Digital asset investment products attracted $785 million inflows last week, bringing the total (YTD) total of $7.5 billion since the start of the year. Coin share’ Latest report.
The figure marks new records, surpassing the $7.2 billion high recorded in early February.
James Butterfill, research director at Coinshares, also noted that Milestone shows a full recovery from the spill seen between February and March when Crypto Markets plummeted.
Bitcoin inflows slower
Bitcoin-related investment products continued to attract Lion’s capital share, attracting an influx of $557 million per week, according to Coinshares.
The figure remains substantial, but shows a $867 million drop drawn the previous week.
Butterfil thought that DIP had followed a more aggressive policy signal from the US Federal Reserve and paid new attention from investors.
However, shortcoin products recorded four consecutive weeks of inflows, totaling $5.8 million.
This trend means that some investors are either hedging their positions or guessing potential short-term pullbacks.
Over the past month, Bitcoin prices have skyrocketed over 20% this weekend to $106,000, then at press time of $102,000.
Ethereum leads the Altcoin Surge
Ethereum emerged as the top-performing altcoin last week with a new $205 million inflow. The total for the year is currently $575 million.
Coinshare linked momentum to Ethereum’s recent Pectra upgrade and internal leadership shift within the Ethereum Foundation.
The changes include co-directoring Hsiao-Wei Wang and Tomasz Stańczak, with Vitalik Buterin moving into a research-oriented role.
Following the move, Stańczak highlighted that the network focuses on layer 1 scaling, layer 2 support, and improving user experience. These efforts will be central to future upgrades of Ethereum, including Fusaka and Gramaster Dam, to enhance interoperability and accessibility.
Among other Altcoins, SUI has attracted $9.3 million inflows, pushing the trend since the start of the year to $91 million. XRP continued at $4.9 million, bringing it to a total of $263 million.
In contrast, Solana was the only major Altcoin to post a leak last week, losing $890,000 and trimming its annual total to $75 million.