As the market continues to cool down after a very hot first two months this Summer, big players are quietly offloading digital assets. The positive exchange-traded fund (ETF) market flow for Ether (ETH) has been flipped back into the red zone, judging from this week’s balance sheet.
No Slack For ETH as ETFs Slimmed By $422.2M Overnight
BlackRock, Fidelity & Grayscale, the big three of the ETH ETF market, all saw negative flows three days in a row, with the bearish trend particularly strong on August 19, 2025. According to Farside Investors, a mouth-dropping $422.2 million worth of ETH left ETF items that day alone.
Fidelity’s Ether ETF product took the biggest hit amid Ethereum’s (ETH) retreat to $4.10K. Dropping $156 million on Tuesday, just $40 million below the cumulative loss across all ETF items the day before, Fidelity’s FETH is still the second largest Ether (ETH) fund on the market.
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Meanwhile, Grayscale outed $88.5 million & $122 million across two of their Ethereum ETF products. BlackRock, the leader in the market by assets under management (AUM), has sold off considerably less, summing up to $93.5 million on the first two business days of this week.
So, is really no one out of the high-rolling investors buying Ethereum’s (ETH) recent dip? As the largest Proof of Stake (PoS) digital asset recruits back the $4.2K support levels, some crypto whales are dipping their toes in the waters before a serious rebound rally takes place.
On one such occasion, Bitmine bought $220 million worth of ETH a few hours back. This billionaire crypto whale added 52,475 ETH today, expanding the digital stash to 1,575,838 Ethereum tokens, equaling $6.6 billion at the time, notes intelligence from LookOnChain.
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Firms sold ETH ETFs to take profits or reduce risk, causing a quick Ethereum price dip to $4,074.50.
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