$6 Billion Floods Crypto in One Week – Institutions Going All-In on Bitcoin, ETH, SOL

Digital asset investment products attracted a record $5.95 billion in inflows last week, the largest weekly total on record, driven by delayed responses to weak ￰0￱ data and concerns over government stability following the shutdown that began on October 1, according to ￰1￱ led with an unprecedented $3.55 billion in weekly inflows, while Ethereum recorded $1.48 billion and Solana broke its weekly record with $706.5 million.) October 1, 2025 Job openings rose by just 19,000 in August to 7.208 million, near their lowest since January 2021, while the job vacancy-to-unemployment ratio dropped to 0.98, its weakest reading since April ￰2￱ Shutdown and Dollar Weakness Accelerate Debasement Trade The ￰3￱ shutdown , which began at midnight on October 1 after Congress failed to pass a funding bill, has furloughed approximately 800,000 federal workers, nearly 40% of the federal workforce, while another 700,000 workers are working without ￰4￱ stalemate threatens widespread disruption, from air travel to public parks, and has delayed key economic data releases, including employment numbers and inflation ￰5￱ bettors predict the shutdown will continue until October 15 or later, with 73% selecting that date as the earliest possible ￰6￱ political dysfunction has accelerated the “ debasement trade ” as the dollar tracks toward its worst year since 1973, down over 10% year-to-date and having lost 40% of purchasing power since ￰7￱ to a report that Cryptonews covered earlier today, Bloomberg analysts described investors fleeing major currencies for perceived safety in Bitcoin, gold, and silver as Washington gridlock compounds fiscal ￰8￱ correlation coefficient between gold and the S&P 500 reached a record 0.91 in 2024, meaning the traditional safe-haven asset and risk assets moved in tandem 91% of the time, according to The Kobeissi ￰9￱ has climbed nearly 47% year-to-date to hit $3,924.39 per troy ounce on October 7, boosted by over 1,000 tons of central bank purchases led by China and ￰10￱ has gained over 60% year-to-date while Bitcoin surged past $125,000 for the first time on October 5, elevating its market capitalization above $2.5 ￰11￱ Demand and Whale Accumulation Support $130K Breakout Targets Taker buy volume on Binance has dominated sell volume throughout October, outpacing sellers by approximately $1.8 billion in futures volume according to ￰12￱ rates on Binance remain neutral or slightly negative despite rising prices, suggesting quiet accumulation rather than speculative ￰13￱ Coinbase Premium Gap reached $92, indicating strong demand from ￰14￱ buyers willing to pay premiums to acquire Bitcoin ￰15￱ the same period, Bitcoin open interest reached a record $45.3 billion, marking the highest level of leverage ever recorded.

On-chain data from CryptoQuant shows Bitcoin entering Q4 with conditions supportive of a rally after reclaiming the Trader’s Realized Price at $116,000. Spot Bitcoin demand has grown steadily since July at a rate of 62,000 BTC per month, while large address holdings are expanding at an annual rate of 331,000 BTC, compared to 255,000 BTC in Q4 ￰16￱ exchanges report the lowest levels of Bitcoin reserves in six years , which is tightening the supply as institutional demand ￰17￱ estimates these catalysts could expand Bitcoin’s potential Q4 target range toward $160,000-$200,000, with the STH-MVRV pricing corridor’s upper boundary sitting near $130,000, where profit-taking historically intensifies.