{"id":10480,"date":"2024-04-23T01:13:23","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T01:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bitrabo.com\/discover\/investors-panic-206-million-flees-crypto-funds-as-interest-rate-fears-mount-coinshares-reports\/"},"modified":"2024-04-23T01:13:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T01:13:23","slug":"investors-panic-206-million-flees-crypto-funds-as-interest-rate-fears-mount-coinshares-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bitrabo.com\/discover\/investors-panic-206-million-flees-crypto-funds-as-interest-rate-fears-mount-coinshares-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Investors Panic: $206 Million Flees Crypto Funds As Interest Rate Fears Mount, CoinShares Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"

Global crypto investment products saw a net outflow of $206 million last week, reflecting investor concerns over the “potential impacts of Federal Reserve policy decisions on interest rates,” as reported<\/a> by Coinshares.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Global Impact Of Crypto Outflows On Bitcoin ETFs And Market Volume<\/span><\/h2>\n

CoinShares revealed that the recorded net outflow of $206 million marks the second consecutive week of outflows, driven by expectations that the Federal Reserve will maintain high interest rates for an extended period.<\/p>\n

The outflows were particularly notable in crypto investment products offered by asset managers such as Ark Invest, Bitwise, Fidelity, Grayscale, ProShares, and 21Shares.\u00a0<\/p>\n

CoinShares Head of Research James Butterfill noted:<\/p>\n

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The data suggests appetite from ETP\/ETF investors continues to wane, likely off the back of expectations that the FED is likely to keep interest rates at these high levels for longer than expected.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Interestingly, global exchange-traded products saw a slight decline in trading volume last week, totaling $18 billion, which accounted for 28% of the total Bitcoin trading volume. This figure marks a decrease from the 55% observed a month ago.<\/p>\n

The net outflows in the US spot Bitcoin ETFs significantly contributed to the global weekly outflow, reaching $204.3 million.<\/p>\n

However, amidst this trend, BlackRock’s IBIT emerged as the sole spot for Bitcoin ETFs to sustain weekly inflows. It garnered $165.4 million in inflows, prolonging its streak to 69 consecutive days before the Bitcoin Halving.<\/p>\n

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Waking up on 4\/20 to see $IBIT<\/a> took in cash for the 69th straight day, which was also the halving. It\u2019s a little too perfect <\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Eric Balchunas (@EricBalchunas) April 20, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

<\/span>Region-Based Crypto Fund Flows And Market Trends<\/span><\/h2>\n

According to the coinshares report, adding crypto futures products in the United States led to total net outflows of $244 million last week.<\/p>\n

Conversely, Canada and Switzerland-based funds saw net inflows of $30 million and $8 million, respectively. Global Bitcoin funds accounted for $192 million of the total net weekly outflows.<\/p>\n

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Notably, short-Bitcoin products experienced minimal outflows of $300,000 despite the outflows, indicating that few investors saw this as an opportunity to short, according to Butterfill.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, Ethereum-based investment vehicles carried on with their outflow streak for the sixth consecutive week, with $34 million in outflow. On the other hand, Litecoin and Chainlink products saw inflows of $3.2 million and $1.7 million, respectively.<\/p>\n

\"Crypto<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, blockchain equities faced an eleventh consecutive week of outflows totaling $9 million.\u00a0 James Butterfill states this is so “as investors continue to worry over the consequences of the halving on mining companies.”<\/p>\n

Amidst these fund flows, the overall crypto market has shown a slight uptick in the past 24 hours. Bitcoin, the largest crypto by market capitalization, recorded a 1.2% increase, while Ethereum, the second-largest, saw nearly 1% growth over the same period.<\/p>\n

\"BTC<\/p>\n

This price action coincided with Bitcoin’s fourth halving on April 20, reducing miners’ block subsidy rewards from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC.<\/p>\n

Featured image from Unsplash, Chart from TradingView<\/p>\n