Total Bitcoin Spot ETF AUM Falls Back to Post-Trump Election Levels
Alina Collins
Total net assets across all 11 U.S. bitcoin spot ETFs dropped to $77.58 billion on June 9 — matching the level when Trump won the presidency in early November 2024 and erasing 19 months of gains as macro pressure and narrative competition squeeze crypto.
What does $77.58 billion really tell us?
The figure matches the early-November 2024 level, right when Trump won — meaning 19 months of net-asset growth has been fully wiped out.
For context: within a week of the election, total ETF net assets topped $90 billion; by October 2025 they hit a record $169.54 billion.
This means → from the peak to now, over $90 billion in assets has evaporated — more than half the total.
How is the money leaving?
Over the past four weeks, bitcoin spot ETFs saw net outflows exceeding $5 billion.
Cumulative net inflows fell from $62.77 billion at the October 2025 peak to $53.77 billion — a drop of nearly $9 billion, the lowest since last August.
In plain terms = this is not just price decline shrinking the pot — investors are actively pulling cash out.
Regulation has improved — so why are funds still fleeing?
Since taking office, the Trump administration has had the SEC drop several high-profile crypto enforcement actions and established a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.
The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, designed to draw clear lines between SEC and CFTC jurisdiction, is advancing through Congress.
This reflects a key disconnect: regulatory tailwinds alone are no longer enough to offset macro headwinds — a friendlier policy backdrop has not kept the money in place.
What do analysts make of this outflow?
Binance Research attributes the outflows to short-term pressure from inflation pushing the Fed toward a hawkish stance, while arguing on-chain supply tightening fundamentals "remain intact."
Ophelia Snyder, former co-founder of 21Shares, points to a second force: capital attention is being pulled toward AI, SpaceX, and other high-profile growth narratives.
She adds that geopolitical risk, tensions around the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. jobs data, and inflation are all weighing on sentiment simultaneously.
Put simply = crypto is not facing a single headwind but a double squeeze — macro tightening plus narrative competition. The money hasn't vanished; it has moved elsewhere.
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