According to Farside Investors data, a total of $173 million flowed into the US Bitcoin spot ETF yesterday. Among them, BlackRock IBIT received $216 million, and several other ETFs such as ARKB and BTIB had small outflows. Since February this year, BTC ETF has shown a unilateral net outflow trend, which has reversed since last week, and the capital market sentiment is optimistic.
Yesterday, the Ethereum spot ETF inflow was $18.4 million, of which Fidelity FETH inflow was $25.5 million, Grayscale ETHE outflow was $7.1 million U, and BlackRock ETHA data has not been updated yet.
Trump’s “Bitcoin Strategic Reserve” executive order will reach a critical point on May 5
On March 7, Trump signed an executive order to promote the establishment of a strategic Bitcoin reserve. The executive order requires a comprehensive review of digital assets held by the federal government, including approximately 200,000 Bitcoins (worth approximately $17 billion at the time of signing).
The order also requires the Secretary of the Treasury to review within 60 days “the legal and investment considerations for establishing and managing the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and the United States Digital Asset Reserve, including the accounts in which the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and the United States Digital Asset Reserve should be held, and whether legislation is necessary to implement any aspect of this order or to provide for the appropriate management and administration of such accounts.”
May 5th is the 60-day deadline set by Trump’s executive order for the completion of the above work.
US ETF experts comment on SEC’s postponement of multiple crypto ETF application decisions: All of them will be approved this year
According to a post by Nate Geraci, president of The ETF Store, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has postponed the approval of multiple crypto ETF applications today. The products involved include: Franklin’s SOL and XRP ETFs, Grayscale’s HBAR ETF, Bitwise’s DOGE ETF, Franklin and Fidelity Ethereum ETF’s staking solutions, Franklin crypto ETF, and Invesco Galaxy Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF’s physical sub_script_ion and redemption mechanism.
Nate Geraci said he still believes all of these products will be approved this year.
El Salvador: Will continue to buy Bitcoin even if it reaches a protocol with the IMF to stop accumulating Bitcoin
According to Bloomberg, Salvadoran Economy Minister Maria Luisa Hayem said at the Web Summit event in Rio de Janeiro that El Salvador will continue to buy Bitcoin despite signing a lending protocol with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) requiring it to stop accumulating Bitcoin. Hayem confirmed in a live interview: “President Bukele has promised to continue accumulating assets.”
According to official news from The Bitcoin Office of El Salvador, El Salvador has added 8 bitcoins to its national strategic bitcoin reserves in the past 7 days, bringing the total bitcoin reserves to 6162.18.
Trump meme coin TRUMP has fallen for three consecutive days. According to market news, Trump may launch a new cryptocurrency on his social media platform Truth Social. At present, the rise of TRUMP tokens is often due to Trump’s own propaganda. It has no other utility except meme meaning.
Solana chain meme coins HOUSE, TROLL and others hit new historical highs. Some communities believe that when the market is quiet, there are always high-quality tokens on the chain. HOUSE has received strong support from well-known English-speaking KOLs him and Ansem, and has risen nearly 10 times in the past week.
BTC fluctuated within a narrow range during the day, and BTC ETF maintained net inflows. There was no major negative news in the market in the short term. Today’s AHR999 index was 0.91, indicating that the price was still suitable for long-termists to invest.
ETH follows the market ups and downs, without any independent trend. The ETH/BTC exchange rate has remained around 0.019 since mid-April.
Altcoins generally fell, AI agent sectors generally pulled back, and the demon coin ALPACA once again saw a short squeeze in the futures market.
The three major U.S. stock indexes closed higher, with the S&P 500 up 0.58% at 5,560.83 points, the Dow Jones up 0.75% at 40,527.62 points, and the Nasdaq up 0.55% at 17,461.32 points. In terms of U.S. bonds, the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield was 4.19%, and the 2-year Treasury yield, which is most sensitive to the Fed’s policy rate, was 3.65%.
The market believes that if the signs of the US economy entering a recession become increasingly obvious, the probability of the Federal Reserve taking a “preventive rate cut” will also increase significantly. Therefore, labor market-related data, such as initial jobless claims and the unemployment rate, are crucial for investors to judge the health of the US economy. If both data grow significantly beyond expectations in the short term, it may indicate that the US economy is beginning to enter a recession and the Federal Reserve may start a new round of interest rate cuts.
The market is currently paying close attention to the U.S. April non-farm payrolls report to be released on Friday. Some economists have warned that the U.S. labor market may experience severe turbulence due to the tariff campaign launched by the Trump administration, which has greatly increased the probability that the Federal Reserve will initiate its first interest rate cut this year in June.