US Bitcoin ETFs Draw $517 Million After Treasury Doubles Buybacks to $4 Billion
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Updated · 21shares.com · Aug 20
US Bitcoin ETFs Draw $517 Million After Treasury Doubles Buybacks to $4 Billion
3 articles · Updated · 21shares.com · Aug 20
Summary
$517 million flowed into US spot bitcoin ETFs on Aug. 19, the strongest daily intake since May, after Treasury expanded long-dated bond buybacks and markets read the move as easing.
Treasury doubled the program to $4 billion from $2 billion, a step that can pressure long-term yields lower without creating new money, yet still pushed investors toward bitcoin's fixed 21 million-coin supply.
About $1 billion had already entered US spot bitcoin ETFs in the first two weeks of August, suggesting demand was building before the policy shift and then accelerated through a familiar brokerage-based product.
$1.5 billion in bitcoin short positions were liquidated during the rally, including roughly $700 million in one minute, amplifying a price surge that had already carried bitcoin above $69,500 in earlier trading.