Bitcoin and Ether Slump: Spot crypto ETFs see $1.4B inflows as Bitcoin and Ether Slump

Last week, the price of Bitcoin and Ether declined significantly. This reversed a trend that had been emerging.

The global crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) CoinShares saw $1.43bn of outflows in the past week. This ended a run of two weeks that had brought in $4.3bn. reported On Monday,

Bitcoin was the main culprit.BTC) dipping Ether’s price fell by $112,000 from Aug. 18 to the following week.ETH) tumbled CoinGecko says that Tuesday’s price fell to below $4,100 after having started the week with a value of $4,250.

Ether losses last week were the second highest ever. exchange-traded funds (ETFs)On Tuesday alone, almost $430 millions were withdrawn. according SoSoValue

The largest outflows in March

James Butterfill is the head of CoinShares research. According to him, $1.4 billion was the largest loss since March 2025.

Butterfill said that the selling off was due to “increasingly polarized” investor sentiment over US monetary policyEarly in the week, $2 billion was withdrawn due to pessimism about the Federal Reserve.

“However, sentiment shifted later in the week following Jerome Powell’s address at the Jackson Hole Symposium, which was widely interpreted as more dovish than expected, sparking inflows of $594 million,” He also added.

Ethereum reflects a shift in the tone

Butterfill stated that Ether was the most affected by this shift, with a dramatic recovery mid-week resulting in $440,000,000 in outflows.

Bitcoin ETPs experienced a much larger outflow, with a total of more than $1 Billion.

Analysts noted a significant shift in the investor’s sentiment towards Bitcoin and Ether, given that Bitcoin experienced $1 billion inflows month-to date compared to Ether’s $2.5 million inflows.

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“Inflows year-to-date for Ethereum represent 26% of total assets under management compared to just 11% for Bitcoin,” Butterfill is added.

While you wait altcoin Flows have been mixed. XRP saw $25 million worth of gains while Solana has seen $12 million. Toncoin and Sui both experienced outflows.