Bitcoin Smashes Weekly Inflow Records with $3.55 Billion Surge

Bitcoin attracted record-breaking inflows of $3.55 billion last week, even as its price neared historic highs and investors avoided short ￰0￱ the broader digital asset market, investment inflows totaled $5.95 billion, which is the largest weekly inflows ever ￰1￱ believes this surge indicates a delayed reaction to the FOMC’s interest rate reduction, coupled with disappointing employment figures from the ADP Payroll report and uncertainty surrounding US government stability due to the ￰2￱ resulting price rally lifted total assets under management (AuM) in digital assets to a whopping $254 ￰3￱ Influx According to the latest edition of the ‘Digital Asset Fund Flows Weekly Report,’ the bullish trend was widespread as Ethereum recorded $1.48 billion in inflows last week, bringing its year-to-date total to a record $13.7 billion, nearly triple last year’s ￰4￱ also hit a new weekly record with $706.5 million in inflows, which pushed its YTD total to $2.58 ￰5￱ attracted $219.4 million, while most other altcoins saw minimal investor ￰6￱ products dedicated to Sui, Chainlink, and Litecoin welcomed inflows of $3.4 million, $1.5 million, and $1.2 million in inflows respectively.

Meanwhile, Cardano also saw a modest inflow of $0.5 million during the same period. Multi-asset products, on the other hand, was the only cohort to have bucked the trend as it saw a weekly outflow of $23.5 ￰7￱ week’s inflows showed broad regional optimism, with the United States leading the sentiment as it saw $5.0 billion inflows last week, a new weekly ￰8￱ also set a weekly high, posting $563 million in inflows, while Germany welcomed its second-largest weekly inflows of $312 ￰9￱ up were Canada, Australia, and Hong Kong with $32.1 million, $6.3 million, and $5 million in inflows, respectively. Brazil, too, settled with a minor $4.8 million in inflows.

Sweden, in contrast, acted as an outlier with $8.6 million in ￰10￱ Seasonality and Market Narratives Going forward, QCP Capital predicted a strong but cautious outlook for Bitcoin as the market approaches a potential October ￰11￱ to its latest note, major whales appear to have either completed their asset rotations or are holding steady, and waiting for momentum to ￰12￱ traders continue to chase the rally as BTC-PERP funding rates on major exchanges remain elevated, with 35% on Deribit and 29% on Hyperliquid, which points to aggressive positioning. However, such high perpetuals carry the risk of sharp liquidations, as seen two weeks ago when nearly $3 billion in long positions were wiped out, creating institutional entry ￰13￱ the options market, traders short on end-October calls have rolled strikes higher to 126k-128k as spot ￰14￱ some may view the recent BTC surge as excessive without clear catalysts, supportive narratives remain ￰15￱ one, Bitcoin’s safe-haven appeal is reasserting itself amid the US government shutdown and outperforming gold, while October’s historically bullish seasonality adds ￰16￱ top that, centralized exchange balances have fallen to six-year lows, yet another bullish indicator.