James Butterfill said four weeks of redemptions marked the fastest outflow pace in a year, with Iran tensions, AI-focused capital shifts and Strategy's Bitcoin sales weighing on risk appetite and leaving Bitcoin's rebound fragile.
CoinShares said recent crypto market weakness appears to reflect a macro-driven sentiment shock rather than a structural break in digital assets. In a report published on the 5th, the firm said net outflows totaled about $5.8 billion over four weeks, the fastest pace of redemptions in the past year. James Butterfill and other analysts said broader market conditions, including tensions involving Iran, capital concentrating in AI and Strategy's Bitcoin sales, have weighed on investor risk appetite, leaving Bitcoin's rebound potentially fragile if macro pressure persists.