
April 18th, 2025
The ongoing inflows into Bitcoin ETFs highlight the growing investor interest in digital assets.
Bitcoin price surged to $71,767 on Bitstamp due to increased inflows into spot Bitcoin ETFs, with analysts noting a strong link between these inflows and the price rise.
Asset issuers globally generated around $2 billion of inflows in crypto-related investment products in May.
Several market analysts believe that the Ethereum price could skyrocket once the Ether ETFs go live for trading amid strong institutional demand.
ARKB’s negative flow contrasts with the overall flow of the US spot ETFs, which logged their 13th consecutive day of combined net inflows on the same day.
Despite Vanguard’s ban on crypto ETFs, which prevents their 50 million customers from accessing these funds, the newly launched investment products are thriving without the company.
Eric Balchunas, a Bloomberg ETF analyst, is optimistic about BlackRock’s amended S-1 filing, considering it a positive sign for the future launch of Ethereum ETFs.
The high sponsor fee for Grayscale’s GBTC has pushed investors away to other more liquid and favorable similar Bitcoin products such as IBIT, and FBTC.
All of the spot Bitcoin ETFs globally collectively hold 1,002,343 BTC, or 5.08% of the current circulating supply of coins, which is 19,704,484.
Similar to GBTC, the Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETHE) could also see massive outflows in the beginning since its currently trading at 26% discount to the NAV.
A total of $13.43 billion has flowed into spot BTC ETFs since the approval of the digital assets in January, but the current capital flowing into the investment products remains significantly low compared to their peaks in March.
Solana’s potential ETF approval could skyrocket its market presence, leveraging its high-speed, low-cost transactions for mainstream adoption.
Despite this positive trend, overall flows for these ETFs remain below their March peak.
Grayscale’s Bitcoin Investment Trust (GBTC) witnessed the first net inflow of $4.64 million since its conversion in January after it had experienced huge net outflows.
Lower-than-expected April CPI data (0.3%) boosts markets on hope of Fed rate cuts and increased liquidity.