Crypto exchange-traded products posted $1.4 billion in weekly inflows, topping last week's $996M and marking the strongest three-week stretch since January. Total AUM rebounded to $154.8B — the highest since early February. Ether funds flipped year-to-date positive for the first time in 2026.
Crypto exchange-traded products posted $1.4 billion in weekly inflows, topping last week's $996M and marking the strongest three-week stretch since January. Total AUM rebounded to $154.8B — the highest since early February. Ether funds flipped year-to-date positive for the first time in 2026.
Crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) attracted $1.4 billion in net inflows last week, according to CoinShares' Monday report, beating the prior week's $996M by 40.9% and capping a three-week inflow streak totaling $2.7 billion.
Bitcoin-led products accounted for $1.12 billion of the weekly total, with US spot Bitcoin ETFs contributing approximately $1 billion of that. The flows pushed crypto ETP assets under management to $154.8 billion — the highest level since early February after dipping to $128 billion in March.
Ether investment products had their strongest week since January with $328 million in inflows, finally lifting YTD flows into positive territory at $197 million cumulative.
This week's $1.4B builds on a clear acceleration:
Each week has grown 27-41% over the prior one. The three-week $2.7B cumulative is the strongest sustained inflow run since early January.
The AUM recovery is striking. Crypto ETP assets fell from $170B+ in late 2025 to $128B in March — a 25% drawdown during Bitcoin's slide from $97K to $65K. They've now recovered to $154.8B, a 21% rebound from the March low, even though Bitcoin is still 40% below its ATH.
Ether's YTD flip to positive is a milestone. After months of outflows and negative sentiment around ETH, $328M in a single week pushed cumulative 2026 flows above zero. This coincides with ETH trading back above $2,300.
Regional data shows US dominance ($1.5B of inflows) while Switzerland saw the largest outflows ($138M). The US concentration reflects the spot ETF channel driving virtually all institutional flows.
CoinShares' James Butterfill attributed the sentiment shift to US-Iran ceasefire extension talks, though the ceasefire has since come under pressure. Nomura's Laser Digital cautioned that backward-looking macro indicators offer limited insight while geopolitical conflicts persist.
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation — which custody over $114 trillion in securities and settles nearly every US stock trade — will facilitate its first production tokenized securities transactions on July 15, 2026, with a 50-firm working group including BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, and Nasdaq. The rollout covers Russell 1000 equities, major ETFs, and US Treasuries, with full commercial launch targeted for October 2026.
The OCC granted Circle final approval to establish Circle National Trust, a federally supervised national trust bank, placing the world's second-largest stablecoin (USDC, $73.2B) under direct federal banking oversight — with reserve management as a planned future capability.
Morgan Stanley amended SEC filings for its proposed Ethereum (MSSE) and Solana (MSOL) ETFs with a 0.14% management fee — the lowest in crypto ETFs — while offering staking yield (50-80% ETH, up to 100% SOL). Its Bitcoin ETF (MSBT), launched just April 8, already holds $364M.