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Institutions Dump Massive Amounts Of Bitcoin And Ethereum As XRP And Solana Buying Ramps Up

Institutional investors offloaded a significant amount of Bitcoin and Ethereum last week based on the outflows from crypto funds. Meanwhile, XRP and Solana stood out as they were among the few altcoins that recorded net ￰0￱ Dump Bitcoin And Ethereum For XRP And Solana A CoinShares report revealed that Bitcoin and Ethereum funds experienced net outflows of $719 million and $409.4 million, respectively, last week. Meanwhile, XRP and Solana recorded net inflows of $93.1 million and $291 million during the same period, highlighting a notable trend among institutional ￰1￱ inflows for XRP and Solana increased from last week, when these assets recorded inflows of $69.4 million and $127.3 million, respectively.

Notably, the rotation from Bitcoin and Ethereum to XRP and Solana comes just ahead of the potential approval of spot ETFs for these in the ￰2￱ SEC is expected to approve the pending XRP and Solana ETF filings, as both altcoins meet the predetermined requirements under the recently approved generic listing ￰3￱ analyst Eric Balchunas stated that the approval odds for these funds are now 100% as the generic listing standards leave fund issuers waiting for a green light from the SEC’s Division of Corporation ￰4￱ potential approval of the XRP and Solana ETFs is expected to have a positive impact on the XRP and SOL prices, which explains why institutional investors may be looking to gain exposure to these assets ahead of the SEC’s ￰5￱ is worth mentioning that Bitcoin and Ethereum have recorded significant gains since their respective spot ETFs launched in the ￰6￱ year, which provides a bullish outlook for both XRP and Solana ahead of their ETFs’ ￰7￱ experts, such as Nate Geraci, have already suggested that the XRP and Solana ETFs could experience significant ￰8￱ also believes that people are severely underestimating the investor demand for XRP and SOL ￰9￱ May Be The First To Gain Approval Balahunas revealed that the final deadlines for the Solana ETFs come up on October 10, just before the deadline for the XRP ETFs on October ￰10￱ such, the SOL ETFs could get approved before the XRP ETFs , although the SEC may also approve these funds simultaneously.

Meanwhile, Geraci alluded to a report stating that next week could be a realistic timeframe for the approval of Solana ETFs. However, Geraci noted that the ￰11￱ shutdown could “throw a wrench in the process.” The ￰12￱ has already shut down, which affects the SEC’s operations and could delay a potential approval if the funding bill isn’t passed ￰13￱ analyst James Seyffart had also earlier warned about the shutdown and how it could complicate the approval process.

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