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Ether price drop due to investor sentiment, not $420M ETF outflows — Nansen

Ether’s price is subdued by a lack of risk appetite among investors caused by wider macroeconomic conditions.

Ether’s sluggish price action is driven more by a lack of investor interest than by the ongoing outflows from spot Ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

The price of Ether (ETH) has fallen by more than 26% since the launch of United States-based spot Ether ETFs on July 23. The ETFs have recorded a cumulative $420.5 million in net outflows since their launch date.

However, Ether’s price isn’t struggling due to the continued ETF outflows but due to a lack of risk-on appetite among investors, according to Aurelie Barthere, the principal research analyst at Nansen onchain analytics platform.

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Will Bitcoin benefit from a European Central Bank rate cut?

The ECB is widely anticipated to implement a 0.25% rate cut this week, following seven consecutive months of inflation easing across the eurozone.

Bitcoin inflows could see an increase this week following a key monetary policy decision in the European Union.

The European Central Bank (ECB) is expected to cut interest rates by 0.25% to 4.25% on June 6. The rate cut could boost investor appetite for risk assets, such as Bitcoin (BTC), according to Jag Kooner, head of derivatives at Bitfinex. Kooner told Cointelegraph:

The rate cut expectations come during a period of slowing inflation in Europe. May’s headline Consumer Price Index (CPI) is expected to come in at 2.6% — potentially marking the eighth consecutive month of inflation below the 3% mark.

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