Crypto Inflows Surged To Record High $2.45 Billion Last Week, CoinShares Says

Updated: 20 February 2024

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Inflows into crypto investment products hit a record high $2.45 billion last week with the US and Bitcoin the big winners, CoinShares said.

That elevated the total assets under management to $67 billion, marking the highest level since December 2021, CoinShares said in a Feb. 19 report. Last week’s inflows pushed inflows for the year to date to an impressive $5.2 billion.

The vast majority of inflows, around 99%, were directed to the US, driven by interest in spot Bitcoin ETFs (exchange-traded funds), with an equivalent percentage of inflows being invested in the very dominant Bitcoin.

🟢 Inflows reached a record of US$2.45bn last week, leading AuM back to December 2021 levels!

💹 AuM: US$67 billion
🗓 Year to date inflows: US$5.2 billion

– Dynamics by region –

🇺🇸 USA: US$2.4bn (99% of inflows)
🇩🇪 Germany: US$13m inflows
🇨🇭 Switzerland: US$1m inflows
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— CoinShares (@CoinSharesCo) February 19, 2024

CoinShares Says LINK and MATIC Stand Out Because Of Consistent Inflows

Altcoins Ethereum (ETH) and Avalanche (AVAX) saw inflows of $21 million and $1 million, respectively. Meanwhile, Chainlink (LINK) and Polygon (MATIC) each recorded inflows of $0.9 million, two altcoins that stand out because they are seeing consistent weekly inflows, CoinShares said.

The recent network outage suffered by Solana seems to have impacted sentiment around SOL, causing $1.6 million in outflows. Among nations, Sweden was the biggest loser with $26 million of outflows.

Investors in blockchain equity ETFs took profits last week, triggering outflows of $167 million. Some investors also took the opportunity to add to short-BTC positions, as bets against the leading crypto registered $5.8 million of inflows.