Investment products for digital assets have suffered their first important outflows from 2025, which indicates a shift in the sentiment of investors.
According to Coinshares, investors removed $ 415 million from these products last week, which marked a sharp reversal of consistent inflow since the American elections in November 2024.
February 17 report noted that the products have attracted $ 24.9 billion in the last 19 weeks and surpassed the $ 16 billion that was registered in the first 19 weeks thereafter The launch of Spot Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFS) in January 2024.
James Butterfill, head of Coinshares’ research, attributed the recent outflows to worries about potentially havel -like monetary policy in the US and inflation data that exceeded expectations.
He explained:
“We believe that these outlets have been activated by the congress meeting with FED chairman Jerome Powell, who indicated a more ragged monetary policy position, in combination with American inflation data that exceeds expectations.”
Bitcoin and Ethereum Leiden out
Bitcoin wore the victim of the sale, whereby investors draw $ 430 million from BTC-related investment products. Butterfill pointed to the sensitivity of Bitcoin for the expectations of the interest rate as an important factor in the recession.
Bitcoin ETFs, based in the US, registered important outlets, with Fidelity the Exodus led to $ 282 million. Ark 21Shares followed with $ 163 million in recordings, while Grayscale saw $ 140 million leaving his money.
Despite the turbulence, Ethereum turned out to be more stable and registered a relatively smaller outflow of $ 7.2 million. However, ETH has continued to attract a strong importance of investors, so that this month has guaranteed $ 785 million in net influx.
In general, the American market was good for $ 464 million. However, some European markets remained resilient. Germany, Switzerland and Canada reported the inflow of $ 21 million, $ 12.5 million and $ 10.2 million respectively.
Solana and XRP are interested
While Bitcoin and Ethereum have struggled, Solana gained strength and attracted $ 8.9 million in new investments.
The Golf is probably bound by a growing anticipation on Solana-based ETFs, with several emitting people, including Canary Capital, Vaneck, 21Shares and Bitwise-on looking for legal approval of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
XRP also performed well and attracted $ 8.5 million in fresh capital. The Token continues to get Momentum in the midst of speculation of an XRP ETF, which led to a year to date of $ 161 million.
Other blockchain assets also saw positive activity. The SUI network recorded $ 6 million in inflow, while blockchain shares attracted $ 20.8 million, which brought the total inflow for the year to $ 220 million.
