It's been a trend for the last few weeks that cryptocurrencies selloff as the U.S. traditional markets open, underscoring a general risk-off sentiment among American investors.
BTC plummeted more than 2% in an hour to $65,200 during the U.S. trading session from around the $67,000 area. The leading crypto was down 7.5% over the past seven days
Altcoins have lagged throughout the year amid regulatory uncertainty, and hence, K33 Research analysts said they are "more sensitive" to the election results.
The previous two occasions when exchanges saw similar USDT outflows earlier this year occurred near local tops in bitcoin's price, IntoTheBlock analysts noted.
The 10 spot bitcoin ETFs on Monday experienced their first net inflows in one week, helping to send the price of bitcoin to its highest level since the day after the funds began trading.