Details and Timeline
Last week, global crypto products attracted $224 million in inflows, following a significant outflow of $414 million the previous week, according to CoinShares. Germany and the United States each contributed approximately $28 million to this total.
Switzerland alone accounted for around $157 million of the total $224 million, indicating that 70% of the inflows originated from a single country. While the numbers suggest a recovery, a closer look reveals that the resurgence is much narrower than it appears.
Data shows that the five U.S.-listed XRP spot ETFs recorded minimal daily flows over the last two weeks, with a total net of $940 million across products from Canary, Bitwise, Franklin, 21Shares, and Grayscale. Over the weekend, a strategy revealed that it purchased 4,871 BTC for approximately $330 million during the same week, indicating that one company spent 15 times what the entire Bitcoin ETF complex attracted.
Of the $120 million inflows, nearly all stemmed from European and international demand for PTEs. Bitcoin ETPs attracted $107 million, but only $22 million came from U.S. spot ETFs, which remain in negative territory year-over-year. Essentially, there were no inflows from U.S. spot XRP ETFs, while Canada added a much smaller amount of $11 million.
XRP led all inflows with approximately $120 million, accounting for over half of the global total and marking the largest weekly inflow since mid-December 2025.
Implications and Outlook
However, almost all sustained institutional buying pressure is funneled through two channels: spot ETFs and broader PTE market strategies, which include leveraged products, short products, and altcoin funds across dozens of countries. This does not support the narrative that "institutions are buying." Ether products continued to bleed, posting $53 million in outflows after $222 million the previous week, bringing annual outflows to $327 million.
This stands in stark contrast to Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), which purchased 71,252 ETH last week in the largest single-week acquisition since December 2025, now holding 4.8 million tokens valued at approximately $10 billion.
While ETH fund investors are exiting, the world's largest ETH buyer is accelerating its purchases. James Butterfill from CoinShares attributed Ethereum's weakness partly to uncertainty surrounding the CLARITY Act, legislation closely tied to the Ethereum ecosystem.
The Coinbase Premium Index, which tracks whether Bitcoin trades at a premium or discount on the exchange most associated with U.S. institutional flows, has remained persistently negative since Bitcoin's all-time high of over $126,000 in October 2025. The $28 million from the U.S. compared to $57 million from Switzerland suggests that the marginal buyer is now European, not American.
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