{"id":241793,"date":"2024-02-05T22:52:15","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T17:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=241793"},"modified":"2024-02-05T22:52:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T17:22:15","slug":"two-bitcoin-etfs-land-in-top-10-january-etf-inflows-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/two-bitcoin-etfs-land-in-top-10-january-etf-inflows-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Bitcoin ETFs Land In Top 10 January ETF Inflows &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>BlackRock and Fidelity saw $5B of net flows combined and ranked 8th and 10th, respectively.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>BlackRock and Fidelity\u2019s spot Bitcoin ETF products placed in the Top 10 among all ETFs by inflows during January, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.morningstar.com\/etfs\/etf-flows-investors-curb-their-enthusiasm-january\">reports<\/a> U.S. financial services company Morningstar.<\/p>\n<p>Net flows \u2013 deposits minus withdrawals \u2013 into BlackRock\u2019s IBIT fund reached $2.7B, whereas Fidelity\u2019s FBTC accounted for $2.3B.<\/p>\n<p>Along with BlackRock and Fidelity, nine other spot Bitcoin ETFs launched on Jan. 11 after months of speculation and a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefiant.io\/spot-bitcoin-etf-expectation-at-fever-pitch-with-fee-war-and-gensler-tweet\">botched tweet<\/a> from the SEC.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption class=\"text-center text-xs\">ETF January Flows<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Unlike the other eight funds in the Top 10, both Bitcoin ETFs went live on Jan. 11, meaning they have been trading for less than a full month. This indicates significant interest from investors, notwithstanding Bitcoin\u2019s volatile price action in the weeks following the ETF launch.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin tagged $48,494 on Jan. 11, the day the ETFs started trading, only to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefiant.io\/crypto-assets-slide-to-new-2024-lows\">plummet<\/a> in the days after due to alleged <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefiant.io\/miners-offloaded-usd5b-of-bitcoin-into-etf-launch\">selling<\/a> from Bitcoin miners. It has since recovered after bottoming at $38,740 on Jan. 23 and currently trades for $42,819, according to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/coins\/bitcoin\">Coingecko<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/coins\/bitcoin\" class=\"no-underline\"><\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"BTC Price chart\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"808\" height=\"603.5643564356435\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"mx-auto\" id='b' style='filter: url(%23b)' src=\"https:\/\/thedefiant.io\/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2F6oftkxoa%2Fproduction%2Fffc5fc4b1c133d858c50c5ba49768e35b161ec46-808x508.jpg&amp;w=828&amp;q=100\" \/><figcaption class=\"text-center text-xs\">BTC Price<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>New Bitcoin ETFs help to counter GBTC sales<\/h2>\n<p>Not all is rosy in the spot Bitcoin ETF world, however, with Grayscale\u2019s GBTC witnessing the second-largest ETF outflow of January, reaching $5.7B.<\/p>\n<p>The closed-end fund converted to an ETF, and investors could exit their positions at close to the net asset value (NAV). Since late January, outflows have slowly <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefiant.io\/grayscale-etf-outflows-slow-as-btc-price-rises\">receded<\/a> from $640M on Jan. 22 to $255M on Jan. 29, as per James Seyffart, an analyst at Bloomberg.<\/p>\n<p>The number could see another spike, however, as Genesis &#8211; a beleaguered sister company of Grayscale \u2013 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/assets.ctfassets.net\/jg6lo9a2ukvr\/1G1B0bKaCsf0sMaecKIKXs\/8b539b07805326772756898a4c9c1bde\/Motion__ECF_No._1227_.pdf\">files<\/a> to sell off $1.4B in GBTC shares.<\/p>\n<p><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"relative flex items-center gap-2 rounded-md bg-[#191919] p-2 my-4 lg:hidden\">\n<div class=\"relative group  flex w-max items-center gap-2  p-2 text-sm text-white mx-auto\"><strong class=\"whitespace-nowrap w-min sm:w-auto bg-gradient-to-r from-[#9FF9D2] to-[#DB9FF9] bg-clip-text text-transparent\">DeFi Alpha<\/strong><span class=\"whitespace-nowrap  w-min sm:w-auto border-l border-white pl-1 lg:hidden\">Premium Content<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"tooltip font-heading shadow-cta absolute hidden lg:visible left-6 z-10 -top-[80px] w-max max-w-xs translate-y-full flex-col rounded-lg bg-[#EEEEF4] p-3 text-left text-xs text-black group-hover:flex lg:left-auto lg:right-4\">Looking for Alpha? Become a premium member of The Defiant and join our DeFi Alpha community.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list-inside list-disc\">\n<li>DeFi Daily | Weekdays<\/li>\n<li>DeFi Alpha Letter | Weekly<\/li>\n<li>Defiant Podcast Transcript | Weekly<\/li>\n<li>Inbox Dump | Saturday<\/li>\n<li>Weekly Recap | Sunday<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thedefiant.io\/go-premium#pricing\" class=\"disabled:bg-cta-disabled-background disabled:text-cta-disabled-text rounded font-semibold border-cta-primary-border bg-cta-primary-background text-cta-primary-text hover:border-cta-primary-border-hover hover:bg-cta-primary-background-hover ml-auto block p-2 text-center text-sm !text-black !no-underline shadow-newButton\">Start for free<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><\/p>\n<p>The other nine spot Bitcoin ETFs helped to offset the outflows from GBTC, with total flows reaching $1.45B, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BitMEXResearch\/status\/1753714765136834929?s=20\">according<\/a> to BitMex Research.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReally something to see the Nine come back from that dip last week and overwhelm GBTC outflows for net positive six days straight totaling half a bil,\u201d wrote Eric Balchunas, senior ETF analyst for Bloomberg.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EricBalchunas\/status\/1753769255516942473?s=20\">conclude<\/a> that \u201cTypically there&#8217;s slow decline after a big hyped launch. Strong week 3 (and inflows every single day) shows these ETFs have legs.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BlackRock and Fidelity saw $5B of net flows combined and ranked 8th and 10th, respectively. BlackRock and Fidelity\u2019s spot Bitcoin ETF products placed in the Top 10 among all ETFs by inflows during January, reports U.S. financial services company Morningstar. Net flows \u2013 deposits minus withdrawals \u2013 into BlackRock\u2019s IBIT fund reached $2.7B, whereas Fidelity\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":241794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[274,273,272,244,266,271,268,270,269,267],"class_list":["post-241793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-de-fi","tag-crypto-finance","tag-decentralized-finance","tag-liquidity","tag-metamask","tag-pancake","tag-slippage","tag-sushiswap","tag-tronlink","tag-trust-wallet","tag-uniswap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241793"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":241796,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241793\/revisions\/241796"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}