Total crypto fund inflows up 600%
Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss - Total investor inflows into cryptocurrency funds and products hit US$5.6 billion so far this year, up more than 600% from 2019, according to the latest data from asset manager CoinShares.
The inflows plus the latest price moves lifted assets under management for the sector to nearly US$19 billion in 2020. Assets under management ended 2019 at just US$2.57 billion.
Interest in cryptocurrencies skyrocketed this year as investors saw bitcoin as a hedge against inflation and as an alternative to the depreciating US dollar.
Bitcoin hit yet another all-time peak of US$24 298.04 on Sunday, but was last down nearly 3% at US$22 832.78, hit by a wave of risk-off moves in financial markets on worries about the new coronavirus strain.
On Monday ethereum, the second largest cryptocurrency, fell 4.4% to US$610.14.
Inflows into investment crypto investment products totalled US$335 million as of Friday, with bitcoin flows accounting for US$792.1 million, the data showed. Ethereum had US$207.3 million in weekly flows.
‘FEW BIG PLAYERS’
So far this year, investors pumped US$15.6 billion into bitcoin products and funds, while ethereum inflows reached nearly US$2.5 billion.
"It's no secret that there are a few big players in the bitcoin/crypto space and that it is mostly crowded with retail-related traders and investors," said Julius de Kempenaer, senior technical analyst at StockCharts, a technical analysis and financial charting platform for online retail investors.
"The current jump will certainly attract new retail money, but we are also already seeing adoption by more institutions. I think the question is whether institutions can afford not to participate, and for how long," he added.
Grayscale, the world's largest crypto fund, had US$250.8 million inflows in the latest week, raising its assets under management to US$15.3 billion. So far this year, Grayscale has amassed inflows of nearly US$5 billion, the CoinShares report said.
Trading volume for bitcoin hit a record US$11 billion on trusted exchanges on 17 Dec., but slowed over the weekend. Turnover, however, remained at above the average of US$4 billion on Saturday and Sunday. – Nampa/Reuters
The inflows plus the latest price moves lifted assets under management for the sector to nearly US$19 billion in 2020. Assets under management ended 2019 at just US$2.57 billion.
Interest in cryptocurrencies skyrocketed this year as investors saw bitcoin as a hedge against inflation and as an alternative to the depreciating US dollar.
Bitcoin hit yet another all-time peak of US$24 298.04 on Sunday, but was last down nearly 3% at US$22 832.78, hit by a wave of risk-off moves in financial markets on worries about the new coronavirus strain.
On Monday ethereum, the second largest cryptocurrency, fell 4.4% to US$610.14.
Inflows into investment crypto investment products totalled US$335 million as of Friday, with bitcoin flows accounting for US$792.1 million, the data showed. Ethereum had US$207.3 million in weekly flows.
‘FEW BIG PLAYERS’
So far this year, investors pumped US$15.6 billion into bitcoin products and funds, while ethereum inflows reached nearly US$2.5 billion.
"It's no secret that there are a few big players in the bitcoin/crypto space and that it is mostly crowded with retail-related traders and investors," said Julius de Kempenaer, senior technical analyst at StockCharts, a technical analysis and financial charting platform for online retail investors.
"The current jump will certainly attract new retail money, but we are also already seeing adoption by more institutions. I think the question is whether institutions can afford not to participate, and for how long," he added.
Grayscale, the world's largest crypto fund, had US$250.8 million inflows in the latest week, raising its assets under management to US$15.3 billion. So far this year, Grayscale has amassed inflows of nearly US$5 billion, the CoinShares report said.
Trading volume for bitcoin hit a record US$11 billion on trusted exchanges on 17 Dec., but slowed over the weekend. Turnover, however, remained at above the average of US$4 billion on Saturday and Sunday. – Nampa/Reuters
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