{"id":92985,"date":"2026-05-16T19:46:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T19:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=92985"},"modified":"2026-05-16T19:46:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T19:46:33","slug":"bitcoin-price-flags-alarming-patterns-as-btc-etfs-outflows-hit-1-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=92985","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Price Flags Alarming Patterns As BTC ETFs Outflows Hit $1 Billion"},"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>) has lost momentum over the past few days. It retreated to $78,140 in Saturday, down from this month&#8217;s high of $82,553. Its has formed some alarming technical patterns, pointing to a bearish breakout as exchange-traded fund (ETF) outflows rise and as futures open interest drops.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bitcoin Price Drops As ETF Outflows Rise, Liquidations Jump<\/h2>\n<p>BTC\u2019s price could be at risk of more downside in the near future as third-party data points to waning demand. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/05\/52566779\/bitcoin-breaks-80000-again-are-etf-outflows-irrelevant-now\">Spot Bitcoin ETFs<\/a> suffered a $1 billion outflow this week, ending a six-week streak of inflows. As a result, the funds have now had net inflows of $250 million this month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Increasing Bitcoin ETF outflows is a sign that institutional demand is easing. Indeed, data shows that the Coinbase Premium Index has remained in the red since April 28. A higher index means that demand among American investors is rising.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/editorial-assets.benzinga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/16115224\/Coinbase-bitcoin-Premium-Index-1024x549.png\" alt=\"Coinbase Premium Index\" class=\"wp-image-1462964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/editorial-assets.benzinga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/16115224\/Coinbase-bitcoin-Premium-Index-1024x549.png 1024w,https:\/\/editorial-assets.benzinga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/16115224\/Coinbase-bitcoin-Premium-Index-300x161.png 300w,https:\/\/editorial-assets.benzinga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/16115224\/Coinbase-bitcoin-Premium-Index-768x411.png 768w,https:\/\/editorial-assets.benzinga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/16115224\/Coinbase-bitcoin-Premium-Index-1536x823.png 1536w,https:\/\/editorial-assets.benzinga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/16115224\/Coinbase-bitcoin-Premium-Index-2048x1097.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>Bitcoin Coinbase Premium Index<\/em><\/p>\n<p>More data shows that the futures open interest has started falling. Its open interest dropped to &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/26\/05\/52622914\/bitcoin-price-flags-alarming-patterns-as-btc-etfs-outflows-hit-1-billion?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Bitcoin\" price flags alarming patterns as btc etfs outflows hit billion>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has lost momentum over the past few days. It retreated to $78,140 in Saturday, down from this month&#8217;s high of $82,553. Its has formed some alarming technical patterns, pointing to a bearish breakout as exchange-traded fund (ETF) outflows rise and as futures open interest drops. Bitcoin Price Drops As ETF Outflows Rise, [&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-92985","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\/92985","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=92985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92985\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}