Bitcoin ETF Inflows Hit $1.7B as BTC Price Stays Over $86,000

Key Insights

• Bitcoin ETF inflows topped $1.7 billion across two sessions.
• BTC price recovered above the average ETF investor cost basis.
• Four consecutive inflow sessions reversed mid-September fund withdrawals.

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF inflows exceeded $1.7 billion across two sessions as BTC price held above $86,000 and institutional demand recovered from mid-September withdrawals.

SoSoValue-based data showed the funds attracted $998.95 million on Sept. 21 and another $714.75 million on Sept. 22. That brought the two-session total to approximately $1.714 billion.

The recovery also pushed Bitcoin above an estimated average acquisition cost for U.S. spot ETF investors. Bloomberg Intelligence analyst James Seyffart placed that cost basis around $81,722 per BTC.

Bitcoin ETF Inflows Accelerate as BTC Price Recovers

SoSoValue data showed spot Bitcoin funds attracted about $715 million on Sept. 22. That followed roughly $999 million on Sept. 21, the strongest daily intake of 2026.

The two-day total exceeded $1.7 billion. Total net assets across U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs reached roughly $111 billion on Tuesday.

BlackRock’s iShares product remained the largest U.S. spot Bitcoin fund by assets. BlackRock listed IBIT assets near $67.9 billion in its latest product table.