Digital
asset investment products saw $2.25 billion of inflows in 2023, marking it as
the 3rd largest year for inflows since 2017, according to the newest report by
CoinShares. The inflows represented a dramatic turnaround from 2022 when they
totaled just $831 million.
Their
visible acceleration since the year’s second half shows the industry’s eager
anticipation for introducing the first-ever Wall Street BTC spot ETF.
Assets
under management (AuM) ended 2023 at $51 billion, the highest level since March
2022. Bitcoin was the prime beneficiary of the resurgence in interest,
attracting $1.9 billion inflows, or 87% of the total. This dominance of
flows was the largest on record.
Much of the
rebound came in the fourth quarter, as it became clear the US Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) was warming up to approving Bitcoin spot ETFs. The
market is currently eagerly awaiting the approval of the first application,
which has driven the price of BTC this week to its highest levels since April
2022.
The final week of 2023 saw US$243m of inflows into digital asset ETPs, bringing 2023 total flows to US$2.2bn. pic.twitter.com/EtdHQWlu2K
— James Butterfill (@jbutterfill) January 3, 2024
For
Bitcoin, this is a significant period as it just celebrated its 15th
anniversary of mining the first-ever BTC block, known as the “Genesis block.”
The latest report from the Bitget exchange for…