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The post Why One Big Bitcoin ETF Inflow Didn’t Stop Redemptions appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. On Thursday afternoon, the ETF tape finally flashed green. A chunky buy ticket hit the U.S. spot bitcoin ETF complex, the biggest daily inflow in weeks. Traders perked up. Maybe that was the turn. By the closing bell, the narrative didn’t budge. The week still closed red for the group. Another negative print. Eighth in a row. If you’ve been watching these flows every day, you felt the whiplash. One big inflow didn’t fix the deeper issue: demand has been inconsistent while redemptions kept dripping in, fund by fund, desk by desk. Here’s the scorecard. Over the four trading days ending Thursday, July 2, 2026, U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs saw about $527 million in net outflows, marking an eighth straight negative week, the longest such run since launch. That same Thursday printed a sizable single-day inflow of $221.72 million, but it wasn’t enough to flip the week green, according to The Block.

The post Why Institutional Capital Is Becoming More Selective in Crypto appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. The latest KuCoin Ventures Weekly Report highlights an important shift in institutional behavior between June 22 and 28. On the surface, market conditions offered little reason for optimism. Tightening financial conditions, sticky inflation, a hawkish Fed, and a seventh straight week of Bitcoin ETF outflows should have sent institutional capital for the exits. However, institutional positioning suggested otherwise. Instead, the week’s developments pointed to a different trend. Investors became far more selective, moving toward sectors with real yield, real fundamentals, and real utility rather than fleeing altogether. Three areas absorbed most of that attention: real-world assets (RWAs), DeFi lending, and prediction markets. Aave deepened its footprint in institutional on-chain lending, Kraken emerged as a possible buyer into that same infrastructure, and prediction markets kept