--- title: "Bitcoin ETF inflows climb to $176M as BTC rebounds above $80K" description: "The report said the funds took in $286 million over two days, narrowing October's net outflows to $26 million, while the Crypto Fear & Greed Index remained…" language: en canonical: "https://whycoinmoves.com/en/events/bitcoin-bitcoin-etf-inflows-climb-176m-39e18b34caec17" published: 2026-10-28T08:07:57.000Z updated: 2026-10-28T09:08:01.000Z indexable: true --- # Bitcoin ETF inflows climb to $176M as BTC rebounds above $80K The report said the funds took in $286 million over two days, narrowing October's net outflows to $26 million, while the Crypto Fear & Greed Index remained… Attributed sources: [Cointelegraph]() ## Key facts The report said the funds took in $286 million over two days, narrowing October's net outflows to $26 million, while the Crypto Fear & Greed Index remained neutral. Evidence strength: Single source, 1 publisher group(s) (Cointelegraph). After site detection, observed returns were 5 minutes: +0.01% (Oct 28, 2026, 08:07 → Oct 28, 2026, 08:12, UTC; Gate · USDT); 1 hour: +0.36% (Oct 28, 2026, 08:07 → Oct 28, 2026, 09:07, UTC; Gate · USDT) In the preceding 30 days, the 99th percentile of absolute hourly returns was 1.01% (OKX · USDT; cutoff Oct 28, 2026, 08:07, UTC). ## Returns after site detection | Window | Return | BTC | Difference from BTC | Actual sampled interval (UTC) | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 5 minutes | +0.01% | +0.01% | 0.00 pp | Oct 28, 2026, 08:07 → Oct 28, 2026, 08:12 | Gate · USDT | | 1 hour | +0.36% | +0.36% | 0.00 pp | Oct 28, 2026, 08:07 → Oct 28, 2026, 09:07 | Gate · USDT | ## Historical hourly baseline | Metric | Value | | --- | --- | | Coverage | 100.0% (720/720) | | Median absolute hourly return | 0.14% | | 99th percentile of absolute hourly returns | 1.01% | | BTC beta | 1.00 | | Source / cutoff (UTC) | OKX · USDT / Oct 28, 2026, 08:07 | ## Claims and open questions - Cointelegraph reported that US spot Bitcoin ETF inflows climbed to $176 million. - Cointelegraph reported that the ETFs drew $286 million over two days, narrowing October's net outflows to $26 million. - Cointelegraph reported that bitcoin rebounded above $80,000 and the Crypto Fear & Greed Index remained neutral. - Which individual ETFs accounted for the inflows, and how they split the $176 million, would be confirmed by issuer or fund flow data. - Whether the $286 million two-day total and the $26 million October net outflow figure come from a specific tracker would be confirmed by that tracker's published data. ## Source evidence - [Bitcoin ETF inflows climb to $176M as BTC rebounds above $80K]() — Cointelegraph; published Oct 28, 2026, 07:57; received Oct 28, 2026, 08:07 (UTC). ## Recent BTC events and market reactions - [Bitcoin Core releases versions 30.4, 31.2 and 32.1]() — Published Oct 27, 2026, 04:00 (UTC) · Official source (1 publisher) · Project updates · 5m +0.03% / 1h -0.13% - [Bitwise lifts 2036 bitcoin price target to about $1.6 million]() — Published Oct 28, 2026, 15:07 (UTC) · Multiple publishers (2 publishers) · Market watch · 5m +0.04% / 1h -0.13% - [Itaú registers with Brazil's central bank as crypto intermediary and custodian]() — Published Oct 28, 2026, 13:46 (UTC) · Single source (1 publisher) · Regulation · 5m +0.16% / 1h +0.21% - [Bitcoin rebounds above $81,000 as Asian chip rally lifts crypto markets]() — Published Oct 28, 2026, 11:32 (UTC) · Single source (1 publisher) · Market watch · 5m -0.01% / 1h -0.71% - [Datavault AI shares drop about 50% after filing says bitcoin could not be withdrawn]() — Published Oct 28, 2026, 03:00 (UTC) · Multiple publishers (2 publishers) · Market watch · 5m +0.02% / 1h +0.25% - [Full coin archive]() ## Research for this archive - [Altcoin beta to Bitcoin: BTC, ETH, SOL and DOGE hourly returns]() - [Will Bitcoin go back up? Every crash since 2011 and its recovery time]() - [Perpetual funding rates and annualized yield: a 2025 comparison]() - [Bitcoin halving and bull markets: evidence from four halvings]() Evidence levels describe source coverage, not the probability that a report is true. Price moves and their timing cannot establish a cause; minute samples show an observed interval and alert thresholds are heuristics. Explanations are model-assisted, with citations and figures checked. Source titles stay in their original language; full articles are not republished. [Methods and limitations]()