BlackRock clients sell $59M worth of Bitcoin as institutional investors pump the brakes

The post Is Ethereum Overtaking Bitcoin in Institutional Interest? appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Recent data from July 8 reveal a shift in institutional interest between cryptocurrencies, with Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) experiencing significant outflows, while Ethereum ETFs saw a consistent period of growth and inflows. Bitcoin ETFs faced net outflows amounting to $84.86 million on this day, marking a substantial withdrawal from the market. Continue Reading:Is Ethereum Overtaking Bitcoin in Institutional Interest? Source: https://en.bitcoinhaber.net/is-ethereum-overtaking-bitcoin-in-institutional-interest

The post Live markets: Bitcoin ETFs slip back to outflows while ether funds extend their streak appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs lost a net $85 million on Wednesday, ending a three-day inflow run that had pulled in roughly $509 million, per SoSoValue data. Ether ETFs took in about $70 million the same day, a fifth straight session of inflows. The bitcoin outflow was broad. BlackRock’s IBIT shed roughly $59 million, Grayscale’s GBTC lost nearly $64 million, and Fidelity’s FBTC gave up about $15 million. Grayscale’s mini BTC fund was the only one in the green at nearly $53 million. Total bitcoin ETF assets fell to about $75 billion. Ether’s flows came from a narrower base but kept pointing the same way. Fidelity’s FETH led with roughly $69 million, with VanEck’s ETHV adding just over $1 million and every other fund flat. Ether ETF assets sit at about $9 billion. The split matches the price tape. Bitcoin traded near $62,300 and ether near $1,740, both down about

The post Bank of Japan may speed up rate hikes. Will it help or work against bitcoin? appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) may raise its benchmark interest rate rapidly this year, as the yen slides, eventually pushing it above 2%. That’s the latest warning from a former Bank of Japan official Tsutomu Watanabe, an economics professor at the University of Tokyo who left the central bank in 1999, according to Bloomberg. As of now, the official rate is at 1%, the result of recent hikes, and the 10-year benchmark government bond yield hovers above 2.8%, the highest in at least three decades, according to data source TradingView. Meanwhile, the Japanese yen continues to slide despite recent hikes and hardening Japanese government bond yields. It has depreciated by 60% to 162.36 per U.S. dollar since early 2021, a major decline for one of the most traded currencies in the world. Also, it has dropped 3% so far this year. Faster potential interest rate hikes by the BOJ m

The post Bitcoin Price Drop Looks Mild Despite 51% Bear Market Drawdown appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Key Insights CoinGecko says the current Bitcoin bear market is the mildest on record, with a 51.2% decline. Market analyst CW says Bitcoin whales are buying both spot and futures during the pullback. Crypto Patel says Bitcoin’s bearish quarterly close puts focus on the $36,000 support level Bitcoin price drop has reached 51.2% from its all-time high, but new data from CoinGecko shows this is still the smallest bear market decline in Bitcoin’s history. At the same time, some market watchers say large holders are buying, even as the market remains under pressure. Bitcoin Price Drop is Still Smaller Than Past Bear Markets Bitcoin price drop in the current market has reached 51.2% from its record high of $124,773. Even though that is a big fall, fresh data from CoinGecko shows the decline is still smaller than every major bear market that came before it. CoinGecko compared the curre

The post Bitcoin Steady at $62K Despite Iran-Israel Strike Escalation appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. IRAN-ISRAEL News Bitcoin held above $62,000 on Thursday even as the latest round of U.S. strikes against Iran pushed the conflict into a sharper phase. The largest cryptocurrency traded at $62,009, down just 1.2% over 24 hours yet up 1.6% on the week, a strikingly muted reaction for an asset that once shed 5% on a single Middle East headline. Our reading of the tape is that the market absorbed the escalation without the panic seen in earlier legs of the conflict. Traders continue to flag $60,000 as the line that matters: defending it through further military action would confirm that the recent calm is structural rather than luck. The war premium showed up most clearly in energy. Brent crude climbed roughly 1% to $78.80 a barrel, a third straight session of gains, after Washington completed another wave of strikes and both sides raised the prospect of closing the Strait of Hormuz,

The post Bitcoin Spot ETFs Swing to $84.9M Net Outflow in a Single Session appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Bitcoin News United States spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds swung back to a net outflow of $84.9 million over the past 24 hours, reversing the modest $21.5 million inflow booked one session earlier. The one-day whipsaw underscores how quickly regulated institutional demand can fade in the current tape. Fund-flow data shows the reversal was broad rather than isolated, with capital leaving several of the largest vehicles at once. For Bitcoin, the reading extends a stop-start rhythm that has defined recent weeks, where heavy redemptions repeatedly overwhelm limited inflows and leave the directional conviction of professional allocators difficult to read. The redemptions were led by the two heavyweight products in the category. BlackRock’s IBIT, the largest spot Bitcoin fund by assets, shed $59.1 million on the day, while Grayscale’s legacy GBTC lost a further $63.7 million. Th

The post Gold ETFs Shed $8.9 Billion in June as Safe-Haven Bets Rotate Toward Bitcoin appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Crypto News Investors pulled $8.9 billion from gold exchange-traded funds in June, the sharpest monthly withdrawal of 2026 and a signal that safe-haven capital is rotating away from bullion. North American products drove the exodus, accounting for $5.5 billion of the total, as gold logged its fourth consecutive losing month. The metal has fallen 11.7% over that stretch, pressured by a hawkish Federal Reserve and renewed Middle East tensions. Our reading of the flow data is that the sell-off reset investor allocations rather than reflecting outright panic, but it opens a clear question for where defensive money, including capital eyeing Bitcoin, migrates next as the macro backdrop tightens. The scale of the retreat is visible in the underlying balance sheet. Total assets under management across gold ETFs fell 13% to $526 billion during the month, according to World

The US-Iran conflict heightens global energy insecurity, impacting oil prices and crypto markets, while increasing regulatory scrutiny on crypto. The post US strikes target Iran’s energy infrastructure as Bitcoin reacts to escalating conflict appeared first on Crypto Briefing.