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🪙 Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in Bitcoin experienced their largest outflows since February, totaling $616.22 million on Friday.

🔸 This ended a six-week streak of consecutive inflows. Leading these negative outflows were the iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) from BlackRock and the Ark 21Shares Bitcoin ETF (ARKB), amidst rising trade tensions between the United States and China.

🔸 This decline coincided with Bitcoin's price dropping to $103,000, after reaching an all-time high of $112,000 a week ago. Weekly total outflows also rose to $157.4 million, marking the first week of net outflows since April 11, reflecting market volatility and the impact of global economic factors.

🔸 Despite these negative outflows, ETFs ended May with inflows of $5.23 billion, compared to $2.97 billion in April, indicating continued investor interest in cryptocurrency despite recent challenges. Analysts believe that these fluctuations may be part of an asset reallocation rather than a panic among investors.