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In brief Bitcoin and Ethereum spot ETFs recorded their largest daily net outflows for two weeks Monday. Bitcoin ETFs are down about $225 million net in December after a $357.6 million peak daily outflow, while Ethereum ETFs are near flat overall despite a $224 million single-day redemption. The pullback could be linked to macro de-risking rather than crypto-specific stress, Decrypt was told. Bitcoin and Ethereum spot ETFs saw their largest daily net outflows in roughly two weeks, shedding a combined $582.4 million Monday as institutional investors pared exposure amid renewed volatility in U.S. equities and uncertainty over the direction of global monetary policy. Net daily outflows from spot Bitcoin ETFs reached $357.6 million at their peak on Monday, the largest single-day redemption since early December, per data from Farside Investors. Selling was spread across Fidelity’s FBTC, Ark’s ARKB, and Bitwise’s BITB, while BlackRock’s IBIT was flat on the day. Ethereum spot ETFs likewise saw outflows of almost $225 million on Monday, the largest single-day redemption since the start of the month. The pullback came even as crypto prices held within recent ranges, reinforcing that ETF flows, rather than spot moves, are capturing how allocators are repositioning crypto alongside other risk assets. “Bitcoin is increasingly acting like a Nasdaq derivative in the fourth quarter: when the tech sector corrects, BTC weakens more aggressively,” Farzam Ehsani, CEO of crypto trading platform VALR, told Decrypt. Ehsani said that dynamic has pushed ETF redemptions to track broader equity de-risking rather than crypto-specific stress, as institutional investors use spot ETFs as the most efficient channel to adjust exposure when U.S. technology stocks sell off. Over six months, Bitcoin has declined while major U.S. indices have remained steady, he noted, adding that November was “the worst month of the year” for the asset, with December “currently…

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