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On Thursday afternoon, the ETF tape finally flashed green. A chunky buy ticket hit the U.S. spot bitcoin ETF complex, the biggest daily inflow in weeks. Traders perked up. Maybe that was the turn. By the closing bell, the narrative didn’t budge. The week still closed red for the group. Another negative print. Eighth in a row. If you’ve been watching these flows every day, you felt the whiplash. One big inflow didn’t fix the deeper issue: demand has been inconsistent while redemptions kept dripping in, fund by fund, desk by desk. Here’s the scorecard. Over the four trading days ending Thursday, July 2, 2026, U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs saw about $527 million in net outflows, marking an eighth straight negative week, the longest such run since launch. That same Thursday printed a sizable single-day inflow of $221.72 million, but it wasn’t enough to flip the week green, according to The Block.
The post Wintermute Cautions ‘Relief Rally’ Likely as Bitcoin Touches Highest Price in Weeks appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com.
In brief Wintermute believes recent Bitcoin and crypto price action is a clear relief rally, or short-term price recovery. The market maker pointed to rising ETF inflows, macro easing, and a dovish Fed tone as contributing variables. Bitcoin has jumped more than nearly 10% in the last week, but is still down nearly 50% from October’s peak. Bitcoin has jumped nearly 10% in the last week of trading, recently changing hands at $64,023 after touching a two-week high above $64,500 on Monday. But market-making firm Wintermute says it’s still “somewhat cautious,” suggesting the recent price jump is more of a relief rally than a structural shift. In other words, the firm believes this is a temporary or short-term recovery as opposed to a significant, fundamental shift in the market. “This looks like a textbook relief rally, and it makes sense given the input,” the f
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The latest KuCoin Ventures Weekly Report highlights an important shift in institutional behavior between June 22 and 28. On the surface, market conditions offered little reason for optimism. Tightening financial conditions, sticky inflation, a hawkish Fed, and a seventh straight week of Bitcoin ETF outflows should have sent institutional capital for the exits. However, institutional positioning suggested otherwise. Instead, the week’s developments pointed to a different trend. Investors became far more selective, moving toward sectors with real yield, real fundamentals, and real utility rather than fleeing altogether. Three areas absorbed most of that attention: real-world assets (RWAs), DeFi lending, and prediction markets. Aave deepened its footprint in institutional on-chain lending, Kraken emerged as a possible buyer into that same infrastructure, and prediction markets kept
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BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust has recorded its strongest inflow in weeks, helping lift total U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF demand to $265.7 million and adding fresh support to Bitcoin’s latest recovery. Summary BlackRock’s IBIT attracted $209.4 million, lifting total U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF inflows to $265.7 million. Two straight days of ETF inflows have improved market sentiment as Bitcoin trading activity picked up sharply. BIT says favorable July seasonality and the upcoming CLARITY Act deadline could support Bitcoin’s next move. According to data from Farside Investors, BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) attracted $209.4 million in net inflows on July 7, ending a prolonged period of muted activity and intermittent outflows. The renewed demand helped total net inflows across U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds reach $265.7 million, extending the market’s positive stre
BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust has recorded its strongest inflow in weeks, helping lift total U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF demand to $265.7 million and adding fresh support to Bitcoin’s latest recovery. According to data from Farside Investors, BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust…
The post BlackRock (BLK) Launches Low-Cost IQQ ETF to Challenge Invesco’s QQQ Dominance appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com.
Key Takeaways BlackRock debuts iShares Nasdaq 100 ETF (IQQ) on Thursday, July 9 The fund features a 0.10% expense ratio after fee waiver (through July 31, 2027), significantly below competitors Invesco’s dominant QQQ and QQQM funds hold over $500 billion combined, with fees at 0.18% and 0.15% respectively State Street’s QNDX also recently entered the Nasdaq-100 ETF arena BLK stock declined 0.4% in premarket session following the announcement; SpaceX (SPCX) recently became a Nasdaq-100 component BlackRock is making a bold move into one of Wall Street’s most lucrative ETF battlegrounds. The asset management titan will debut its iShares Nasdaq 100 ETF trading as IQQ on Thursday, July 9, mounting a direct challenge to Invesco’s decades-long dominance in Nasdaq-100 tracking funds. THERE WILL BE BLOOD: BlackRock and Stare Street have launched Nasdaq 100 ETFs. $IQQ and
The post Has Bitcoin Bottomed This Cycle? Analysts Say ‘Not Yet’ appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com.
Bitcoin is trading in a market that’s getting harder to define. Hovering around $64,000 at the time of writing, Bitcoin is down by almost 50% from its cycle peak. That’s a much shallower draw down than previous cycles, but the bull run this time around did not reach the same heights. The 2025 rally was driven by exchange-traded fund (ETF) inflows, post-halving momentum and renewed institutional demand, pushing the market to a new all-time high of more than $126,000 in October 2025. Since then, the trend has been inexorably downward, but analysts are split on what that decline signifies. According to Standard Chartered and other bullish institutional desks, Bitcoin may have already reached its cycle bottom last month, with structural demand from ETFs and treasury companies, and improving long-term capital flows reducing the likelihood of a deeper draw down. Other analysts take a more ca
Nine straight weeks of spot XRP ETF inflows and a sharp volume spike at $1.11 frame a clean support test. Price stalled near $1.14 while $1.20 remains key.
