CoinShares: U.S. Election Influences $406M Inflows to Crypto Funds Rebound
CoinShares reports that after $147 million in outflows the week before, net inflows into international crypto funds managed by asset managers like BlackRock, Bitwise, Fidelity, Grayscale, ProShares, and 21Shares recovered to net inflows of $407 million last week. James Butterfill, Head of Research at CoinShares, said Monday that the impending U.S. elections have probably had a greater impact on recent investor choices than monetary policy outlooks. According to Butterfill, U.S.-based funds contributed $406 million, dominating last week’s net inflows.
This trend is evident in the fact that stronger-than-expected economic data had little impact on stemming outflows, whereas the recent U.S. vice presidential debate and a subsequent shift in polling towards the Republicans, perceived as more supportive of digital assets, led to an immediate boost in inflows and prices,
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Polymarket Predicts Trump Lead, Bitcoin ETFs Surge with $348M Inflows
The decentralized prediction platform Polymarket now has Republican candidate Donald Trump ahead of Democrat Kamala Harris by 54% to 45.4% odds to win the Nov. 5 presidential election. The former president is also leading in five of six battleground states. The probability of a Republican Senate is 78%, a Democrat House is 56%, and a Republican sweep is 38%, while the odds for the Democrats is 17%, according to Polymarket.
Although the U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded net daily outflows from Tuesday to Thursday, they recorded $348.5 million in net inflows last week, bookending the week with more than $200 million in positive flows on Monday and Friday. Investment products based on bitcoin saw net inflows of $419 million for the week, making them the main benefactor of recent political changes, according to Butterfill. Last week, net withdrawals from short-bitcoin funds totaled $6.3 million.
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