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Cryptocurrencies See Outflows for Second Straight Week

The sector posted net outflows of $47 million in the week ended March 18, after experiencing outflows of $110 million the previous week


Crypto has enjoyed a seasonal change in outlook, with a US judge saying Ripple can be soldo on public exchanges.
The Ripple ruling came together with fraud charges against the former boss of bankrupt crypto lender Celsius, which are contested, and on the heels of moves into the market by finance firms BlackRock and Fidelity. File photo: Reuters.

Cryptocurrency investment products and funds showed net outflows for a second straight week, a report from digital asset manager CoinShares showed on Monday, on persistent concerns about regulation and the possible fallout from the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

The sector posted net outflows of $47 million in the week ended March 18, after experiencing outflows of $110 million the previous week. Before the last two weeks, digital asset investment products saw seven straight weeks of inflows.

The outflows came amid ongoing efforts to regulate crypto. President Joe Biden signed an executive order a few weeks ago requiring the government to assess the risks and benefits of creating a central bank digital dollar, as well as other crypto issues.

 

Bitcoin Sees Largest Outflow

Bitcoin saw the largest outflow of $33 million in the latest week, the report showed, following $70 million outflows previously. Year-to-date flows remained positive, however, at $63 million.

On Monday, bitcoin was down 0.5% at $41,047. Since its intra-day low on February 24 when Russia invaded Ukraine, bitcoin has gained about 18%.

“Even though bitcoin has retraced a bit after tagging $42,000 over the weekend, it still managed to close the week well above $40,000,” said Mikkel Morch, executive director at digital asset hedge fund ARK36.

“Such a retrace seems healthy after a notable move up over the past week and shouldn’t be viewed as a negative reaction to any particular piece of geopolitical or macro news. As long as bitcoin stays above $40,000, there is a good chance of continuation.”

Ethereum-based products had outflows of $17 million last week, lower than the previous week, which saw outflows of $50 million. Ethereum continues to suffer from negative investor sentiment, analysts said, with year-to-date outflows of $151 million, or 1.2% of total assets under management.

In contrast, other altcoins saw inflows last week, such as Ripple, Polkadot, and Solana.

Blockchain-linked equity investment products also posted net inflows of $17 million last week, up from $4 million the previous week.

Assets under management at Grayscale and CoinShares, the world’s two largest digital asset managers, fell from their highs to $37.25 billion and roughly $3.7 billion, respectively.

 

  • Reuters with additional editing by Jim Pollard

 

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Jim Pollard

Jim Pollard is an Australian journalist based in Thailand since 1999. He worked for News Ltd papers in Sydney, Perth, London and Melbourne before travelling through SE Asia in the late 90s. He was a senior editor at The Nation for 17+ years and has a family in Bangkok.