Bitcoin price rises 5% as BlackRock anticipates a new wave of capital inflows into BTC ETFs from investors

• BlackRock head of digital assets says new wave of investors is likely to pour into the BTC ETF space.
• After 71 days of capital inflows into Bitcoin ETFs, markets witnessed an unusual lull that denied tailwinds for BTC price.  
• Bitcoin price holds above $59,000 after an intraday low of $56,552 on Wednesday.

Bitcoin (BTC) price slid to the depths of $56,552 on Wednesday as the cryptocurrency market tried to front run the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. The flash crash saw millions in positions get liquidated. Amid an ongoing slow grind up, a BlackRock executive has indicated what could be new tailwinds for the market soon.

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Daily digest market movers: BlackRock anticipates a new wave of capital inflows into Bitcoin ETFs from investors

Speaking to a news site, BlackRock head of digital assets Robert Mitchnick said they anticipate a new wave of inflows from “a different type of investor.” This assertion comes after a period of significant lull in terms of capital inflows into the BTC exchange-traded funds (ETFs) market.

Specifically, Mitchnick says the new players could include financial institutions like sovereign wealth funds, pension funds and endowments. If these classes of investors begin to trade spot ETFs, the BlackRock executive said it would signify “a re-initiation of the discussion around Bitcoin.”

Further, Mitchnick revealed that BlackRock, the world’s largest asset management firm, has been talking to different sorts of institutions, including “pensions, endowments, sovereign wealth funds, insurers, other asset managers, and family offices,” among others, about BTC for several years.

Elsewhere, a filling (13F report) from the US Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) indicates that the second largest European bank (by assets), BNP Paribas, purchased BlackRock BTC ETF shares (IBIT).  

The portion of BNP Paribas’ investment into IBIT was very small, 1,030 IBIT shares in Q1 of 2024 at $40.47 a share, for a total of $41,684.10. This is less than the value of a single BTC at current prices. Nevertheless, it is still significant because it points to one of the first confirmed instances where a major financial institution has purchased shares of a spot Bitcoin ETF.

Technical analysis: Bitcoin price reclaiming $59,200 would signify a recovery

Bitcoin price is trading with a bearish bias, showing lower highs since early April. With the liquidity pool between $60,600 and $59,005 holding as support, BTC could recover. Traders looking to take new long positions for BTC should probably wait for a candlestick close above the $59,200 threshold.

For now, the market is still favoring the bears. First, the Relative Strength Index (RSI) is nose-diving, showing falling momentum, with its lower highs pointing to a growing bearish sentiment.

The DXY Compare indicator also maintains a countercurrent directional bias to Bitcoin price, adding credence to the bearish sentiment.

Increased seller momentum, enough to see BTC record a lower low below the Wednesday bottom of $56,552, could see Bitcoin price drop all the way to the $50,000 range before a possible correction.

BTC/USDT 1-week chart

Conversely, that the RSI continues to hold well above the mean level of 50, and its accompanying Awesome Oscillator (AO) still in positive territory is a good sign. It shows that although the market is on a vertical chop, buyer momentum continues to abound.  If the RSI bounces above the mean level and proceed to record two higher highs, it would indicate a shift in sentiment in favor of the bulls.