Digital asset inflows hit over $2 billion final week, fueled by Trump inauguration enthusiasm, with whole belongings beneath administration reaching greater than $170 billion.
Crypto funding merchandise noticed inflows of $2.2 billion final week, in accordance with knowledge from European different asset supervisor CoinShares. In a blog post on Jan. 20, James Butterfill, head of analysis at CoinShares stated the most recent improvement marks the most important weekly inflows to date in 2025, attributing the surge to the Trump inauguration euphoria.
Whole belongings beneath administration hit $171 billion, reaching an all-time excessive, Butterfill revealed, including that buying and selling volumes on exchange-traded merchandise had been additionally excessive, hitting $21 billion final week, accounting for 34% of bitcoin buying and selling volumes on trusted exchanges.
Bitcoin (BTC), as with earlier instances, led the inflows, bringing in $1.9 billion. 12 months-to-date inflows for BTC now stand at $2.7 billion, CoinShares says, noting that “unusually, regardless of the latest worth rises, now we have seen minor outflows from short-positions.”
Ethereum (ETH) had inflows of $246 million, reversing earlier outflows this 12 months. XRP (XRP) additionally noticed $31 million in inflows final week, pushing its whole since mid-November to $484 million. Smaller inflows had been recorded for Stellar (XLM), with $2.1 million, whereas different altcoins noticed little exercise.
The U.S. dominated inflows regionally, pulling in $2 billion. Switzerland and Canada additionally contributed with $89 million and $13 million, respectively. CoinShares notes that Ethereum stays the “poorest performer from a circulation perspective to date this 12 months,” regardless of final week’s features, whereas Solana’s (SOL) inflows had been a modest $2.5 million.
