Crypto buyers may be emerging from their winter hibernation

Crypto buyers may be emerging from their winter hibernation Brian Sozzi · Executive Editor Tue, July 14, 2026 at 3:52 PM GMT+2 2 min read BTC-USD ETH-USD The long-awaited bounceback in crypto may finally be emerging. Crypto ETFs attracted $281. 8 million in inflows last week, marking the first weekly inflow since the second week of May, according to Deutsche Bank.

Bitcoin funds posted $197. 4 million in inflows, while ethereum funds attracted $84. 4 million.

The positive inflows snapped an eight-week streak of outflows that totaled more than $7 billion. "Bottom line, any crypto correction is painful, but this one has been rather comforting. Crypto feels like it's growing up," Bernstein digital assets analyst Gautam Chhugani said in a note.

"We remain optimistic on Bitcoin long term. We reckon, our 2026 year-end $150K BTC price target appears ambitious in context of the market correction. However we expect Bitcoin cycle will eventually turn and we continue to watch the BTC flows to see any signs of life.

" This embedded content is not available in your region. Crypto prices have faced pressure this year. Investors are reassessing valuations following a multiyear rally driven by institutional adoption and enthusiasm around digital assets under the Trump administration.

Higher-for-longer interest rates have reduced investors' appetite for speculative assets, while periodic profit-taking has emerged after substantial gains in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Traders have also become more focused on whether growing crypto adoption can translate into sustainable real-world use cases beyond trading and investment. Regulatory uncertainty in key global markets has added another layer of caution, creating bouts of volatility across the sector.

All in, bitcoin prices are down 29% year to date. Even so, many long-term investors continue to view the recent weakness as a consolidation phase rather than a fundamental shift in the crypto adoption story. "If you just look at the past trends in bitcoin, I think we bottomed at $60K or so.

A lot of things could drive growth of bitcoin here," Coinbase co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong said on the Power Players With Brian Sozzi podcast (above). I think market structure, legislation passing, I think some of these AI companies going public, because they've been soaking up a lot of the risk capital. So once these companies get public and the unlocks happen, I think you'll start to see capital move back around.

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