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Last week was a good week for digital asset investment products, which attracted a collective $3.3 billion in inflows, according to the latest weekly report from CoinShares. The latest inflow numbers pushed assets under management (AuM) back to $239 billion, just shy of August’s all-time high of $244 billion. The rebound in inflows, which came after shedding $352 million the previous week, was due to softer-than-expected US macroeconomic data and strong end-of-week price gains across the crypto market.
Unsurprisingly, Bitcoin recorded the strongest shift in sentiment. Particularly, investment products based on the leading cryptocurrency witnessed $2.4 billion in inflows, its largest weekly total since July. The prevailing bullish sentiment throughout the week meant that short-Bitcoin products saw modest outflows that pushed their AuM to just $86 million.
Ethereum also swung back into positive territory after eight consecutive trading days of outflows. It registered $646 million in inflows, buoyed by four straight daily sessions of positive investor sentiment. This was a quick turnaround from the $912 million in outflows the previous week.
Other assets also benefited, with Solana-based products achieving their largest-ever single-day inflow of $145 million on Friday and ending the week at a $198 million inflow total. XRP-based products added $32.49 million, while SUI, Cardano, and Chainlink products saw inflows of $13.96 million, $1.04 million, and $1.54 million, respectively. The recovery across multiple altcoins is a noteworthy improvement in institutional confidence compared to earlier weeks of downward pressure.
The flows into digital asset funds were overwhelmingly concentrated in the United States, which saw $3.2 billion in inflows. Most of these were into Spot Bitcoin and Spot Ethereum ETFs, which witnessed $2.34 billion and $637.69 million inflows last week, according to data from SoSoValue.
Digital asset funds based in Germany followed with $160 million and capped the week with their second-largest daily inflow on record. However, Switzerland-based products stood out on the downside and registered $92 million in outflows that partially offset Europe’s gains.
Looking at providers, iShares ETFs in the US attracted $1.1 billion in new funds, Fidelity’s Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund added $850 million, and Bitwise and ARK 21Shares ETFs combined for over $360 million. Meanwhile, Grayscale drew in nearly $147 million, though it is still on net outflows year-to-date.
The recovery in fund flows has lifted overall AuM for digital asset investment products to $239 billion, just 2% below August’s all-time high of $244 billion. Continued inflow this week could see the overall AuM hitting a new all-time high this week.
Bitcoin is dominating the AuM ranks with $182 billion, which is a 76.15% stake. Ethereum, on the other hand, accounts for $40 billion. The third highest AuM is Solana with $4.1 billion. Although it is far behind, Solana has witnessed impressive AuM growth this year.
