Despite Cryptocurrency Declines, Institutions Continue to Invest: The Year’s Peak in Ethereum!

Investment funds for digital assets reached a record inflow of $1.9 billion last week, surpassing a total of $13.2 billion so far this year.

Although geopolitical tensions in global markets in recent weeks have caused investors to steer clear of risky assets, digital asset investment funds have managed to remain outside this trend. The $1.9 billion inflow that occurred last week marked the ninth consecutive week of positive movement, setting a new record for total inflows since the beginning of the year at $13.2 billion.

The greatest interest was again directed towards the market leader Bitcoin (BTC). After two weeks of small outflows, Bitcoin funds saw a strong inflow of $1.3 billion last week. Additionally, products based on short Bitcoin positions recorded an inflow of $3.7 million, although total managed assets (AuM) still remain at a low level of $96 million.

In addition to Bitcoin, Ethereum (ETH) also demonstrated strong performance. Last week, the total amount entering ETH funds reached $583 million, marking the highest figure recorded since February. Thus, the recent inflows into Ethereum funds surpassed a total of $2 billion, which corresponds to approximately 14% of the total managed assets of Ethereum investment products.

In altcoins, XRP attracted investor interest with inflows of $11.8 million, while Sui managed to bring in $3.5 million. Regionally, the U.S. accounted for almost all of the inflows that occurred last week, leading with $1.9 billion. Following the U.S. were Germany ($39.2 million), Switzerland ($20.7 million), and Canada ($12.1 million). Hong Kong and Brazil, on the other hand, showed negative divergence with outflows of $56.8 million and $8.5 million, respectively.