Over the past week, BTC has seen a remarkable growth, recovering strongly from a low of $59,000 on October 10 to nearly $68,000 on October 18, an impressive increase in a short period of time. BTC is currently trading around $67,900, up nearly 1% over the past 24 hours. This has not only brought optimism to BTC investors but also paved the way for strong growth in Altcoins, especially Meme coins such as #100000BABYDOGE (up 16%),#BOME(up 16%), and#DOGE(up 10%).
A key factor driving BTC’s growth is the strong inflow into Spot BTC ETFs in the United States. Over the past five trading sessions, total inflows into Spot BTC ETFs have surpassed $2.1 billion, averaging over $200 million per session. Notably, on October 14, inflows peaked at $555.9 million – the highest level since June this year.
The surge was led by BlackRock's IBIT fund, one of the largest Spot BTC ETFs. In just the last four sessions, the fund has attracted $1.07 billion, marking an impressive comeback after a period of stagnation. Notably, in the last four sessions, no BTC ETF has recorded negative inflows, indicating that selling pressure from funds like Grayscale's GBTC has almost dried up. The GBTC fund even recorded positive inflows of $45.7 million on October 18.
In addition to $BTC , Spot ETH ETFs have also seen a resurgence. After months of sluggish trading since their launch in July, these funds attracted net inflows of $48 million on October 17, which was the highest level in October.
Since their launch in January this year, inflows into Spot BTC ETFs have surpassed $20.66 billion, an impressive figure that even surpasses gold ETFs, which took five years to reach the same milestone, according to Eric Balchunas, senior ETF analyst at Bloomberg.
The total assets under management (AUM) of Spot BTC ETFs has reached a record of over $65 billion. The inflows into these ETFs have a strong correlation with BTC price movements: whenever the inflows are positive, BTC price grows well, and vice versa.
Some of the macro factors that contributed to this growth include central banks around the world cutting interest rates, which has led many investors to seek riskier assets like #BTC. Furthermore, the re-election of Donald Trump – a well-known Bitcoin supporter – is also said to be the reason why investors are pouring money into BTC. The boom in gold prices, which reached a new peak of $2,700, has also raised expectations that “digital gold” (Bitcoin) will follow suit and break its historical high (ATH) by the end of this year.