Bitcoin and Solana spot ETFs posted net outflows on October 5, 2026, while Ethereum funds pulled in money and XRP products broke even. A single day of flows sits oddly against the weekly trend, which has run in Bitcoin's favor for weeks. CryptoBriefing reported the October 5 snapshot and the weekly numbers side by side.
The daily split: Bitcoin and Solana products saw more money leave than arrive. Ethereum products went the other way. XRP funds recorded zero net flow.
One day against the streak
Start with the week. SoSoValue data, reported on October 5, put weekly net inflows into US spot Bitcoin ETFs at $241.09 million for the week ending in early October. That was the third consecutive positive week for Bitcoin funds.
It also pushed total inflows since the products launched in 2024 to around $57.8 billion. Ethereum had the opposite week. Spot Ethereum ETFs shed $138.02 million on a net basis, SoSoValue figures showed.
That reversed the prior week, when Ethereum funds absorbed roughly $690 million. The swing dragged Ethereum's year-to-date inflows down to approximately $1.5 billion. A spot ETF, for anyone new to these products, is a fund that holds the actual asset, say Bitcoin itself, and trades on a stock exchange.
When investors buy shares in the fund, the fund buys more of the asset. When they sell, the fund sells some of the asset. So the daily flow number is a direct read on whether investors, taken together, added exposure or cut it.
On October 5, that read favored Ethereum. On the week, it favored Bitcoin.
The smaller funds told a different story
Solana and XRP were both positive for the week, barely. Solana spot ETFs gained about $2.43 million in weekly net inflows, and XRP spot ETFs brought in $4.74 million, according to SoSoValue. Both extended existing inflow streaks.
That makes the October 5 Solana outflow worth a second look. A product on an inflow run still posted a red day even as its weekly total stayed green. One down day does not break a streak, but it is the kind of session traders circle.
Zcash moved the other way. Zcash ETFs logged their first weekly outflow, roughly $94 million, covering late September through early October. First outflows stand out precisely because nothing like them had happened while those products were building their record.
Bitcoin still has the capital
Zoom back out and the larger picture has not moved. Bitcoin was trading near $85,000 to $86,000 during the period covered, and SoSoValue's numbers put Bitcoin's edge on capital clearly on display: about $57.8 billion in cumulative inflows since 2024, against roughly $1.5 billion for Ethereum this year.
The weekly pattern reads as a rotation, meaning investors shifting money from one asset to another. Capital has favored Bitcoin over Ethereum as Bitcoin's market dominance built. Ethereum's $138.02 million weekly outflow is the kind of number that fuels questions about whether that contest is getting harder for Ethereum to answer.
The counterpoint is already sitting in the prior week: $690 million came into Ethereum funds then, which means sentiment there can flip fast. For altcoin products, Solana and XRP kept their inflow streaks alive even with Solana's weak single session, and Zcash's $94 million outflow was the standout exception.
Where the attention sits now
The week backed Bitcoin, and one odd day in early October did not change that yet. The figure that settles whether October 5 was a blip or a turn will be the next few days of Ethereum inflows.
If Ethereum funds string together several positive sessions, the weekly narrative could rewrite itself quickly, the way $690 million proved it could. The combined scoreboard still favors Bitcoin, but crypto traders know the next flipped week contains an old pinstripe suit: patience.