# ETFs +$189.3M Aug 18; IBIT carries Tuesday > U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs posted a $189.3M net inflow on August 18. IBIT created $143.6M. Monday's IBIT cell filled in, lifting Aug 17 to $297.5M. Tuesday settled $64,725. - **Source:** https://ptycoin.com/en/posts/2026-08-19-etf-inflow-189m-aug-18-ibit/ - **Published:** 2026-08-19 - **Category:** Markets - **Author:** Lucía - **Tags:** bitcoin, etf, fear-greed, ethereum, institutional - **Also published in:** [Español](https://ptycoin.com/es/posts/2026-08-19-etf-inflow-189m-aug-18-ibit/) --- BlackRock's IBIT is back on the sheet, and it did Tuesday's work. [Farside Investors](https://farside.co.uk/btc/) printed a **+$189.3 million** net inflow into U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs on **August 18**, and [IBIT created $143.6 million](https://x.com/FarsideUK/status/2089921403482976434) of that total. The same morning, Farside filled Monday's missing IBIT cell at **+$160.2 million**, which lifts the [August 17 row](/en/posts/2026-08-18-etf-inflow-137m-aug-17-fbtc/) from the **$137.3 million** we reported while that cell was still a dash to **$297.5 million**. ## IBIT back on the sheet Walk Tuesday's columns. IBIT created **+$143.6 million**. Fidelity's FBTC created **+$23.9 million**. ARK 21Shares' ARKB created **+$19.7 million**. Bitwise's BITB created **+$16.1 million**. Grayscale's mini BTC created **+$2.9 million**. VanEck's HODL redeemed **−$16.9 million**, the only red print. Invesco, Franklin, Valkyrie, WisdomTree, Morgan Stanley, and GBTC printed **0.0**. [Farside's same-day total](https://x.com/FarsideUK/status/2089921438249607310) matches the table: **189.3** net, IBIT **143.6**, HODL **−16.9**. [KuCoin's ChainThink flash](https://www.kucoin.com/news/flash/bitcoin-etf-sees-189-3m-net-inflow-ethereum-etf-gains-71-4m) reads the same pair. Add the five green columns and you get **$206.2 million** of creations against HODL's **$16.9 million** redemption. IBIT is about **76 percent** of the net print. That is the other side of [Monday as we first saw it](/en/posts/2026-08-18-etf-inflow-137m-aug-17-fbtc/), when FBTC did **$111.9 million** of a **$137.3 million** sheet and IBIT had no published number. The Monday revision arrived later on Tuesday. [Farside's updated August 17 post](https://x.com/FarsideUK/status/2089681763446489311) puts IBIT at **+$160.2 million**, FBTC still at **+$111.9 million**, ARKB at **+$14.2 million**, MSBT at **+$11.2 million**, and the row total at **$297.5 million**. The extra **$160.2 million** is exactly the IBIT cell that had been a dash. Farside's row counts authorized-participant creations and redemptions of ETF shares. It is a different tape from every IBIT print on Nasdaq. Two cash sessions now show **$486.8 million** of net creations. That more than covers the [August 10–14 stretch of $385.2 million](/en/posts/2026-08-15-etf-outflow-56m-aug-14-ibit/) in net redemptions. From the August 3 reopen through Tuesday the complex is about **$966.9 million** net positive: the [first week's $865.3 million](/en/posts/2026-08-09-etf-inflow-102m-aug-7-fifth-day/) of creations, then that **$385.2 million** out, then these two green rows. Farside's lifetime total sits near **$52.3 billion**. [BlackRock's IBIT product page](https://www.ishares.com/us/products/333011/ishares-bitcoin-trust-etf) put Tuesday's NAV at **$36.62**, up **$0.21** or **0.57 percent**, with net assets about **$48.4 billion**. The NAV tracks the coin's Tuesday settle. It does not replace Farside's flow cell. ## ETHA's larger companion print Ethereum products had a wider Tuesday than the first look at Monday. [Farside's ETH table](https://farside.co.uk/eth/) shows **+$71.4 million** on August 18. BlackRock's ETHA created **+$64.7 million**. Grayscale's mini ETH created **+$2.7 million**, ETHE **+$1.5 