Bitcoin garners institutional inflows for 2nd straight week; Sign of things to come?

It would be too early to predict the cryptocurrency market recovery, but there is a change in trends over the past two weeks that suggest investors’ trust was once again on the rise. As another week wrapped up with the price scale remaining low, the investors viewed this as a good opportunity to buy the largest digital asset Bitcoin, and get rid of Ethereum.

Bitcoin’s price chart indicated that the asset’s value has been fluctuating between $38,946 and $32,950. However, there was a high volume of trades carried out between $38,946 and $36,247. This suggested that most buyers bought the digital asset between the abovementioned price range and continued to maintain this range as the week progressed.

As per the CoinShares report, inflows in Bitcoin totaled $22 million over the last week.

Despite the price being restricted under $40,000, this was the second consecutive week for investors to buy more Bitcoin. In fact, we can witness an increased price sensitivity to monetary policy statements. The recent Federal Open Market Committee [FOMC] meeting had an immediate intraday price response.

The chart under will highlight this change in the crypto asset flows turning positive.

The above chart noted that even though there were inflows, it was limited to a low value of $19 million. Nevertheless, it was an indicator of investors cautiously adding positions at these low price levels.

While Bitcoin once again gained investors’ favor, Ethereum failed to convey confidence. The altcoin continued to suffer from negative sentiment as it witnessed outflows of $27 million. This was its eighth consecutive week of outflows bringing the total outflows for the digital asset to $272 million. This represents 2.4% of AuM.

Meanwhile, other altcoins like Polkadot, Solana, and Cardano were also witnessing heavy outflows suggesting the investors were currently keeping their distance with altcoins. However, their multi-asset funds, which was a combination of coins, saw inflows of $32 million. This was the highest since June 2021, meaning that investors were adopting a diversified investment approach.

As the investors are looking towards more investment opportunities, it would be a good time for a nominal recovery of the market. This could boost more confidence among holders and traders and offer a window of relief to the depressing price movement.

As we close in on yet another weary week, will the investors keep up with the momentum? The current price movement of Bitcoin revealed the asset was starting to recover after a jolt of selling pressure at $38,770 resistance.