The latest insights into digital asset investment products (DAIP) and their weekly numbers highlight a troubling trend. Needless to say, such a trend is bound to come to the attention of investors too.
The report, published by CoinShares, found that last week marked the third consecutive one with diminishing inflows into these investment products. With a relatively low inflow of $10.3 million, CoinShares’s Head of Research James Butterfill concluded that institutional sentiment towards DAIPs is hesitant right now.
Source: CoinShares
Coinshares XBT accounted for the highest inflows – $16.4 million worth of investments into DAIPs provided by them. Interestingly, Grayscale, with the most amount of assets under management (AUM), had a net 0 flow for the week.
Popular Bitcoin ETP provider 21Shares made a dent in the inflows contributed by other providers. It had a recorded outflow of $3.6 million, CoinShares found.
Since the beginning of 2022, ProShares’ investment products have contributed to the most inflows, however, almost $300 million. This, in contrast to a little more than $708 million that it currently has under management.
Bitcoin took the top spot as the asset which contributed to the most inflows with $7.7 million worth of investments. BTC drew investment from not only those who were betting it would go up, but also from those willing to short it. This particular product brought an additional $2.1 million during the week.
The $16.4 million inflows contributed by Sweden was countered by Germany’s outflows worth $9.1 million.
With more than $18 billion in assets under management, the United States registered a relatively modest inflow figure of $7.7 million.
The trading volume for DAIPs during the week in question was
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