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Bitcoin-related funds saw outflows of $13 million over the past week, reversing five weeks of bullish inflows, according to Coinshares analyst James Butterfill. Bitcoin-related invest ment products appear to have lost some of their sheen among crypto invest ors, recording its first week of outflows since Blackrock filed for spot Bitcoin ETF in June. According to a July 24 report by CoinShares’ head of research, James Butterfill, Bitcoin (BTC) investment products saw outflows of $13 million for the week ending July 21, reversing five weeks of inflows. Short Bitcoin products also saw outflows of $5.5 million in the week. Bitcoin Fear and Greed Index is 50 ~ Neutral Current price: $29,178 pic.twitter.com/T1DMFpsX9p — Bitcoin Fear and Greed Index (@BitcoinFear) July 25, 2023 In contrast, Ethereum (ETH) and XRP (XRP) invest ment products recorded combined inflow of $9.2 million over the last week. Butterfill noted that Ethereum invest ment products were the best performer last week...

The Ethereum network has faced withdrawals from its smart contract applications, putting the recent ETH price rally in check. Ether (ETH) price faced resistance after hitting the $1,970 level on July 3. A number of factors capped the rally, including higher odds of more interest rate hikes in the coming months and a tighter regulatory cryptocurrency environment. Macro headwinds from the Fed Besides the external factors, the Ethereum network has faced withdrawals from its smart contract applications, which also put the June rally in check. Investors now question whether the tailwinds from Bitcoin’s (BTC) ETF requests have faded, opening room for a correction down to the $1,700 level last seen on June 16. The recent macroeconomic events may provide some hints, including the, U.S. Gross Domestic Product grew by an annualized 2% in the first quarter, Germany’s Consumer Price Index increased 6.8% in June versus the previous year, and The China Caixin global services purchasing managers’ i...

Analysts expect the bear market to loosen its grip in 2023. Here are five cryptocurrencies to keep an eye on. It has been a tumultuous year for the crypto investors who have witnessed the total crypto market capitalization tumble from about $2.2 trillion at the beginning of 2022 to about $850 billion in December. The sharp erosion in valuation was caused due to several high-profile bankruptcies in 2022. The entire Terra ecosystem imploded with the collapse of its LUNA token and TerraUSD (UST) stablecoin. The failure of Three Arrows Capital followed this black swan event, and the final blow came as FTX underwent a bank run and imploded. These back-to-back events triggered a liquidity and credit crunch and appear to have caused the most damage to the crypto industry. A prolonged bear market tends to test investors’ patience, but it offers one of the best opportunities to buy fundamentally sound cryptocurrencies at lower levels. Smart investors who can go against the herd and invest duri...