Bitcoin ETFs Lose $1.72B in Five-Day Outflow Streak

US-based spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have prolonged their outflow streak to 5 days as crypto market sentiment continues to wane.

Spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs posted $103.5 million in internet outflows on Friday, persevering with an outflow streak that started the earlier Friday.

Over the 5 days, together with the four-day buying and selling week in the US shortened by Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, whole outflows reached roughly $1.72 billion, according to Farside information.

The spot worth of Bitcoin is $89,160 on the time of publication, having not been above the psychological $100,000 worth degree since Nov. 13, according to CoinMarketCap.

Market contributors usually watch spot Bitcoin ETF flows to gauge retail investor sentiment and search for clues on the place the development may head for Bitcoin in the approaching weeks.

The crypto market is in a “part of uncertainty,” says Santiment

It comes as broader crypto market sentiment has been declining in latest instances.

The Crypto Worry & Greed Index, which measures total crypto market sentiment, posted an “Excessive Worry” rating of 25 in its replace on Sunday.

Crypto sentiment platform Santiment said in a report on Saturday that the crypto market is in “a part of uncertainty.”

“Retail merchants are heading for the exits, whereas cash and a focus are flowing to extra conventional belongings,” Santiment mentioned, arguing {that a} turnaround from the present draw back could also be a near-term risk.

“On the identical time, quieter alerts like provide distribution and the shortage of social chatter trace {that a} backside could also be taking form,” Santiment mentioned.

“The perfect transfer might be endurance.”

In the meantime, world macro analysis firm The Bitcoin Layer founder, Nik Bhatia, said in an X put up on Saturday that the dwindling sentiment could also be partly pushed by latest surges in steel costs.