US spot Ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) printed the second-largest daily inflows on record amid the cryptocurrency approaching all-time high prices yesterday.
Ether (ETH) funds saw $729 million of inflows on Wednesday as ETH surged past $4,700 for the first time since November 2021, according to data from SoSoValue.
The surge was the second-largest daily inflow into spot Ether ETFs, following the record $1.02 billion poured into ETH funds on Monday.
The latest inflows are only 0.5% above the previous record of $727 million set on July 16, when the crypto asset was trading at around $3,150, according to CoinGecko data.
Yesterday’s inflows came mainly from BlackRock’s spot Ether ETF, iShares Ethereum ETF (ETHA), which attracted more than $500 million in inflows, according to SoSoValue. Fidelity Ethereum Fund (FETH) ranked second by the inflow size, totaling $155 million.
With the latest gains, spot Ether ETFs have attracted about $2.3 billion in inflows over the past three days — up 8.5% from the previous weekly record of $2.12 billion set between July 14 and July 18.
The new inflows are also a sharp increase from the $270 million seen in spot Ether ETFs in the past trading week.
Spot Ether ETFs have recorded seven consecutive days of inflows, bringing the total inflows during this streak to $3.07 billion.
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According to SoSoValue, total net inflows in Ether funds reached a record $12.1 billion on Wednesday, while total trading volumes also broke a record high of $4.5 billion.
With Ether ETFs consistently hitting new highs amid the ongoing ETH rally, many expect Ethereum to continue setting fresh records.
Addressing the $729 million inflow in spot Ether ETFs, crypto market observer Ted Pillows suggested that the “Ethereum FOMO is just getting started” in an X post on Thursday.
The ongoing ETH rally has been a major contributor to the rising inflows, as the crypto asset has surged nearly 29% over the past seven days.
“The higher the price, the bigger the inflows,” crypto analyst ZeroHedge wrote in an X post on Thursday.
As of publishing time, Ether traded at $4,744, or just about 3% away from the all-time high of $4,878 recorded on Nov. 21, 2021, according to historic prices data from CoinGecko.
