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The top eight financial institutions with an interest in Bitcoin and crypto have a whopping $27 trillion in combined assets under management. There is at least $27 trillion of assets managed by major U.S. financial institutions that are also “actively” seeking to provide clients with exposure to Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto .  On June 26, CoinShares chief strategy officer Meltem Demirors highlighted at least eight major financial institutions that have signaled moves in the digital assets space, including BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF filing and Fidelity’s crypto wealth management solutions. Others include JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, BNY Mellon, Invesco and Bank of America. “Many of the largest financial institutions in the US are actively working to provide access to Bitcoin and more,” she noted, adding that there is a whopping $27 trillion in assets under management between them. 1/ last week's @BlackRock spot Bitcoin ETF filing was big news! but, it's not the on...

Meanwhile, the altcoin price crash triggered inflows for XRP, Cardano and Polygon. On June 19, European cryptocurrency investment firm CoinShares published its “Digital Asset Fund Flows Report,” revealing that cryptocurrency investment products experienced out flows totaling $5.1 million last week. The out flows contributed to the continuation of a nine-week streak of out flows , resulting in a cumulative total of $423 million. Weekly crypto asset flows. Source: CoinShares The report noted that despite this downward trend, there was a glimmer of hope toward the end of the week, as news emerged that BlackRock, one of the world’s largest asset managers, had submitted an application for a Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded product (ETP) in the United States. This development resulted in minor inflows; however, they were not significant enough to offset the earlier outflows observed during the week. As a consequence, the streak of outflows persisted. Examining the regional breakdown, the ...

According to CoinShares, digital asset investment product outflows amounted to $88 million last week. On June 12, European cryptocurrency investment firm CoinShares published its latest weekly “Digital Asset Fund Flows Report,” revealing that cryptocurrency investment products experienced outflows of $88 million last week. The substantial drawdown added to the ongoing eight-week streak of outflows , which now total $417 million. Analysts at CoinShares have attributed this ongoing trend to monetary policy considerations, as interest rate hikes show no signs of slowing down, prompting investors to remain cautious. Digital asset investment products have seen a substantial drawdown over the past 2 months. Source: CoinShares In the past week, Ether (ETH) products witnessed $36 million of outflows , marking the largest weekly outflows for the asset since the Ethereum Merge in September 2022. Meanwhile, Bitcoin (BTC) investment products witnessed outflows totaling $52 million during the a...

The new funds would invest in a wide range of different crypto-related assets including Bitcoin miners and privacy tech. Three new crypto -focused exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have been put forward for approval by crypto currency asset manager Grayscale Investments, which also announced a new entity to manage its growing funds . On May 9, Grayscale said it launched a new arm of its business — the Grayscale Funds Trust — allowing it to manage many of its publicly traded financial products in-house. In addition to the new trust, Grayscale revealed it filed a registration statement with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for three new crypto-focused ETFs, despite previous roadblocks from the regulator over crypto-related ETFs. The new funds comprise an Ethereum Futures ETF, a Global Bitcoin Composite ETF along with a Privacy ETF. The Global Bitcoin Composite ETF would invest in exchange-traded products that are related to or backed by Bitcoin (BTC), including ...

In an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph, Alluvial chief product officer Matt Leisinger discusses the impact of liquid staking on the crypto ecosystem. In episode 18 of Cointelegraph’s Hashing It Out podcast, Elisha Owusu Akyaw sits down with Matt Leisinger, chief product officer at Alluvial — a software development company supporting the implementation of the Liquid Collective protocol — to explore the world of crypto Staking and its potential to attract institutional investors. Leisinger explains the Liquid Collective and shares his thoughts on the future of Ether (ETH) Staking after the Shanghai upgrade.  Matt Leisinger started his carrier in the traditional finance sector and shifted to trading cryptocurrencies in 2016. Leisinger invested in the Ethereum ecosystem and contributed to projects providing liquid Staking services. Leisinger explains liquid Staking as allowing users to stake assets on the Blockchain and mint a receipt token that represents the staked assets, which...