Cryptocurrency investment products continued receiving healthy inflows last week, attracting $882 million as global crypto funds approached all-time high asset levels.
Global crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) recorded $6.3 billion of inflows in the past four weeks, accounting for 93% of total inflows year-to-date (YTD), according to data from European crypto investment firm CoinShares.
Total YTD inflows now stand at $6.7 billion, closing in on the record $7.3 billion posted in early February, according to CoinShares’ head of research James Butterfill.
Weekly crypto ETP inflows since late 2024. Source: CoinShares
Amid strong investor demand, crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the United States reached a record $62.9 billion in cumulative net inflows since launch in January 2024, surpassing the previous high of $61.6 billion set in February, Butterfill noted in a May 12 fund flows update.
Total AUM nears historic record of $173 billion
The continued inflow streak has brought total assets under management (AUM) in global crypto funds to $169 billion, just 2.5% below the historic record of $173.3 billion seen in the last week of January, according to CoinShares data.
However, the latest $882 million of inflows were a notable cooldown from $2 billion seen in the first week of May and $3.4 billion posted in the last week of April.
Bitcoin (BTC) dominated with $867 million in inflows in the past week, with YTD inflows reaching $6.6 billion and AUM rising to $146 billion.
Crypto ETP flows by asset as of May 10, 2025 (in millions of US dollars). Source: CoinShares
Inflows to Ether (ETH) investment products were less significant, posting $1.5 million inflows, with AUM edging up to $12 billion.
Sui (SUI) was the biggest winner among altcoins, with Sui ETPs seeing $11.7 million of inflows last week.
Solana (SOL) was the only altcoin to see outflows last week, totaling $3.4 million and dragging month-to-date outflows to $2.9 million.
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