Record High 47.5 Billion KRW Investment Inflow into Cryptocurrency Funds This Year

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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Byung-hee] In the first quarter of this year, a record-breaking $4.2 billion (approximately 4.75 trillion KRW) flowed into cryptocurrency-related funds and products.

Digital asset management company CoinShares reported that the amount of funds flowing into cryptocurrency funds and products reached an all-time high of $3.9 billion in the fourth quarter of last year, and this record was surpassed again this year with $4.2 billion inflows.

This confirms the cryptocurrency investment boom that has been ongoing since the end of last year through statistics.

According to CoinShares, the total funds flowing into the cryptocurrency market last year amounted to $6.7 billion. With $3.9 billion flowing in during the fourth quarter, about 60% of the annual investment was concentrated in the last quarter.

Bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, attracted $3.3 billion in funds this year. Ethereum received $731 million.

Bitcoin surged to an all-time high of $61,781.33 on the 14th, but then weakened and fell to $55,415 the day before.

Jesse Cohen, senior analyst at Investing.com, said, "Bitcoin is increasingly becoming mainstream and gaining more attention," adding, "Financial regulators in the US and Asia are expected to tighten regulations further."

The current assets under management for cryptocurrency-related funds and products have also reached a record high of $55.8 billion, sharply increasing from $37.6 billion last year.

Among these, Grayscale boasts an overwhelming asset size of $43.73 billion. CoinShares manages the second-largest assets but with about $5 billion, showing a significant gap compared to Grayscale.

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