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What is Spot Etf Flow?

the net dollars flowing in or out of US spot bitcoin/ether ETFs each trading day.

The number

Spot Etf Flow is the net dollars flowing in or out of US spot bitcoin/ether ETFs each trading day.

What it means

it's pensions, RIAs and funds buying real BTC/ETH through brokerage accounts instead of exchanges.

Why it matters

it's the cleanest read on institutional demand, real bid, not leverage.

From the desk

The desk watches this alongside the nine Pulse Score signals when reading a coin. See Methodology for how the score fuses its inputs.

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the fee perp longs pay shorts (or vice versa) every few hours to hold a position

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Explainer generated Sep 24, 2026 from the desk glossary. Not financial advice.