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title: "Bitcoin ETF outflows deepen as October stays negative"
language: en
canonical: "https://whycoinmoves.com/en/events/bitcoin-c22bdd5bdea313"
published: 2026-10-20T05:40:56.000Z
updated: 2026-10-20T06:25:16.000Z
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# Bitcoin ETF outflows deepen as October stays negative

Attributed sources: [Decrypt](<https://decrypt.co/381246/bitcoin-etfs-shed-nearly-1-billion-two-weeks-uptober-red>)

## Key facts

Decrypt reports that Bitcoin ETFs lost a net $228.6 million this week after a $681.1 million drain the week before, pushing October into the red. The figures come from a single media report and are not independently verified here.
News evidence score: 30/100 from 1 publisher group(s) (Decrypt); this measures source completeness, not truth or causation.
No complete post-detection return window is available yet.
In the preceding 30 days, the 99th percentile of absolute hourly returns was 1.23% (OKX · USDT; cutoff 20/10/2026, 13:40, UTC+8). This hourly baseline is not directly comparable with a minute move.

## Returns after site detection

| Window | Return | BTC | Difference from BTC | Actual sampled interval (UTC+8) | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 5 minutes | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 hour | — | — | — | — | — |
| 24 hours | — | — | — | — | — |

## Historical hourly baseline

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Ready | true |
| Coverage | 99.9% (719/720) |
| Median absolute hourly return | 0.15% |
| 99th percentile of absolute hourly returns | 1.23% |
| BTC beta | 1.00 |
| Source / cutoff (UTC+8) | OKX · USDT / 20/10/2026, 13:40 |

## Claims and open questions

- Bitcoin ETFs lost a net $228.6 million this week, per Decrypt
- That followed a $681.1 million drain the week before, per Decrypt
- October is described as deep in the red for these products, per Decrypt
- Whether these outflow figures are confirmed by fund issuers or other data providers
- What drove the reported outflows
- Whether outflows continued after the report was published

## Source evidence

- [Bitcoin ETFs Shed Nearly $1 Billion in Two Weeks as Uptober Stays Red](<https://decrypt.co/381246/bitcoin-etfs-shed-nearly-1-billion-two-weeks-uptober-red>) — Decrypt; published 18/10/2026, 23:01; received 20/10/2026, 13:40 (UTC+8).


## Recent BTC events and market reactions

- [Reports: Strategy buys $22M in bitcoin, repurchases $193M in STRC](<https://whycoinmoves.com/en/events/bitcoin-a8e56e82aac2a7>)
- [Full coin archive](<https://whycoinmoves.com/en/coins/bitcoin>)

[Methods and limitations](<https://whycoinmoves.com/en/methodology>)
Publisher count is not independent evidence count. Price changes cannot verify news or prove causation.