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The decline of Ethereum has led to a widespread drop in altcoins, with Spot ETFs recording net outflows, and crypto assets stocks also falling in unison. This summary was generated by AI. On August 16, the cryptocurrency market showed weakness, with both Bitcoin and Ethereum prices retreating, causing a general decline in altcoins. Several tokens such as ETH and ARB saw declines of 4.27% and 8.15%, respectively. At the same time, Spot ETFs recorded significant net outflows, indicating a lack of market confidence. According to BlockBeats news on August 16, as Bitcoin and Ethereum prices fell, altcoins generally followed suit, with ETH dropping 4.27% in 24 hours, currently priced at $4435, ARB dropping 8.15% in 24 hours, currently priced at $0.48, CRV dropping 5.57% in 24 hours, currently priced at $0.8713, and EIGEN dropping 5.67% in 24 hours, currently priced at $1.348. Regarding Spot ETF data, yesterday both Bitcoin and Ethereum Spot ETFs in the U.S. recorded net outflow data, with Bitcoin ETF seeing a net outflow of $14.01 million and Ethereum ETF seeing a net outflow of $59.3 million. Excluding the net inflow data of BlackRock ETF, other Bitcoin ETFs had a total net outflow of $128.5 million, while Ethereum ETFs had a total net outflow of $397.4 million. In terms of U.S. stock market cryptocurrency stocks, the three major stock indexes ended mixed on Friday, with crypto asset stocks generally declining. New stock Bullish (BLSH) fell by 6.82%, Bitmine (BMNR) fell by 4.37%, and SharpLink Gaming (SBET) fell by 15.50%.