Digital Assets See $30M in Outflows

Takeaways:

• Digital asset investment products saw outflows totalling US$30m last week, outflows were seen across most asset types suggesting broad negative sentiment last week that was likely to due to ongoing uncertainties surrounding businesses linked to FTX and continued hawkish rhetoric from the Fed.
• Bitcoin saw outflows totalling US$17.5m, while short-bitcoin investment products saw minor inflows totalling US$1.1m.
• Ethereum has now seen its 5th consecutive week of outflows that totalled US$9.1m.

Digital asset investment products saw outflows totalling US$30m last week in a much more active trading week with trading volumes totalling US$866m compared to the US$678m seen the prior week. Outflows were seen across most asset types and providers suggesting broad negative sentiment last week that was likely to due to ongoing uncertainties surrounding businesses linked to FTX and continued hawkish rhetoric from the US Federal Reserve despite the risks of a recession. This recent price weakness has pulled total assets under management (AuM) to US$22.3bn, similar levels seen during the low points of the FTX collapse.

Bitcoin saw outflows totalling US$17.5m, while short-bitcoin investment products saw minor inflows totalling US$1.1m. We have witnessed similar oscillations in sentiment, but these outflows represent the largest since early September, just after the FED expressed a more hawkish view than expected.

Ethereum has now seen its 5th consecutive week of outflows that totalled US$9.1m last week. The outflows seen this year so far represent a substantial 7.3% of AuM.

Other altcoins saw outflows, most notable of which were Binance at US$1.1m, XRP at US$0.3m and Polkadot at US$0.4m. Solana stood out as the only one to see inflows which totalled US$0.7m.

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