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<p><a href="https://www.newsbtc.com/news/etf-frenzy-bitcoin-takes-a-dip-ethereum-goes-hot-and-the-next-crypto-chapter/">Bitcoin dropped below $41,000</a> in the last 24 hours before making a recovery to rise above that level once again. This has become the <a href="https://www.newsbtc.com/analysis/btc/bitcoin-price-faces-uphill-task-43500/">current reality</a> of the flagship crypto token’s price, which has continued to decline since the <a href="https://bitcoinist.com/breaking-spot-bitcoin-etfs-approved-by-us-sec/" rel="nofollow">Spot Bitcoin ETFs were approved</a>. This is surprising considering that these funds <a href="https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-will-climb-30-after-etf-approval-analyst/" rel="nofollow">were projected</a> to help boost Bitcoin’s price upon launch.&nbsp;</p> 
<h2 id="why-bitcoin-s-price-could-be-dipping">Why Bitcoin’s Price Could Be Dipping</h2> 
<p><a href="https://bitcoinist.com/xrp-etf-approved-in-2024/" rel="nofollow">Bloomberg analyst James Seyffart</a> provided insight into what could be the reason for Bitcoin’s declining price as he <a href="https://x.com/JSeyff/status/1748191264154038714?s=20" rel="nofollow">revealed</a> that <a href="https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-etf-update-blackrock-1-b-aum-gbtc-sales/" rel="nofollow">Grayscale’s GBTC</a> has experienced an outflow of $2.2 billion since its conversion to a Spot Bitcoin ETF. Crypto analytics platform Arkham Intelligence also <a href="https://x.com/ArkhamIntel/status/1747282077601460460?s=20" rel="nofollow">revealed</a> that Grayscale had moved 9000 BTC from their wallets to Coinbase, suggesting an imminent sale.&nbsp;</p> 
<p>A sell pressure of such magnitude would no doubt affect Bitcoin’s price, and that seems to be a plausible explanation for why Bitcoin’s price has declined as of late. The CEO of Jan3 and Bitcoiner, Samson Mow, also echoed similar sentiments as he <a href="https://www.newsbtc.com/news/bitcoin/bitcoin-to-reach-1-million/">mentioned</a> that the GBTC sell pressure was pushing prices down.&nbsp;</p> 
<p>However, Mow believes that this trend “won’t be a long drawn out process,” as he predicts that many of GBTC’s investors won’t be able to offload their stocks because the “tax hit is too big.” JP Morgan will, however, beg to differ as a <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/01/19/bitcoin-exposed-to-possible-15b-in-future-gbtc-sales-jpmorgan-says/?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=rss&amp;utm_campaign=headlines" rel="nofollow">research report</a> by the bank estimates that up to $3 billion could exit from the GBTC fund with many investors looking to take profit.&nbsp;</p> 
<p>Crypto analyst Ash Crypto also <a href="https://x.com/Ashcryptoreal/status/1748041500494094658?s=20" rel="nofollow">recently elaborated</a> on how profit-taking is one of the reasons that GBTC is seeing this significant amount of outflows. He explained that a lot of GBTC investors bought shares in the fund when it was trading at a <a href="https://bitcoinist.com/gbtc-bitcoin-reaches-largest-discount-ever/" rel="nofollow">40% discount from Bitcoin</a>, and now they are exiting their positions since that discount is now at 0%.&nbsp;</p> 
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-medium" src="https://www.tradingview.com/x/JQdOw2TT/" alt="Bitcoin price chart from Tradingview.com" width="3266" height="1530"></p> 
<h2 id="spot-bitcoin-etfs-are-actually-living-up-to-hype">Spot Bitcoin ETFs Are Actually Living Up To Hype</h2> 
<p>While Grayscale’s GBTC continues to bleed, other Spot ETFs look to be living up to the hype, with there being an impressive demand for these funds. <a href="https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-etf-denial-could-cause-major-crypto-rugpull/" rel="nofollow">Nate Geraci</a>, the President of the ETF Store, <a href="https://x.com/NateGeraci/status/1748193724239118559?s=20" rel="nofollow">revealed</a> that two (IBIT and <a href="https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-spot-etf-fidelity-dtcc/" rel="nofollow">FBTC</a>) out of the nine Spot ETFs (excluding GBTC) already <a href="https://x.com/NateGeraci/status/1748193724239118559?s=20" rel="nofollow">hit</a> $1 billion in assets under management (AUM) just after five trading days.&nbsp;</p> 
<p>Specifically, BlackRock’s IBIT (iShares Bitcoin Trust) was the first to <a href="https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-etf-update-blackrock-1-b-aum-gbtc-sales/" rel="nofollow">achieve this milestone</a> in just four trading days. Commenting on how impressive this was, <a href="https://bitcoinist.com/spot-bitcoin-etf-sec-engaging-exchange-approval/" rel="nofollow">Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas</a> noted that only two other ETFs ($GLD and $BITO) had done this before now, and none of those funds faced such competition as IBIT did on launch day.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> 
<p>The demand for Spot ETFs is evidently there, seeing that two spot Bitcoin ETFs have already achieved a record that was held by only two other ETFs before now.</p>

Why Did The Bitcoin Price Fall Below $41,000?

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