Crypto-based investment products market recorded $53.7 million in outflows during the week of May 1-7, with Bitcoin (BTC) based products accounting for almost all, according to CoinShares’ weekly report. BTC and short-BTC-based products recorded a total of $54.9 million in ...
The week of May 1-7 also marked the third consecutive week of outflows for the crypto investment products market.
Flows by asset
BTC and Short-BTC-based products were almost entirely responsible for the weekly outflows. Within seven days, BTC lost $31.8 million, while short-BTC products saw $23.1 million in withdrawals.
This is particularly unusual for short-BTC products. Even when the market was on its six-week-outflows streak, short-BTC products recorded inflows almost every week. Acknowledging this irregularity, the CoinShares report stated that this was the “largest weekly outflows from short-bitcoin on record of US$23m.”
Flows by country
Looking at asset movements on a geographical basis Germany and Canada comes forward by recording the most significant outflows of the week. Germany saw $27.1 million in withdrawals, while Canada recorded $19.6 million in outflows. The two nations accounted for 86% of the total outflow amount of the week.
The US, Switzerland, and Brazil also contributed to the withdrawals by recording $4.5 million, $3.5 million, and $300,000 in outflows, respectively. On the other hand, only $1.3 million worth of inflows were brought to the market by Sweden.
When the movements are filtered based on the providers, only Purpose Investments comes forward with $1 million in inflows. 3iQ, CoinShares, and ProShares recorded $19.4 million, $13.4 million, and $5.4 million in outflows, respectively.