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The week of May 18-22 produced a clear directional split across US crypto spot ETFs. Bitcoin and Ethereum saw consistent daily outflows across all five sessions.
Key Takeaways
BTC Spot ETF: -$1.256B across five days, peak outflow -$648.64M on May 18.ETH Spot ETF: -$216M across five days, outflows decelerating to -$6.67M by May 22.XRP Spot ETF: +$22.03M across five days, inflows accelerating from $750K to $9.47M.SOL Spot ETF: +$13.58M across four visible days, $0.00 net on May 20.
Bitcoin ETF outflows decelerating from -$648.64M on May 18 to -$70.47M on May 20 before stabilizing near -$100M for the final two days of the week describes a selling event that peaked early and normalized rather than accelerated, which is a structurally different pattern from a sustained institutional exit.
The May 18 figure of -$648.64M was the week's largest single-day movement across any product in either direction. By May 22 the daily outflow had contracted to -$105.19M. The selling pressure did not build: it released and stabilized.
Ethereum ETF outflows followed the same deceleration pattern: -$86.31M on May 18, declining daily to -$6.67M on May 22. The May 22 ETH figure is the smallest in the visible range, suggesting the ETH ETF selling pressure approached exhaustion by the end of the week.
What the Newer Products Did on the Same Days
According to SoSoValue data, XRP ETF inflows accelerating from $750K on May 18 to $9.47M on May 22 across five consecutive positive days while XRP's price remained under pressure means institutional ETF buyers were increasing their allocation to XRP specifically as the price they were buying at declined. The XRP ETF produced positive net flow on every single day of the week, with the largest inflow occurring on May 22 at the same time Bitcoin ETFs were still bleeding -$105.19M.
The SOL ETF produced positive inflows on four of five days, with May 20 recording exactly $0.00 net flow. The $5.94M inflow on May 22 was its largest single-day figure in the visible range. Both XRP and SOL ETFs were attracting capital on the same days that BTC and ETH ETFs were losing it.
What the Asymmetry Actually Means
The combined BTC and ETH outflow of approximately $1.47 billion against the combined XRP and SOL inflow of approximately $35.6 million describes a week where the directional divergence between old and new ETF products is clear but the scale asymmetry makes the rotation narrative incomplete: the newer products absorbed less than 2.5% of what the older products lost. This is not institutional rotation in the conventional sense where capital moving out of one product moves into another. It is institutional selling of BTC and ETH at a scale that the newer products are not yet large enough to absorb.
The deceleration in BTC and ETH outflows through the week is the figure worth watching in the coming sessions. If May 18 was the peak outflow day and the trend continues toward smaller daily negatives, the total outflow for May will look significantly different from the May 18 rate would have suggested. If outflows re-accelerate above the -$300M daily range, the stabilization was temporary and the selling event has more to run.
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O Bitcoin subiu no domingo, recuperando-se das perdas acentuadas registradas no início do fim de semana, após relatos de que os Estados Unidos e o Irã estariam se aproximando de um possível acordo que poderia aliviar as tensões no Oriente Médio.
A maior criptomoeda do mundo avançou 2,87%, chegando a US$ 76.810,50 às 05h43, após ter recuado para quase US$ 74.000 no sábado. $PLUME
O sentimento do mercado melhorou depois que o presidente dos EUA, Donald Trump, afirmou que um acordo entre os Estados Unidos, o Irã e vários outros países havia sido em grande parte negociado, sujeito à aprovação final.
Trump disse que o acordo proposto incluiria a reabertura do Estreito de Ormuz, uma rota marítima estratégica que movimenta uma parcela significativa das exportações globais de petróleo.
Relatos do fim de semana indicaram que os negociadores estavam discutindo uma extensão de cessar-fogo de 60 dias, o alívio de sanções ao Irã e medidas para restaurar o transporte comercial pelo estreito.
Os desdobramentos ajudaram a amenizar parte das preocupações com possíveis interrupções no fornecimento global de energia, que haviam pesado sobre os ativos de risco nas últimas semanas.
O $BTC havia sofrido pressão no início deste mês, à medida que a escalada das tensões entre Washington e Teerã levou os investidores a buscar ativos de refúgio tradicionais e aumentou a volatilidade nos mercados financeiros.
A criptomoeda ainda se encontra abaixo das máximas atingidas no início deste ano, com os operadores continuando a monitorar os desdobramentos geopolíticos e o sentimento mais amplo do mercado.
Enquanto isso, os investidores também aguardam novos avanços na política de ativos digitais dos EUA, após parlamentares em Washington apresentarem diversas propostas relacionadas à regulamentação de criptomoedas e às reservas federais de Bitcoin.
O mercado cripto também tem sido sustentado pela participação institucional contínua por meio de fundos negociados em bolsa (#ETFs ) de Bitcoin à vista, que se tornaram uma fonte-chave de demanda desde sua aprovação nos Estados Unidos.
Os participantes do mercado acompanham de perto os fluxos dos fundos e a atividade de negociação em busca de sinais de renovado interesse dos investidores após a recente volatilidade.
As atenções também se voltam para os próximos dados econômicos e os sinais de política do Federal Reserve, com os operadores avaliando como as expectativas em relação às taxas de juros podem afetar a demanda por ativos sensíveis ao risco, incluindo as criptomoedas.
Preços das criptos hoje: altcoins acompanham alta do Bitcoin $GENIUS
Entre as demais #altcoins , a maioria subiu em linha com o Bitcoin.
O #Ethereum , segunda maior criptomoeda do mundo, disparou 4,42%, chegando a US$ 2.120,01.
O XRP, terceira maior criptomoeda, avançou 3,81%, atingindo US$ 1,3609.
Solana e Cardano subiram 5,24% e 3,19%, respectivamente.
Entre os meme tokens, o Dogecoin registrou alta de 3,23%.
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