Crypto ETPs Post $1.2B Inflows While Spot Prices Drop

Cryptocurrency funding merchandise continued to draw robust investor curiosity final week regardless of main crypto property like Bitcoin and Ether posting notable worth drops.

World crypto exchange-traded merchandise (ETPs) recorded $1.24 billion of inflows for the buying and selling week ending Friday, CoinShares reported on Monday.

With the most recent inflows, crypto ETPs continued breaking year-to-date (YTD) influx data, setting a brand new historic excessive at $15.1 billion, stated CoinShares’ head of analysis, James Butterfill.

Complete property beneath administration (AUM) in crypto ETPs additionally edged as much as $176.3 billion from final week’s $175.9 billion.

Bitcoin leads ETP inflows for a second consecutive week

Bitcoin (BTC) ETPs noticed a second consecutive week of inflows, totalling $1.1 billion, regardless of BTC costs dropping from round $108,800 on June 16 to $103,000 by the tip of the week, according to CoinGecko.

The resisting progress within the Bitcoin ETP dynamics regardless of the spot worth decline indicated that buyers had been shopping for on weak spot, CoinShares’ Butterfill steered.

“This sentiment was additional supported by minor outflows from short-Bitcoin merchandise, which totalled $1.4 million,” he added.

Crypto Concern & Greed Index briefly shifts to “Concern”

CoinShares’ new crypto ETP report follows some notable changes within the Crypto Fear & Greed index, which steered that the market sentiment dropped to “Concern” on Sunday after sustaining “Greed” for the previous month. On Monday, the index barely recovered to “Impartial.”

Although crypto ETP exercise remained robust final week, the ETP sentiment cooled within the latter half of the week, probably because of the US Juneteenth vacation and rising stories of US involvement within the Iran battle, CoinShares’ Butterfill famous.

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Each crypto ETPs and spot crypto costs held robust within the earlier buying and selling week, with ETPs posting $1.9 billion of inflows regardless of the escalation of the Israel-Iran battle.