Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the USA purchased an quantity equal to roughly two months’ value of the cryptocurrency’s mining quantity within the first week of June.
With inflows of about $1.83 billion, 11 ETFs purchased 25,729 bitcoins (BTC) within the buying and selling week of June 3-7, based on information from HODL15Capital — about eight instances the three,150 new BTC mined throughout the identical time.
The variety of bitcoins purchased in only one week was practically the identical as in all of Could, at 29,592 BTC, based on HODL15Capital, the largest week of shopping for since mid-March, when bitcoin hit its present all-time excessive of $73,679.
Since launching in January, the 11 ETFs have generated $15.69 billion in internet inflows, together with $17.93 billion in internet outflows from the Grayscale fund, with complete belongings underneath administration (AUM) of about $61 billion.
Bitcoin proponents have lengthy touted the cryptocurrency as “digital gold” attributable to its built-in shortage mechanism, which permits solely 21 million BTC to be launched.
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ETF Retailer President Nate Gerachi famous in a June 9 X put up that the Bitcoin ETF’s AUM is about 60% of the nation’s gold ETF, even if the gold ETF has been round for 20 years and the Bitcoin ETF for less than 5 months.
Bitcoin hit a excessive of $71,093 on June 5 amid a surge in inflows into U.S. bitcoin ETFs, the primary time since Could 21 that the asset topped $71,000, based on Cointelegraph Markets Professional.
It has been troublesome for the cryptocurrency to beat its present excessive, as its worth is “extra influenced by macroeconomic components and geopolitical occasions,” the co-founder of crypto change Radar Bear instructed Cointelegraph on June 7.
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