In the cold corridors of commerce, where numbers pretend to be fate and fear wears a tailored suit, BlackRock paused as if the city’s heartbeat itself faltered. Four days of outflows dragged at the ankles of the giant, and then, with the solemnity of a factory whistle, the pause button was pressed. Farside Investor data reveals that BlackRock’s IBIT recorded an inflow of $15.9 million, the lone spark in a dim ETF market, the highest by any asset manager amid the exchange-traded funds market’s murky murmur.
Bitcoin ETFs turn green as a rare breath returns
Notably, BlackRock’s inflow contributed largely to lifting the ETF market from its gray exhaustion after five straight days of outflows. Beyond BlackRock, two other asset managers-WisdomTree’s BTCW and Grayscale’s BTC-each recorded modest reliefs of $2.8 million and $7.7 million inflows, respectively. The crowd watches, and the crowd smiles with a wry half-belief.
Fidelity’s FBTC recorded $5.7 million in outflows, while Bitwise’s BITB and Ark Invest’s ARKB dumped $11.0 million and $2.9 million, respectively. The remaining five asset managers registered zero flow, like quiet workers who never quite leave the factory floor but pretend nothing is happening.
Yet it was BlackRock’s $15.9 million that helped tilt the scales between inflows and outflows. The day closed with cumulative inflows of $6.8 million, a small victory that makes the ledger look almost respectable in a world built on hype and fear.
Whether BlackRock will continue this strange ballet remains unclear; the giant still holds the crown of the loudest seller in the last five days, and market watchers squint, trying to read a prophecy from a chart. The move has drawn interest and concern in equal measure, like a rumor that won’t die and won’t quite come true either.
BlackRock kicked off Bitcoin (BTC) sales in 2026 by depositing 1,134 BTC valued at $101.4 million on the Binance exchange. At the time, merchants whispered that such a move could sow selling pressure-not only on Binance but across the entire market, as if a shadow had walked into the room of bright screens.
This has largely proven true, as Bitcoin has continued to wear volatility like a well-worn coat. In the last 30 days, the flagship crypto has crept up a mere 0.09%, unable to reclaim six-figure grandeur. The coin reached the $97,000 zone only to be politely refused by the market’s stern gatekeepers.
Bitcoin price in consolidation mode
As of press time, Bitcoin is exchanging hands at $88,034.51, a modest 0.46% rise in the last 24 hours. Its trading volume lurks in the red, having dropped 25.9% to $35.87 billion in the same period, as if the crowd has gone quiet and the machines do the talking.
As U.Today reported, the ongoing price consolidation has produced one of the highest weekly withdrawals of January 2026. A total of $1.46 billion, or 16,300 BTC, exited the combined Bitcoin funds, a maneuver spotted by on-chain crypto analyst Ali Martinez. A theater of fleeing capital, with exits as loud as entrances only in reverse.
Interestingly, amid these heavy outflows, business intelligence firm Strategy, within the last 48 hours, announced the purchase of another 2,932 BTC valued at over $264 million. The move offers a glimmer of hope to a segment of the market that refuses to surrender its coin altogether, even as the crowd presses closer to the gates.
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2026-01-27 19:30