TLDR
- Bitcoin traded near $84,626 on Sunday, up 0.84% for the day, holding above the $84,000 mark.
- BTC has gained roughly 43.5% this quarter, its best Q3 since 2017.
- U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs pulled in $2.4 billion last week, the biggest weekly gain in nearly a year.
- Bitget suffered a $387.5 million hack, with $83 million in stolen XRP already moved.
- Analyst Aksel Kibar flagged weak weekly candle structure, warning of a possible pullback.
Bitcoin held steady above $84,000 on Sunday. The token traded at $84,626.50 as of 01:39 ET, up 0.84% on the day.
This puts Bitcoin near the end of its second-best third quarter on record. The coin has gained about 43.5% since July, when it started near $58,500.
That would make this Bitcoin’s strongest Q3 since 2017, when it rose about 80%. Ether has done even better this quarter, climbing roughly 71%, putting it on track for its best Q3 ever.
Bitcoin also made it through Friday’s large quarterly options expiry without major issues. Spot trading activity increased over the week, and traders held back from heavy profit-taking.
ETF Inflows Turn Positive for the Year
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs added $2.4 billion in the week ending September 25. That is their biggest weekly inflow since October 2025.
🚨BULLISH: U.S. Bitcoin ETFs just recorded their BIGGEST weekly inflow of 2026
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs bought $2.39 BILLION worth of Bitcoin this week, smashing the previous 2026 weekly record of $1.92 billion set in August.
Institutional demand for Bitcoin just hit a fresh… pic.twitter.com/TV9L7QoaKI
— Coin Bureau (@coinbureau) September 26, 2026
This pushed 2026 net flows for bitcoin ETFs back into positive territory. The funds had been about $5.8 billion in the red as recently as mid-July.
Monday accounted for most of the week’s inflows. The 12 tracked bitcoin ETFs took in $999 million that day alone, the largest single-day inflow since October 2025.
Daily inflows then shrank each day after that. Tuesday brought $714.7 million, followed by $347 million on Wednesday, $190.6 million on Thursday, and $134.5 million on Friday.
BlackRock’s IBIT led the week with $1.2 billion in inflows. Fidelity’s FBTC added $701.7 million, its largest weekly total since early September.
Ether ETFs also reversed course last week. The funds drew $689.9 million in new money, after losing $140 million the week before.
Solana funds set their own record, logging an $86.7 million daily inflow on Friday, the largest single-day total for that product.
Institutional Push and Security Concerns
Strategy Chairman Michael Saylor called on U.S. banks to expand their role in Bitcoin. He wants banks to offer Bitcoin custody and loans backed by the asset.
Saylor argued that current capital rules limit bank participation. He specifically pointed to the 1,250% risk weighting applied to the riskiest crypto holdings under international banking standards.
He also said regulators should treat custody, lending, and direct bank ownership of Bitcoin as separate categories with different rules.
Analyst Aksel Kibar raised a technical concern about Bitcoin’s price action. “As we get close to end of week, the weekly candle does not look like a decisive breakout,” Kibar wrote, adding that a real breakout usually produces a long weekly candle, and hesitant price action here could see price return inside its prior range.
Important note on $BTC: as we get close to end of week, the weekly candle does not look like a decisive breakout. Price taking out an important hurdle usually forms a long white or black weekly candle. See earlier breakouts/breakdowns.
Hesitant price action here can result in… pic.twitter.com/oCjCnd1zhF
— Aksel Kibar, CMT (@TechCharts) September 27, 2026
Security issues also stayed in focus following the $387.5 million hack of exchange Bitget. The attacker moved about $83 million in stolen XRP from three wallets by Saturday, according to CoinDesk, leaving around $75 million still in the original accounts.
Ripple cannot freeze the stolen XRP directly, since the XRP Ledger’s freeze controls do not apply to its native token. Bitget said its protection fund covers the losses and customer balances are unaffected.
Bitcoin withdrawals on Bitget are set to resume September 28, with ether withdrawals following September 29 and USDT withdrawals September 30.
