[4/4] Nota Bene:
A reversal of the previous week’s performance saw BTC trading up around 4% WoW. Interestingly, despite a spate of large-scale BTC purchase/treasury announcements (Strategy, Metaplanet, Twenty One Capital et al), US BTC ETFs saw $131M in outflows while US ETH ETFs continued their strong run amassing $281M worth of inflows over the week.
Globally, digital asset investment products saw $224M in inflows, the US led with $175M of total inflows followed by Germany with $47.8M & Switzerland with $15.7M. BTC saw a second consecutive week of modest outflows totalling $56.5M while ETH saw $296.4M in total inflows.
The lack of demand for BTC showcased policy uncertainty keeping institutional investors on the sidelines. However, the significantly bullish news was Circle going public in a 25x oversubscribed IPO which led to the stock rallying to over 300% the listed price. Circle’s IPO & 1st day of trading highlighted both institutional & retail interest in the trending stablecoin sector narrative.
In terms of what's ahead, the US inflation report always has the potential to cause market moves (despite 2 cool readings over the past 2 months) while any US trade negotiation related announcements may also lead to sudden market moves.