# ETFs +$244.4M Aug 5; third day green > U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs logged a $244.4M net inflow on August 5, the third straight creation day and largest of the three. BTC settled $64,665; Fear & Greed slipped to 25. - **Source:** https://ptycoin.com/en/posts/2026-08-06-etf-inflow-244m-aug-5-third-day/ - **Published:** 2026-08-06 - **Category:** Markets - **Author:** Lucía - **Tags:** bitcoin, etf, fear-greed, ethereum, institutional - **Also published in:** [Español](https://ptycoin.com/es/posts/2026-08-06-etf-inflow-244m-aug-5-third-day/) --- Wednesday's product table did not merely hold the green — it widened it. U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs booked a **$244.4 million** net inflow on **August 5**, per [Farside Investors](https://farside.co.uk/btc/). That is the **third** consecutive creation day after Monday's **+$170.1 million** and Tuesday's **+$211.5 million**, and it is the largest of the three. BlackRock's IBIT led at **+$196.8 million**. Spot co-moved again: BTC/USDT on [Crypto.com Exchange](https://crypto.com/exchange) settled Wednesday at **$64,665.24**, about **$562** above Tuesday's **$64,103.07**. As of about **09:31 UTC** on **August 6** the pair last traded near **$64,714**. That mark is still **intraday** on a forming daily candle. ## Three sessions, about $626 million Stack the week so far and the primary market has created roughly **$626 million** of net share demand across three U.S. cash sessions (**$170.1 + $211.5 + $244.4**). That more than covers the **−$265.4 million** redemption print on **July 31** and leaves about **$360 million** of net creations on top of that flush. Farside's lifetime total across the complex now sits near **$52.0 billion**. Wednesday's mix was a little different from the all-green Tuesday table. IBIT still did most of the work (**+$196.8 million**, about **80%** of the day). ARK 21Shares' ARKB stepped up hard at **+$37.6 million**, after only **+$9.2 million** on Tuesday. Bitwise's BITB added **+$10.6 million**, Fidelity's FBTC **+$11.3 million**, and MSBT **+$2.8 million**. VanEck's HODL printed the day's only net redemption, **−$14.7 million**. The rest of the listed lines sat at zero. Net is still a large creation day; the single red line is a reminder that authorized participants can redeem one wrapper while creating another. Primary-market flow counts creations and redemptions of ETF shares, not every secondary trade on the tape. A **$244.4 million** print is real demand at the fund level. It is still modest next to June's multi-billion drains, and it does not by itself rewrite the 2026 cumulative ledger. The narrow read is clearer: cash has come back three sessions in a row, each day larger than the last, with the bid still centered on the flagship IBIT line and a secondary bid showing up in ARKB. ## Spot stepped higher; ether led the percentage move Wednesday's settled close climbed from **$64,103.07** to **$64,665.24**. The session ranged about **$63,868–$65,044** on Crypto.com 1D data, tagging the low-$65Ks intraday before finishing under the high. The path from Friday's **$62,898** settle through the weekend hold and three green ETF days is now a clean stair: flush, grind, then three primary-market sessions that lifted the daily close from the low-$63Ks into the mid-$64Ks. Thursday's open candle (still forming) has so far held near that band. The last trade near **$64,714** around **09:31 UTC** is description of an unfinished session, not a settled close. Ethereum had the sharper percentage day. ETH/USDT settled Wednesday at **$1,908.98** after Tuesday's **$1,869.73**, a move of roughly **$39**, and as of the same Thursday window traded near **$1,908**. Bitcoin remains the flow story; ether simply ran a cleaner step higher on the spot book. ## Chart: price rebuilds while mood re-freezes The series pairs settled daily closes (and Thursday's still-forming candle) with the [Crypto Fear & Greed Index](https://alternative.me/crypto/fear-and-greed-index/). Price rebuilt from Friday's step down through three green flow days. The mood gauge did not follow the cash. *BTC price vs the Crypto Fear & Greed Index, July 30–August 6. The August 6 point is an intraday read as of ~09:31 UTC, not a settled close. Sources: [Crypto.com Exchange](https://crypto.com/exchange) 1D candles and [alternative.me](https://alternative.me/crypto/fear-and-greed-index/).* ## Extreme Fear on a $244 million day The composite ticked from **27** (Fear) on **August 5** back to **25** (Extreme Fear) on **August 6**, even after three straight creation days and a mid-$64K settle. Fear & Greed blends volatility, volume, social chatter, and surveys. It can stay cold for days while authorized participants keep creating shares. The useful observation is simpler: primary-market cash is bidding, and the sentiment composite has not thawed with it. No new LatAm-specific flow datapoint landed with this session. The readable instruments today are the U.S. product table, the Crypto.com settles, and the mood gauge — not a regional corridor print. ## Takeaway The readable sheet is short. **+$244.4 million** of U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF net creations on **August 5**. A Wednesday spot settle of **$64,665**. About **$626 million** of primary-market demand over three cash sessions. Fear & Greed back at **25**. IBIT still does most of the work; ARKB's **+$37.6 million** is the secondary line; HODL's **−$14.7 million** is the only redemption on an otherwise green sheet. 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