A massive surge in crypto exchange flows suggests that institutions could be preparing for the possible adoption of Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the spot market, according to market intelligence firm Glassnode.
Glassnode notes in a new one analysis report that the 30-day simple moving average (SMA) of Bitcoin flows into and out of exchanges grew from $930 million from the start of the year to over $3 billion at the time of writing, an increase of 220%.
“Looking at this from the on-chain volume domain, we can see that YTD (year-to-date) flows into and out of exchanges have grown significantly from $930 million to over $3 billion (+220%).
This underlines a growing interest among investors to trade, accumulate, speculate and otherwise use exchanges for their services.”
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The analytics firm also notes that the average size of Bitcoin deposits on exchanges has grown significantly this year.
“With such a large increase in exchange volumes, an interesting observation emerges from the analysis of the average size of deposits on the exchanges. This metric has seen a non-trivial rally, rising just above the previous all-time high of $30,000 per deposit.
This shows that foreign exchange deposits are currently dominated by investors moving ever larger sums of money. This may be a sign of growing institutional interest as key decision dates for ETFs approach in January 2024.”
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Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart recently speculated that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is gearing up to approve a slew of bids for a spot BTC-listed fund in early January.
Bitcoin is trading at $43,974 at the time of writing, up more than 16% in the past seven days.
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