Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) investments are showing signs of recovery, signaling a return of risk appetite following the record crypto market crash in early October.
US spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $524 million worth of cumulative net inflows on Tuesday, marking the highest daily amount since Oct. 7, according to data from Farside Investors.
The $524 million inflows mark the highest cumulative inflows since the record crypto market crash on Oct. 10, delivering a significant blow to crypto investor appetite.
The positive daily inflows are a welcome signal for Bitcoin (BTC) holders, as investments from ETFs and Michael Saylorโs Strategy were the two main vehicles driving demand for Bitcoinโs price this year, according to Ki Young Ju, the founder and CEO of crypto analytics platform CryptoQuant.
The growing demand from ETF buyers came a day after the US Senate approved a funding package that brought Congress one step closer to ending the government shutdown. The legislation is now headed for a full vote in the House of Representatives, which may occur later today, according to a Tuesday report by CBS News.
The development inspired a repositioning for more upside among the industryโs most successful traders, tracked as โsmart moneyโ traders on Nansenโs blockchain intelligence platform.
Smart money traders added over $8.5 million worth of net long Bitcoin positions over the past 24 hours, signaling a growing optimism. However, smart traders were still net short by $202 million on decentralized exchange Hyperliquid, according to Nansen.
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Analysts call correction healthy despite retail worries
Despite retail concerns over the end of the bull cycle, Bitcoinโs current correction remains in a โhealthyโ range, helping reset leverage and โpaving the way for renewed institutional entry,โ Lacie Zhang, research analyst at Bitget Wallet, told Cointelegraph.
โLooking ahead, all eyes turn to the Nov. 13 CPI print, though a continued data delay from the government shutdown adds uncertainty.โ
Cooling inflation data may ease geopolitical concerns and lead to a โliquidity-driven reboundโ for the worldโs largest cryptocurrency, the analyst added.
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Meanwhile, sustained inflows from Bitcoin ETFs could signal that the โde-risking phaseโ of ETF holders is coming to an end, as investor demand for digital assets is returning after the crash.
Bitcoin ETFs were mostly in the red since the October crash, with daily outflows reaching up to $700 million, which pointed to a โbroader de-risking phase among ETF investors,โ wrote crypto data platform Glassnode, in a Tuesday X post.ย
As for the other crypto ETFs, Ether (ETH) ETFs saw $107 million worth of outflows on Tuesday, while the Solana (SOL) ETFs extended their 11-day winning streak with $8 million worth of net positive inflows, according to Farside Investors.
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