In December, the total assets under management (AUM) for digital asset investment products saw a slight increase of 0.35% to $19.7bn (as of December 20th), however, AUM is currently down 55.2% from its peak in January 2022. This marks the second consecutive month that AUM has hovered around levels not seen since December 2020.

December Highlights

• Average daily volumes have fallen by 74.1% to $203mn in 2022, compared to $781mn in 2021. Average monthly AUM also saw a similar decline of 39.5% to $31.9bn, compared to $52.8bn in 2021.
• Average daily aggregate product volumes across all digital asset investment products continued to fall in December after a slight recovery in November, declining 56.1% to 61.1mn (up to the 20th of December). Aggregate product volume is currently 87.0% lower than its peak in January 2021
• In December, average weekly net outflows from digital asset investment products reached their highest level since June, with -$9.5mn of outflows. Bitcoin products were the only products that saw positive inflows, totalling $0.1mn.