million**, Bitwise's ETHW **+$1.4 million**, and Invesco's QETH **+$1.1 million**. FETH, ETHB, TETH, ETHV, and EZET printed **0.0**. [Farside's ETHA post](https://x.com/FarsideUK/status/2089921315901767920) matches the **64.7** cell; the [ETH total post](https://x.com/FarsideUK/status/2089921340065124771) matches **71.4**. Monday's ETH row filled in the same way the bitcoin row did. We had **+$5.0 million** with both BlackRock ETH columns still dashes. The live table now shows ETHA at **+$25.9 million** and a **+$30.9 million** total. Two cash days of ETH products: **$102.3 million**. ETHA did most of Tuesday, the same way IBIT did on the bitcoin sheet. ## Tuesday locked $64,725; Wednesday slips a little Settled Crypto.com 1D closes mark the two green product days. Monday **August 17** settled **$64,539.91**. Tuesday locked **$64,724.81**, about **$185** above Monday, after a session that ran **$64,035.17–$65,061.81**. Friday **August 14** had been **$63,048.33**. The coin and the product table moved in the same direction, with a much smaller Tuesday step than Monday's **$1,639** jump off Sunday's **$62,900.42** settle. Wednesday's candle is still forming. BTC/USDT opened the UTC day at Tuesday's settle and, as of about **09:32 UTC** on **August 19**, last traded near **$64,388** on [Crypto.com Exchange](https://crypto.com/exchange). The open session so far has ranged **$64,161.79–$64,742.48**. Treat that Wednesday last as **intraday**. The August 19 1D candle stays open until 00:00 UTC. Ethereum settled Tuesday at **$1,917.75** after Monday's **$1,913.71**, and traded near **$1,921** at the same snapshot. The series pairs settled daily closes (and Wednesday's still-forming candle) with the [Crypto Fear & Greed Index](https://alternative.me/crypto/fear-and-greed-index/). Price left the $63,000 weekend, Monday jumped, Tuesday added a smaller step, and Wednesday's open session has given a few hundred dollars back while the mood gauge is still in Fear. *BTC price vs the Crypto Fear & Greed Index, August 12–19. Tuesday settled $64,725 after Monday's jump; Wednesday's still-open candle is a few hundred dollars softer. The August 19 point is an intraday read as of ~09:32 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/).* The composite sat at **31** (Fear) on Monday, **41** on Tuesday, and **46** (still Fear) on Wednesday. Fifteen points in two days, and the gauge has not left Fear. IBIT's Monday cell is no longer a dash. Tuesday's **$189.3 million** sat mostly in that same product, the coin settled **$64,725** on the creation day, and Wednesday has eased a little with Fear at **46**. None of that is a recommendation to buy or sell the wrappers or the coin. --- ## Keep reading - [How to read a block explorer and verify a transaction](https://ptycoin.com/en/posts/2026-07-07-read-block-explorer-verify-transactions/index.md): A block explorer is the public receipt for every on-chain move. Learn how to look up a transaction ID, read confirmations, and confirm funds arrived at the right address. - [How to practice a seed phrase restore before you need it](https://ptycoin.com/en/posts/2026-08-18-practice-seed-phrase-restore/index.md): A written seed phrase is only a backup after you prove it restores the same wallet. Practice the restore on a spare or wiped device before real funds depend on it. - [Self-custody without a single point of failure](https://ptycoin.com/en/posts/2026-08-10-self-custody-without-single-point-of-failure/index.md): A hardware wallet can generate a key badly. Build a self-custody setup that survives a vendor bug: verified backups, your own entropy, passphrases, and multi-vendor multisig. --- Source: PTYcoin — https://ptycoin.com/en/posts/2026-08-19-etf-inflow-189m-aug-18-ibit/. Free to read and cite with attribution to ptycoin.com. AI-usage terms: https://ptycoin.com/en/ai-usage/