Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF flows fall amid crypto market chaos

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In spite of the volatility on crypto markets, there were no net transactions in last week. Ethereum CoinShares’ Monday report on investment products. 

It’s the very first time that the weekly flow based on the second largest crypto has equaled zero since last year when the U.S. ETFs were approved. 

Ethereum (and most other crypto-assets) have taken a hit in recent weeks amid Trump trade and tariff war concerns. At one point, the price of Ethereum dropped to $2 368 on Monday Morning Eastern Time.

CoinGecko estimates that ETH is worth $2,740. Shown Below

James Butterfill, Head of Research at CoinShares, told Decrypt It was not uncommon for ETH investments to generate net negative flows. The fact that ETH investment products are net-zero flows is not helping. “sentiment to Ethereum still seems to be in the doldrums,” He added. 

“Ethereum ended the week with a net zero flows but suffered earlier in the week, likely due to its greater exposure to the technology sector and the global growth outlook,” CoinShares wrote in its report, which tracks crypto funds all around the world—not just in the U.S. 

DeepSeek’s artificial intelligence platform, DeepSeek from China, has caused a major shock to the cryptocurrency markets. Released A new large-language model open source that costs dramatically less than U.S. versions.

As a result of the impressive new model, tech investors sold their investments in American AI related companies at a rapid rate and brought crypto prices with them. 

Both Bitcoin and ETH got hit hard—but Bitcoin recovered, CoinShares added, noting that investors plugged a total of $486 million into funds around the world giving exposure to Bitcoin. 

“Despite this initial sell-off, the market rebounded with over $1 billion in inflows later in the week,” CoinShares reported referred to crypto funds as a whole. 

This week’s trend was different from previous weeks when investors had put Nearly $2 Billion Following the inauguration of President Trump, a total amount was invested in crypto-investment funds.

The AI-related selling-off slowed things down, but crypto prices continue to be under pressure since Saturday, when U.S. Vice President Donald Trump announced that he would not sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico

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What happens after Trump? revealed Monday that he and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum had a friendly conversation and delayed the U.S. tariffs and planned Mexican retaliation, crypto prices rebounded somewhat—though ETH continues to struggle.

Bitcoin has risen 4% in the last day to reach $101,843. The largest coin, however, is down almost 8%.

CoinShares said that all of the altcoins available with ETFs in the global market are listed by CoinShares. The XRP currency is a cryptocurrency that can be used to buy and sell goods. The second-most popular investment in recent years, with year to date flows standing at $105 millions. 

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