Institutional investors pull $1.94B from bitcoin and crypto funds

Institutional investors withdrew $1.94B from crypto funds in a week, marking the third-largest outflow streak since 2018, per CoinShares data. Summary Crypto funds saw four consecutive weeks of outflows, totaling $4.92B, with bitcoin and ethereum hardest hit. Outflows accounted for 2.9% of total assets under management; year-to-date inflows remain positive at $44.4B. XRP recorded inflows of $89.3M, defying broader negative trends as bitcoin, ethereum, and solana faced withdrawals. Institutional investors withdrew a total of $1.94 billion from Bitcoin and cryptocurrency assets during a one-week period, according to data released by…

Crypto Investors Are Now Value Investors, CryptoQuant CEO Reveals Why

Key Notes In an X post, CryptoQuant CEO noted that crypto investors are becoming value investors. This suggests that the era where digital assets were synonymous with speculation is gradually ending. TradFi is pushing for the tokenization of private shares and assets. Ki Young Ju, CEO of CryptoQuant, has made a post in X suggesting that the current cryptocurrency price dip masks a shift to value investing. He claimed that this new era is driven by Traditional Finance (TradFi) integration, like tokenized Real World Assets (RWAs). This comes as Bitcoin…

Bitcoin Investors Sitting On Deep Unrealized Losses — What This Means For Price

The price of Bitcoin has continued to struggle in the final quarter of the year, recently slipping beneath the 2025 starting point. According to the latest on-chain data, investors are currently sitting on deep unrealized losses, which suggests more pain for the market. STHs Sit On Heavy Losses Through Market Crash In a Quicktake post on the CryptoQuant platform, online crypto pundit Crazzyblockk revealed that specific classes of Bitcoin investors are holding through worrying amounts of losses. This evaluation is based on the Age-Band Unrealized PnL Distribution metric, which shows…

Bitcoin Rout Pressures Investors Amid Treasury Reckoning: Finance Redefined

Cryptocurrency markets continued their decline for a fourth consecutive week this week, raising concerns over the status of the bull market cycle. Investor concerns grew on Thursday after a 10X Research report revealed that BitMine Immersion Technologies, the world’s largest corporate Ether (ETH) holder, is sitting on a cumulative unrealized loss of $3.7 billion on its total holdings. Most digital asset treasuries (DATs) have suffered declines in their net asset value (NAV), making it difficult to raise funds for new investments or to attract new retail investors, leaving existing shareholders…

Bitcoin Drops As Investors Wonder If AI Bubble Popped

Key takeaways: Volatility and uncertainty in the Big Tech industry, along with concerns about Fed policy, pressured risk assets, driving Bitcoin’s correlation with the Nasdaq to its highest level in months. Crypto traders expect improved liquidity ahead as US fiscal pressures grow and Trump pushes a tariff-focused stimulus agenda. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Index experienced a 4% intraday decline on Thursday despite strong earnings and forecasts from chipmaker Nvidia. Investors expressed concerns about surging spending in the artificial intelligence sector, and Bitcoin (BTC) followed suit, plunging below $86,000 for the first…

Singapore Retail Investors Prioritize Trust Over Fees

Singapore’s retail crypto market is entering a new phase of maturity, as traders are increasingly prioritizing trustworthy platforms over those with lower fees, according to a new survey. On Thursday, a joint survey by finance platform MoneyHero and crypto exchange Coinbase revealed that 61% of “finance-savvy” investors in Singapore now hold crypto, with trust emerging as their primary deciding factor for selecting exchanges, outranking fees. The data suggests that the city-state’s crypto ecosystem is evolving beyond chasing the cheapest exchange to placing value on regulated frameworks, security and long-term conviction.…

Solana Price Prediction: Investors Are Ditching XRP for SOL – Are Institutions Quietly Choosing Sides?

Speaking at The Bridge conference in New York City, Bassili noted that while Solana is not yet universally accepted as the definitive “third asset”, it is clearly the one most institutions are evaluating. Despite posting impressive gains this year, XRP still lags behind in key metrics that matter most to institutions, particularly network velocity and active liquidity participation. According to Bassili, without strong signals of real-world usage, major investors are unlikely to elevate XRP into the top 3. SOL Price Analysis: $300 Target Next? As per the chart below, Solana…

Less Than 50% of Investors Now forecast a December Rate Cut

Only 45.9% of investors anticipate an interest rate cut at the next US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in December, amid declining market sentiment and a downturn in the cryptocurrency market. The odds of a 25 basis point (BPS) interest rate cut in December were nearly 67% on Nov. 7, according to data from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group. In September, several banking institutions forecast at least two interest rate cuts in 2025, with market analysts at investment banking company Goldman Sachs and banking giant Citigroup each projecting…

Bitcoin Sells Off Alongside Risk Markets As Investors Smell Smoke

Key takeaways: Disney and other consumer names disappointed on earnings, adding pressure to markets after the prolonged US government shutdown. Analysts see no sign of insider-driven Bitcoin selling, with BTC instead reflecting wider doubts about valuations and US economic stability. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Index fell 2.3% on Thursday after Palantir CEO Alex Karp made cautious remarks about the profitability of the artificial intelligence sector. In an interview at Yahoo Finance’s Invest event, Karp said not every AI implementation will “create enough value to justify the actual cost.” Investors fear the…