Investors poured money into bitcoin for a third week in a row at the expense of altcoins: CoinShares

Investors poured money into bitcoin for a third week in a row at the expense of altcoins: CoinShares

Bitcoin-backed investment products saw a third straight week of inflows last week, at the expense of ether and altcoins like solana, cardano and XRP, according to a weekly from digital asset manager CoinShares on Monday. Investors poured a net $68.7 million into bitcoin products in the week to October 1, the most since April 19, the report said. Ether-backed assets logged $20.2 million worth of inflows, compared with $28.9 million the week. Meanwhile, bitcoin and ether rose nearly 18% in price, over that timeframe, according to Coinbase data. There is more confidence among investors in bitcoin thanks to more "accommodative statements" recently from the US Securities Exchange Commission and the Federal Reserve, the report said. Fed Chair Jerome Powell said in late September he had no intention of crypto, following China's crackdown on digital assets. "People were very worried this summer that the US (was) about to ban it, but I think it's clear now the US is not banning bitcoin," James Butterfill, CoinShares investment strategist, said. The SEC meanwhile pushed the deadline to approve the first bitcoin-backed exchange-traded fund to . While it marks a delay in the process, it has also given investors hope, as the regulator has