US spot Bitcoin ETFs lost $261.4 million on Oct. 14 and spot Ether ETFs a further $130 million, Farside Investors data shows. Both assets bled, but the Bitcoin outflow is a small slice of what those funds hold.
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Large bitcoin holders are buying faster than at any time since February
Bitcoin whales raised holdings to 3.03 million BTC while US spot ETFs lost $744.3 million over six sessions. The whale reading is a 30-day growth rate, so Wednesday's CPI print will test a comparison across unequal windows.
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Crypto's Fear and Greed Index fell to 56 on Monday from an August peak of 82, a 26-point drop. Decrypt puts Bitcoin's slide at about 6%, to $81,749.83, as oil topped $101; Crypto Briefing records a deeper low near $80,337.
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Bitcoin falls to its $83,000 average ETF cost basis on the worst fund outflows since June
US spot bitcoin ETFs shed $484.9 million on Wednesday, their worst day since June 25, as bitcoin fell to the roughly $83,000 average ETF cost basis. Inflows have historically been slow at breakeven, Bitfinex says, so October's strong seasonal record is a weak guide to positioning.
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JPMorgan's $66 billion crypto inflow pace now leans on ETFs and CME futures
JPMorgan analysts count about $50 billion of crypto inflows so far this year, an annualized pace of roughly $66 billion. Third-quarter buying moved away from corporate treasuries toward ETF holders and futures traders who can exit in a day, at about half of last year's pace.
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Bitcoin's daily price barely tracks Treasury yields even at a 5.3% series high
Ten-year Treasury yields hit 5.31% on Oct. 5, the highest in the daily series CryptoSlate examined back to 2017, though its data find little daily link to bitcoin. The yield still measures what a holder gives up each year by owning an asset that pays no interest.
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US spot Bitcoin ETFs have taken in about $3.1 billion over nine trading days, lifting their year-to-date net inflows to roughly $1 billion. Ether and Zcash funds slipped into small outflows after week-long inflow runs, in sums too small to show money leaving altcoins for Bitcoin.
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Spot Bitcoin ETFs took in about $3 billion over eight sessions as oil lifted Treasury yields to 2007 highs, holding Bitcoin near $84,000. Onchain profit-taking adds sellers as this week's inflation and jobs data decide which side gives first.
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One conditional line from Christopher Waller moved September hike odds from 63.2% to a coin flip. The squeeze that followed force-closed $415 million of shorts against $92 million of longs -- forced buying, not investor demand.
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