Crypto investors park $1.4b in digital asset vehicles 

Bitcoin and the U.S. led capital inflows into crypto-backed products as investors seized lower-priced market opportunities. 

According to CoinShares research, investors parked $1.44 billion in crypto vehicles, with $1.35 billion flowed into Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs in the U.S. and other regions. These numbers marked Bitcoin’s fifth-largest weekly influx and propelled the total crypto product inflows for 2024 to $17.8 billion.

Altcoins like Ethereum (ETH) also enjoyed positive investor attention, drawing in $72 million last week for the time since March. This year’s inflows have eclipsed 2021’s $10.6 billion and continue to set new records for digital asset investments. 

Crypto markets up again

Cheaper crypto prices seen last week incentivized investors to splurge on digital asset investment products, leading to a market revival noted on Monday. The total crypto markets rose 3.9%, recovering to $2.4 trillion. Bitcoin’s 5.2% surge in 24 hours allowed the token to reclaim $62,500, slashing the gap from its March peak to 15%.

Major altcoins like Ethereum, BNB, and Solana (SOL) followed suit with more than 5% price increments, according to crypto.news price pages. Overall, market sentiment has also improved, sitting neutral at press time. The crypto fear and greed index showed a 52 rating, a recovery from the market fears recorded last week. 

QCP Capital researchers suggested that the market uptick was triggered by Donald Trump’s failed assassination and confidence that the pro-crypto presidential aspirant has a better chance of being elected over Joe Biden. The firm also cited exhausted selling from German authorities. An excerpt from the QCP report reads:

“We think that the market was already positioned for a rally with the German government having exhausted their supply and also with large hedge funds aggressively buying calls last week. Trump was the perfect trigger for a market raring to go long.”