
{"id":167359,"date":"2026-05-18T17:55:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T17:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=167359"},"modified":"2026-05-18T17:55:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T17:55:52","slug":"bitcoin-bleeds-1b-weekly-but-xrp-and-sol-defy-market-panic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=167359","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Bleeds $1B Weekly but XRP and SOL Defy Market Panic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, digital asset investment products experienced $1.07 billion in outflows, according to CoinShares, making it the first negative week after seven straight weeks of gains. It was also the third-largest weekly outflow seen in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin saw the majority of the selling pressure as investors shifted toward a broader risk-off approach amid renewed geopolitical concerns surrounding Iran. However, investor sentiment appeared to stabilize toward the end of the week after news <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/clarity-act-passes-senate-banking-committee-what-does-this-mean-for-crypto\/\">related to the CLARITY Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>CoinShares found that 11 digital assets continued to attract inflows despite the broader decline, while Thursday recorded $174 million in inflows.<\/p>\n<h2>XRP and Solana Defy Market Panic<\/h2>\n<p>Bitcoin recorded $982 million in outflow last week, which reduced its year-to-date total to $3.9 billion. Ethereum also faced heavy selling pressure, as $249 million left the asset in its largest weekly decline since January 30. Blockchain equity ETFs were similarly affected, posting a combined $133 million decline amid broader risk-off sentiment.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, several altcoins continued to attract investor interest. XRP led with $67.6 million inflows, followed by Solana with $55.1 million. Next up was Ton, which recorded $7.7 million, Sui $4.7 million, Ondo $4.1 million, Chainlink $3.9 million, and Dogecoin $3.2 million. The asset manager <a href=\"https:\/\/researchblog.coinshares.com\/volume-286-digital-asset-fund-flows-weekly-report-608eda9a9bb6\">explained<\/a> that investors are increasingly looking past Bitcoin and Ethereum for selective exposure.<\/p>\n<p>According to CoinShares, the latest wave of crypto investment product withdrawals was driven almost entirely by the US, which saw $1.14 billion pulled from funds last week. European markets held up much better, led by Switzerland with $22.8 million and Germany with $22 million. The Netherlands added $7.5 million, while Sweden was the only exception as it recorded a smaller $4 million decline. During the same period, Canada attracted $12.6 million, and Australia saw $4.4 million in fresh investment.<\/p>\n<h2>Pressure May Continue<\/h2>\n<p>QCP Capital also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qcpgroup.com\/insights\/qcp-market-colour-21\/\">warned<\/a> that Bitcoin could remain under pressure after <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/bitcoin-and-ethereum-etfs-see-heavy-outflows-as-prices-hit-brick-wall\/\">breaking<\/a> below the $78,000 support level earlier today. The Singapore-based firm said the expiry of more than $4 billion in IBIT options has weakened the stabilizing effect that previously helped keep Bitcoin trading within a tight range.<\/p>\n<p>The broader macro backdrop has also become less supportive, as seen with rising US Treasury yields and USD\/JPY moving closer to the 160 level, where intervention risks could trigger a sharp unwind in yen-carry positions and drain a crucial source of global liquidity that has historically supported risk assets.<\/p>\n<p>QCP added that crypto is likely to remain range-bound unless markets see meaningful progress in US-China trade talks or US-Iran negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/bitcoin-bleeds-1b-weekly-but-xrp-and-sol-defy-market-panic\/\">Bitcoin Bleeds $1B Weekly but XRP and SOL Defy Market Panic<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/\">CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, digital asset investment products experienced $1.07 billion in outflows, according to CoinShares, making it the first negative week after seven straight weeks of gains. It was also the third-largest weekly outflow seen in 2026. Bitcoin saw the majority of the selling pressure as investors shifted toward a broader risk-off approach amid renewed geopolitical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-167359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167359"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=167359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167359\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=167359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=167359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=167359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}