/us-btc-spot\">According<\/a> to SoSoValue data, spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $496.5 million in net outflows during Q1, with $1.8 billion in outflows during January and February partially offset by $1.32 billion in March inflows.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The March Reversal<\/h3>\n<p>March <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/markets\/2026\/04\/01\/bitcoin-etfs-post-first-inflows-since-october-as-price-stabilizes\">marked<\/a> Bitcoin\u2019s first positive monthly candle in &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/04\/51596829\/bitcoin-q1-drop-despite-march-etf-inflows-april-turning-point?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Bitcoin\" drops in q1 despite etf inflows march april the turning point>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) fell 23.8% in Q1 2026, the worst first-quarter performance since 2018, despite U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recording $1.32 billion in net inflows during March after four consecutive months of outflows. The Six-Month Slide Bitcoin closed Q1 at $66,619 on Tuesday, down from $87,508 on January 1.\u00a0 The quarterly drop represents the largest [&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-78586","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\/78586","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=78586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78586\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}