CoinShares reported $1.07 billion in weekly outflows from crypto investment products, abruptly ending a six-week inflow streak. The firm attributed the reversal to renewed Iran-related geopolitical risk-off sentiment, which pushed institutional allocators toward the exits across the board.
Bitcoin bore the brunt, shedding $982 million in outflows, while Ethereum lost $249 million — together accounting for virtually the entire weekly bleed. Not every asset capitulated: XRP attracted $67.6 million in inflows and Solana pulled in $55.1 million, suggesting some rotation into higher-beta altcoins even as the macro mood soured.
The scale of the reversal matters. Six consecutive weeks of inflows had built a narrative of structural institutional demand; a single geopolitical shock erasing that momentum in one week is a reminder that the macro override still dominates crypto fund flows when…
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