By
Bena Ilyas
April 30th, 2024
While the Bitcoin investment products registered strong inflows, the Ethereum products registered their fourht consecutive week of outflows.
Investor sentiment towards digital asset investment products rebounded strongly last week, with total inflows reaching $862 million, nearly offsetting the previous week’s record outflows of $931 million.
As usual, the United States experienced an additional $897 million in inflows dominating the total inflows globally, while Europe and Canada combined witnessed outflows totaling $49 million. While the inflows registered a sharp rebound from the previous week of outflows, the ETF activity seems to be slowing down with daily trading turnover being under $5.4 billion. This is a staggering 36% drop from its peak three weeks ago, as per data from CoinShares.
Last week, Bitcoin experienced inflows amounting to $865 million, driven by a renewed interest from new ETF issuers in the US, resulting in $1.8 billion in inflows. However, this was offset by Grayscale’s outflows of $967 million. Meanwhile, short-bitcoin funds witnessed outflows for the second consecutive week, totaling $2 million.
Ethereum, on the other hand, saw its fourth consecutive week of outflows, amounting to $19 million. This trend is consistent post-network upgrades and reflects investor concerns regarding their success.
In the altcoin space, there were inflows totaling $18.3 million last week, with Solana leading the pack with $6.1 million inflows. On the other hand, altcoins like Filecoin, Polkadot, and Chainlink, registered notable inflows of $3.9 million, $2.4 million, and $1.9 million, respectively.
Bitcoin ETF Inflows Fumble
As we begin with the second quarter of 2024, the total inflows into all nine spot Bitcoin ETF fumbled once again. On Monday, April 1, the spot Bitcoin ETFs registered a net outflow of $85 million.
Notable occurrences include the Grayscale ETF GBTC witnessing a single-day net outflow of $302 million. Conversely, the BlackRock ETF IBIT recorded a net inflow of $165 million, while Fidelity ETF FBTC experienced a net inflow of $43.99 million. Particularly remarkable is the cumulative net inflow for Bitcoin spot ETFs, which reached an impressive $12.04 billion, highlighting ongoing investor interest in this asset class.
Amid this development, the Bitcoin price is undergoing a sharp correction dropping over 5% in the last 24 hours and slipping all the way to $66,000. This price correction has put pressure on the entire crypto market recently. Interestingly, the significant correction occurred just before the upcoming Bitcoin halving event, which is a mere 19 days away.