✅ Top Takeaways

• Rotation under the surface: BTC inflows fell sharply in 2025 while ETH, XRP and SOL attracted double‑ and triple‑digit YoY growth, signaling a slow pivot toward utility‑heavy networks.
• Volatility drain: BTC’s muted swings are spilling over into majors and memecoins, with only a handful of names like BONK and WIF putting up outsized daily moves.
• Macro cushion: Record S&P 500 and Dow closes plus softer jobs data keep the “no rush to cut” Fed narrative intact, supporting risk assets even as crypto sees heavy ETF redemptions.

📰 Crypto Market Summary

• XRP feels policy drag: XRP slipped to $2.09 as word of a potential Senate Agriculture Committee delay on the January 15 Market Structure Bill pushed traders to fade the recent ETF‑driven strength despite $1.22B of cumulative spot ETF inflows.
• BTC loses flow leadership: Bitcoin traded near $90,415 with data showing a roughly 35% drop in 2025 inflows versus the prior year, while ETH, XRP and SOL attracted $12.7B, $3.7B and $3.6B respectively, highlighting a more diversified institutional playbook.
• Low‑volatility grind: ETH held around $3,087 and SOL hovered near $136 as shrinking BTC volatility muted activity across majors and reduced appetite for high‑beta memecoins, even with recent spikes in BONK and WIF.
• Flow tone: Yesterday’s ETF activity showed about $681M in net outflows across BTC and ETH products, with BTC vehicles bearing the bulk of redemptions, reinforcing the “consolidation, not capitulation” narrative in listed crypto exposure.

📊 Sentiment Dashboard

🔢 Market Performance

• BTC and ETH remain modestly positive on the year, consistent with a consolidation phase rather than a full reset despite heavier ETF outflows.
• High‑beta names like SOL, DOGE and ADA still show double‑digit YTD gains, illustrating how quickly drawdowns can occur without erasing cycle‑to‑date leadership.
• XRP and BCH sit in the “steady compounder” bucket, pairing healthy YTD performance with relatively contained short‑term moves.

💰 Funding & Institutional Moves

A fresh wave of roughly $681M in net outflows from U.S. spot BTC and ETH ETFs, led by BTC products, underlines how sensitive listed vehicles remain to macro data and range‑bound prices.

Even so, cumulative flows data for 2025 show ETH, XRP and SOL capturing a growing share of new capital as investors diversify exposure beyond a single‑asset BTC core.

Signal: the pattern still looks like active rebalancing and sector rotation rather than a structural exit from regulated crypto wrappers.

🌍 Macro & Geopolitics Watch

The S&P 500 and Dow closed at new highs on Friday after December nonfarm payrolls came in softer than expected at 50,000 versus a 70,000 consensus, reinforcing expectations that the Fed will stay on hold at its January meeting.

Silver surged to nearly $80 and gold held above $4,500, extending a metals‑led commodity rally even as energy and grains lag on shifting demand and supply narratives.

Macro lens: a steady‑rates backdrop plus strong equities and firm precious metals provide a supportive risk environment, but also remind investors that crypto is competing with multiple “macro hedges” at once.

🎟️ Ecosystem, Builders & Flows

• Infra Protocol teams continue to prioritize lower fees, rollup‑first scaling, and wallet UX upgrades aimed at making ETF‑style exposure and tokenized assets easier for traditional investors to access.
• RWA Tokenization pilots around treasuries, money‑market funds and credit products remain a key theme as institutions experiment with on‑chain settlement and programmable collateral.
• Yield With spot prices range‑bound, interest in liquid staking, restaking and short‑dated yield strategies is staying elevated as long‑term holders seek incremental carry without exiting crypto completely.

⚡ Risk & Market Lens

The combination of heavy single‑day ETF outflows, a policy cloud over XRP, and subdued BTC volatility shows how quickly the market can flip from FOMO to wait‑and‑see mode.

What to watch: whether BTC can continue defending the low‑$90K band, if ETF flows stabilize after the latest jobs print, and how any delay to the Market Structure Bill shapes sentiment toward large‑cap payment and smart‑contract networks.

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Disclaimer

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