Crypto Markets Surge: $3.3 Billion Floods In as Bitcoin and Ethereum Sentiment Soars

Crypto's comeback kicks into high gear as institutional money storms back into digital assets.

The Big Picture

Investors pour $3.3 billion into crypto funds—betting big on Bitcoin and Ethereum's renewed momentum. Traditional finance veterans scramble to catch up while digital assets outpace legacy systems.

Market Mechanics

Bitcoin leads the charge with institutional-grade products attracting capital that used to sit on sidelines. Ethereum's ecosystem innovation drives smart money back into DeFi and Web3 infrastructure.

The Bottom Line

Wall Street's playing catch-up—again—while crypto natives stack gains. Remember when they called it a bubble? That bubble just got $3.3 billion heavier. Maybe traditional finance should've read the whitepaper instead of the dismissal memo.

US Economic Data Drives Crypto Inflows to $3.3 Billion Last Week

The latest CoinShares report shows crypto inflows rose to $3.3 billion last week, a significant recovery after the $352 million outflows for the week ending September 6.

The correction followed price gains across individual crypto tokens, pushing total assets under management (AuM) to $239 billion. Notably, this was the highest level since the early August all-time high of $244 billion.

CoinShares’ head of research, James Butterfill, ascribes the trend reversal to weaker-than-expected US economic data last week.

Among them was the CPI (Consumer Price Index), which, at 2.9% YoY, aligned with market expectations.

“Digital asset investment products returned to inflows last week, totaling $3.3 billion, following weaker-than-expected US macroeconomic data,” read an excerpt in the latest report.

For regions such as Germany, Friday saw the second-largest daily crypto inflows on record.

Meanwhile, bitcoin stole the show, attracting $2.4 billion in inflows. This was the largest weekly crypto inflows since July.

Nevertheless, short-bitcoin products recorded modest outflows, bringing their AuM down to just $86 million.

Ethereum Breaks 8 Days of Consecutive Outflows

However, the key highlight in last week’s inflows was Ethereum, which broke a successive streak of negative outflows.

It bucked the trend against the 8-day pattern to record four straight days of inflows last week. This brought their inflows to $646 million.

In hindsight, ethereum had been the main cause of the weekly net outflows ending on September 6.

Therefore, the change seen in crypto inflows and outflows over the past several weeks suggests capital flight into riskier assets during economic uncertainty.

It points to an abounding role of crypto and digital assets as portfolio diversifiers and hedges against economic uncertainty.