The last 24 hours were probably the most volatile.
Bitcoin Survives $500M Flash Crash Amid Record ETF Inflows
Bitcoin weathered a reported $500 million flash crash while exchange-traded fund inflows reached record levels, according to the headline. The excerpt does not provide timing, price levels, or details on which ETFs recorded the inflows.
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Aug 23, 2026 at 4:12 PM UTC · Updated vor 10 Stunden · 3 Min. Lesezeit
Key Signal
$507M Bitcoin ETF daily inflows
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bitcoin
Market Impact
BTC+0.68%$77,838
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vor 10 Stunden
Technically, Bitcoin rose more than 25% this week, and its highest wick nearly touched the $80k level. But BTC suddenly pulled back more than 6%, marking what the broader market is calling the biggest crypto “flash crash” since the 10th of October, 2025.
The result? $108 billion in shorts was liquidated within six minutes, and $500 million in longs within 30 minutes.
But was this the beginning of the Q4-style crash? As the chart below shows, BTC crashed 6.5%+ at the beginning of October. Meanwhile, this week BTC managed to hold its weekly gains, and it is still up 21%+.
Therefore, so far, it looks more like a typical correction, which occurred within a healthy weekly uptrend.
Notably, there was a significant signal from Bitcoin [BTC] ETFs as they recorded their highest inflows day on record this month.
According to the data from SoSoValue, Bitcoin ETFs had $507 million in inflows on the 19th of August, their biggest daily inflow since the first week of May. The largest Bitcoin ETF, IBIT, led the demand with $285 million worth of inflows, of which IBIT attracted 56%, making it most popular among investors.
IBIT has so far posted $1.2 billion in inflows this month, suggesting that it could have the best month of inflows since May.
Market Context
Bitcoin
BTC
$77,837
+0.68% (24H)
Market Cap
$1.56T
Circulating Supply
20.1M BTC
24H Volume
$32.3B
24H High
$78,035
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