Published on juli 8, 2024, 11:22 am
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Digital asset investments surged by $441 million, driven by various factors such as the weakening of Bitcoin prices, Mt. Gox activity, and a sell-off by the German government, as per a recent CoinShares report.
CoinShares’ latest findings highlighted a considerable market buying opportunity that attracted $441 million in inflows towards digital asset investment products within the previous week. The report specifically pointed out that a significant portion of this amount, $398 million, flowed into Bitcoin (BTC). Investors seemed spurred to make these purchases due to the decline in Bitcoin prices, coupled with developments related to Mt. Gox and selling pressures originating from the German government.
The bulk of these inflows primarily gravitated towards the United States with $384 million being invested there. Other notable regions included Hong Kong ($32 million), Switzerland ($24 million), and Canada ($12 million). In contrast, Germany witnessed outflows of around $23 million during this period.
A key event last week involved Mt. Gox, the now-defunct Japanese cryptocurrency exchange. On July 5th, Mt. Gox initiated repayments to its creditors by transferring more than 47,000 BTC valued at approximately $2.7 billion at that time to an undisclosed wallet address. Simultaneously, repayments began in both Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) for specific creditors through designated cryptocurrency exchanges following Mt. Gox’s outlined rehabilitation plan.
Analysts speculate that many former creditors of Mt. Gox may opt to sell their Bitcoin holdings given its immense value escalation post-exchange closure, showing an increase exceeding 8,500%.
CoinShare’s analysis also shed light on Bitcoin’s prominence in attracting investments totaling about $398 million constituting nearly 90% of all inflows while investors also displayed interest in exploring a wider array of altcoins.
In particular, Solana (SOL) emerged as one of the best-performing altcoins with inflows reaching $16 million over the past week and totaling $57 million year-to-date. Ether (ETH) experienced inflows amounting to $10 million during this period.
Additionally, within the same timeframe,Sentinel Action Fund increased donations towards a pro-crypto political action committee supporting four pro-crypto candidates for the United States Senate.
These developments underline the dynamic nature of digital asset investments influenced by diverse market factors such as price fluctuations and regulatory actions on a global scale in cryptocurrency markets.
Original article posted by Fox News
