{"id":24102,"date":"2025-05-19T16:07:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T13:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/institutional-interest-bolsters-bitcoin-as-crypto-fund-inflows-reach-7-5-billion\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T16:07:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T13:07:05","slug":"institutional-interest-bolsters-bitcoin-as-crypto-fund-inflows-reach-7-5-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/institutional-interest-bolsters-bitcoin-as-crypto-fund-inflows-reach-7-5-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"Institutional Interest Bolsters Bitcoin as Crypto Fund Inflows Reach $7.5 Billion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-text-wrappers-keypoints article_keypoints\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Weekly inflow into BTC-ETFs slowed from $934.2 million to $603.7 million.<\/li>\n<li>Demand for products halted the correction after Bitcoin reached a new high since January.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>From May 10 to 16, net inflow into cryptocurrency investment funds amounted to $785 million compared to <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/crypto-fund-inflows-surge-to-6-7-billion-since-start-of-year\">$882 million<\/a> in the previous period, according to a report by <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.coinshares.com\/volume-234-digital-asset-fund-flows-weekly-report-f0be37f3114b\">CoinShares<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The positive trend continued for the fifth consecutive week.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-1564.webp\" alt=\"1-1564\" class=\"wp-image-258971\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Data: CoinShares.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Total inflow since the beginning of the year increased to a record $7.52 billion, fully recovering from the outflow observed during the correction in February-March.<\/p>\n<p><span data-descr=\"assets under management\" class=\"old_tooltip\">AUM<\/span> rose to $172.9 billion. <\/p>\n<p>In Ethereum funds, inflows surged from $1.5 million to $205 million following the successful<a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/ethereum-activates-major-pectra-upgrade\"> Pectra update<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Altcoin products did not share the overall optimism, with Solana-based products seeing an outflow of $0.89 million. In XRP and Sui, inflows continued, amounting to $1.4 million and $11.7 million, respectively.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/3-617.webp\" alt=\"3-617\" class=\"wp-image-258972\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Data: CoinShares.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Instruments based on digital gold saw inflows weaken from $867 million to $557 million. Analysts attributed the slowdown to &#8220;hawkish&#8221; signals from members of the <span data-descr=\"Federal Reserve System\" class=\"old_tooltip\">Fed<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>In the segment of U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs, inflows slowed to <a href=\"https:\/\/sosovalue.com\/ru\/assets\/etf\/us-btc-spot\">$603.7 million<\/a>. The previous week, investors added $934.2 million to the products.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-1103.webp\" alt=\"2-1103\" class=\"wp-image-258973\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Data: SoSoValue.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>ETFs as a Support Factor<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>According to QCP Capital, despite a pullback<a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-achieves-record-weekly-close\"> from $107,000<\/a>, the price of the leading cryptocurrency remains within its recent range, supported by significant institutional interest. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Asia Colour \u2014 19 May 25<\/p>\n<p>1\/ As equities wobble under a cautious Fed and a Moody\u2019s downgrade, Trump is feeling the heat \u2014 lashing out at Walmart and even hinting at a trip to China to revive trade talks. But amidst the macro noise, Bitcoin is holding steady.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 QCP (@QCPgroup) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/QCPgroup\/status\/1924408582499697079?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Analysts believe that the impulse to new highs since late January was triggered by news of Metaplanet purchasing 1004 BTC, with the subsequent correction resulting from profit-taking by market makers. <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/js\/telegram-widget.js?22\" data-telegram-post=\"forklog\/44150\" data-width=\"100%\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The liquidation of long positions did not become prolonged due to continued inflows into spot Bitcoin ETFs.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts highlighted that the price of the leading cryptocurrency entered a rally mode amid a decrease in risk appetite in global markets following Moody\u2019s downgrade of the U.S. sovereign rating.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;This reinforces the positioning of digital gold as a capital preservation tool, which [\u2026] could serve as a long-term catalyst,&#8221;<\/em> the review states.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Experts noted the persistence of a call skew across the entire option expiration horizon, indicating &#8220;structurally bullish prospects&#8221; for the asset.<\/p>\n<p>On May 9, a record <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-exodus-from-coinbase-surpasses-1-billion-in-a-day\">9739 BTC<\/a> was withdrawn from Coinbase since the beginning of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, CryptoQuant<a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/experts-see-no-immediate-signs-of-bitcoin-whale-sell-off\"> pointed out<\/a> the lack of prerequisites for &#8220;whale&#8221; Bitcoin sales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weekly inflow into BTC-ETFs slowed from $934.2 million to $603.7 million. Demand for products halted the correction after Bitcoin reached a new high since January. From May 10 to 16, net inflow into cryptocurrency investment funds amounted to $785 million compared to $882 million in the previous period, according to a report by CoinShares. 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