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Cryptocurrency inflows hit all-time high of $4.5 billion in first-quarter: Coinshares
Inflows into cryptocurrency funds and products hit a record $4.5 billion in the first quarter, suggesting increased institutional participation in the once-maligned sector, data from digital currency manager Coinshares showed on Tuesday. The first quarter inflows represented an 11% increase from the last three months of 2020, which hit $3.9 billion. Investments into crypto, however, slowed in the first quarter compared with the fourth, where growth was 240%, data showed. Coinshares said in the report, however, that this was not “indicative of a broader slowing trend, as quarterly growth rates tend to be highly ... (full story)
