{"title":"One year of bitcoin spot ETPs: A brief market and fund flow analysis","authors":"Nico Oefele","doi":"10.1016/j.econlet.2025.112304","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Since January 2024, the market for Bitcoin spot exchange-traded products has expanded rapidly. The market became increasingly concentrated, with more than half of the assets under management allocated to a single product. The average weekly net fund flow of 1.4 % indicates strong investor demand. Daily changes in Bitcoin's price are the primary driver of daily net fund flows. On average, a 3.4 % change in Bitcoin's price corresponds to a 0.2 % net fund flow, all else equal. This suggests that investors in Bitcoin spot ETPs primarily base their investment decisions on Bitcoin's price movements.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11468,"journal":{"name":"Economics Letters","volume":"250 ","pages":"Article 112304"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Economics Letters","FirstCategoryId":"96","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165176525001417","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"ECONOMICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Since January 2024, the market for Bitcoin spot exchange-traded products has expanded rapidly. The market became increasingly concentrated, with more than half of the assets under management allocated to a single product. The average weekly net fund flow of 1.4 % indicates strong investor demand. Daily changes in Bitcoin's price are the primary driver of daily net fund flows. On average, a 3.4 % change in Bitcoin's price corresponds to a 0.2 % net fund flow, all else equal. This suggests that investors in Bitcoin spot ETPs primarily base their investment decisions on Bitcoin's price movements.
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