# ETFs +$517.2M Aug 19; BTC tags $70K > U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs posted a $517.2M net inflow on August 19. IBIT created $284.7M. Wednesday settled $69,338 after tagging $70,075; Thursday trades near $72K. - **Source:** https://ptycoin.com/en/posts/2026-08-20-etf-inflow-517m-aug-19-ibit/ - **Published:** 2026-08-20 - **Category:** Markets - **Author:** Lucía - **Tags:** bitcoin, etf, fear-greed, ethereum, institutional - **Also published in:** [Español](https://ptycoin.com/es/posts/2026-08-20-etf-inflow-517m-aug-19-ibit/) --- Wednesday put up August's largest product day, and the coin left the $64,000s on the same UTC session. [Farside Investors](https://farside.co.uk/btc/) printed a **+$517.2 million** net inflow into U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs on **August 19**. [BlackRock's IBIT created $284.7 million](https://x.com/FarsideUK/status/2090346046018777350). On [Crypto.com Exchange](https://crypto.com/exchange) the 1D candle for that day ran **$64,161.79–$70,074.72** and settled **$69,337.54**. ## Eight columns, no reds Walk the row. IBIT **+$284.7 million**. ARK 21Shares' ARKB **+$77.7 million**, [posted as $77.7 million](https://x.com/FarsideUK/status/2090346045876130157). Fidelity's FBTC **+$62.4 million**. Bitwise's BITB **+$35.6 million**. Grayscale's GBTC **+$21.2 million** and the mini BTC **+$19.7 million**. Morgan Stanley's MSBT **+$10.0 million**. Franklin's EZBC **+$5.9 million**. Invesco, Valkyrie, VanEck, and WisdomTree printed **0.0**. Nothing redeemed. IBIT is **55 percent** of the net, a wider mix than [Tuesday](/en/posts/2026-08-19-etf-inflow-189m-aug-18-ibit/), when the same product did **76 percent** of a **$189.3 million** sheet and VanEck's HODL was the only red. GBTC creating is the odd column: that line is still **−$27.5 billion** for the life of the table. [Farside's bundled August 19 card](https://x.com/FarsideUK/status/2090346082320470264) printed a **454.8** total with FBTC still a dash. The [FBTC card](https://x.com/FarsideUK/status/2090346051181969870) is **62.4**. Add those and you get the live table's **517.2**. Trading Economics, reading the same Farside row, has the [complex at $517 million](https://tradingeconomics.com/btcusd:cur/news/576754). Ethereum products did their own fat day. [Farside's ETH table](https://farside.co.uk/eth/) shows **+$186.8 million**. [ETHA created $122.1 million](https://x.com/FarsideUK/status/2090345974908502315). Fidelity's FETH **+$36.5 million**, Grayscale's mini ETH **+$16.0 million**, BlackRock's ETHB **+$9.7 million**, ETHE **+$1.7 million**, Franklin's EZET **+$0.8 million**. The rest printed **0.0**. The [ETH total card](https://x.com/FarsideUK/status/2090345998698619132) matches **186.8**. ## Three cash days, a billion [Monday's revised row](/en/posts/2026-08-18-etf-inflow-137m-aug-17-fbtc/) is **+$297.5 million**. Tuesday is **+$189.3 million**. Wednesday is **+$517.2 million**. Three sessions: **$1,004.0 million**. 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, and it sits on top of the [first week's $865.3 million](/en/posts/2026-08-09-etf-inflow-102m-aug-7-fifth-day/) of creations. From the August 3 reopen through Wednesday the complex is about **$1,484.1 million** net positive. Farside's lifetime total is **$52.86 billion**. Wednesday is the largest daily print of August, ahead of Monday's **$297.5 million**. [BlackRock's IBIT product page](https://www.ishares.com/us/products/333011/ishares-bitcoin-trust-etf) put Wednesday's NAV at **$38.69**, up **$2.06** or **5.63 percent**, with net assets about **$51.3 billion**. The benchmark on that page, the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate New York Variant, printed **$68,324.95**. That NY cash fix is a different clock from Crypto.com's UTC 1D settle of **$69,337.54**. The coin kept running after the cash close. ## The $64,000 box broke Settled 1D closes on Crypto.com mark the path. Tuesday **August 18** locked **$64,724.81** inside **$64,035.17–$65,061.81**. Wednesday opened on that print, tagged **$70,074.72**, and settled **$69,337.54**, about **$4,613** above Tuesday. Ethereum settled Tuesday at **$1,917.75** and Wednesday at **$2,253.00**, after a session high of **$2,336.25**. The same afternoon the [U.S. Treasury said](https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0607) it will at least double liquidity-support buybacks in the 10- to 20-year and 20- to 30-year nominal coupon sectors, from a **$2 billion** cap per operation to at least **$4 billion**, effective **September 9** through **November 4**. The 10-year yield, **4.71 percent** on Tuesday per [YCharts](https://ycharts.com/indicators/10_year_treasury_rate), printed **4.65 percent** on Wednesday. [CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/19/treasury-yields-multi-decade-highs-bonds-inflation.html) had the 30-year off more than 10 basis points, to **5.184 percent**, after Tuesday's push above **5.33 percent**. Forced covering ran with the tape. [CoinGlass](https://www.coinglass.com/liquidations) 24-hour windows are rolling, not a settled close. [CryptoBriefing, reading that board](https://cryptobriefing.com/173000-crypto-traders-liquidated-3b/), had about **$2.98 billion** liquidated and **$2.74 billion** of that on shorts. Thursday's candle is still forming. BTC/USDT opened the UTC day at Wednesday's settle and, as of about **10:23 UTC** on **August 20**, last traded near **$72,182** on [Crypto.com Exchange](https://crypto.com/exchange), after a session high of **$72,488.58**. That last is **intraday**. Ethereum traded near **$2,287** at the same snapshot. 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 spent the prior week in the low-to-mid $63,000s, Monday and Tuesday rebuilt the $64,000s, Wednesday tagged $70,000, and Thursday's open session has added a couple of thousand more while the mood gauge left Fear. *BTC price vs the Crypto Fear & Greed Index, August 13–20. Wednesday settled $69,338 after tagging $70,075. Thursday's still-open candle is an intraday read as of ~10:23 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, **46** on Wednesday, and **62** (Greed) on Thursday. That is the first Greed print in this window. Wednesday's **$517.2 million** is a completed product day. Thursday's last is still moving. Neither figure is a reason to buy or sell the funds 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/2026-08-20-etf-inflow-517m-aug-19-ibit/. Free to read and cite with attribution to ptycoin.com. AI-usage terms: https://ptycoin.com/en/ai-usage/