Digital asset investment products shed $1.47 billion in a single week — the 
second consecutive week of outflows and the third-largest weekly withdrawal of 
2026 — as Iran-related geopolitical risk collided with rising bond yields, a 
softening equity market, and the fading of a technical support structure that 
had kept Bitcoin pinned near $80,000 for most of the month, according to 
CoinShares&#8217; latest Digital Asset Fund Flows report. Related Reading: XRP Crowd 
Fear Deepens As Santiment Points To Possible Rebound Bitcoin bore the brunt. 
The asset recorded $1.315 billion in outflows — the largest single-week 
Bitcoin withdrawal of 2026, surpassing the late January peak — pulling year- 
to-date inflows down to $2.6 billion from $3.9 billion the prior week, per 
CoinShares&#8217; Volume 287 report authored by James Butterfill. The speed of the 
reversal underscores how quickly 2026&#8217;s cumulative inflow position can 
compress when risk appetite deteriorates. Two weeks ago that figure stood at 
$4.9 billion. It has now shed nearly half in a fortnight. Ethereum followed 
with $222.8 million in outflows, broadly in line with the prior week. 
Blockchain equity ETFs were also caught in the selloff, recording $133 million 
in aggregate outflows. The US dominated the regional picture with $1.425 
billion in outflows — the vast majority of the global total — while 
Switzerland added $16.2 million, Canada $12.5 million, and Hong Kong $12.2 
million, per the report. Germany was effectively flat. BTC&#8217;s price trends to 
the upside since April 2026, as seen on the daily chart. Source: BTCUSD on 
Tradingview Why The Money Left Bitcoin — QCP&#8217;s Breakdown The mechanics behind 
the outflow are detailed in QCP Capital&#8217;s latest Market Colour note, which 
frames the week&#8217;s price action as the product of two converging forces: a 
technical support structure that expired and a macro backdrop that turned 
hostile simultaneously. On the technical side, dealer long gamma — 
particularly in IBIT options — had suppressed volatility and helped anchor 
Bitcoin near $80,000 through most of May. Friday&#8217;s options expiry rolled off 
more than $4 billion of IBIT contracts, removing that floor. Bitcoin broke 
below $78,000 shortly after, per QCP&#8217;s analysis. The macro environment that 
greeted the breakdown was unforgiving. US 10-year Treasury yields sit at 4.62% 
and the 30-year at 5.14% — fresh cycle highs. USD/JPY has pushed into the 
158–159 range, approaching the 160 level where Bank of Japan intervention risk 
and yen-carry unwind fears historically intensify. Equities pulled back. Oil 
prices rose. CPI ran hot. Markets now price a 50% to 60% probability that the 
Fed&#8217;s benchmark rate will be 25 basis points higher by January, per QCP&#8217;s 
assessment — a material shift in rate expectations that makes risk assets 
broadly less attractive. The One Bright Spot For Not everything moved in the 
same direction. Nine assets still recorded meaningful inflows above $1 
million, suggesting CLARITY Act legislative progress cushioned the broader 
risk-off tone at the margin, per CoinShares. XRP led altcoin inflows at $31.8 
million, followed by Solana at $7.7 million, Near Protocol at $9 million — 
notable given its $74 million total AuM — Sui at $2.9 million, and multi-asset 
products at $4.7 million. The selective nature of the altcoin inflows points 
to a market where investors are rotating toward specific narratives rather 
than exiting crypto entirely. Crypto market records spike in outflows across 
its digital investment products. Source: CoinShares QCP&#8217;s near-term outlook is 
cautious but not catastrophic. Until clearer tariff resolution or US-Iran 
headlines emerge, crypto is likely to remain in a grinding range, per the 
firm&#8217;s note. Front-end volatility spiked on the breakdown but is already being 
faded — and call overwriters may soon return to pin spot near current levels. 
The key scheduled events this week — FOMC Minutes on Wednesday, NVIDIA 
earnings the same day, and Flash PMIs on Thursday — each carry the potential 
to shift the macro narrative in either direction. This development marks a 
critical juncture for the Bitcoin near-term price trajectory. Two consecutive 
weeks of outflows totaling $2.54 billion, arriving just as technical support 
has faded and macro headwinds are building, is the kind of setup that tests 
the conviction of institutional holders who entered on the way up — and the 
next few sessions will determine whether that conviction holds. Related 
Reading: Dogecoin Must Hold This Level To Avoid Drop To $0.088, Analyst Says 
As of this writing, Bitcoin trades at around $82,000, attempting to stabilize 
above the $78,000 level that broke last week as the market awaits the macro 
catalysts that QCP and CoinShares both identify as the next directional 
trigger. Cover image from Grok, BTCUSD Chart from Tradingview

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