Ethereum ETFs Outperform Bitcoin For 7th Straight Day As Daily Inflows Hit $455M

Ethereum ETFs just delivered another knockout punch to Bitcoin—racking up their seventh consecutive day of dominance as institutional money floods in.

Massive Money Moves

Daily inflows smashed $455 million as investors pivot toward Ethereum’s yield-generating potential and smarter contract capabilities. Bitcoin? Looking more like digital gold—steady, but not exactly sprinting.

Why Ethereum’s Winning Streak Matters

It’s not just a flash in the pan. Ethereum’s ecosystem offers staking rewards and real-world utility—things Wall Street finally seems to care about beyond pure speculation. Meanwhile, Bitcoin maximalists are left scrolling nervously through their portfolios.

Institutions Are Awake—And They’re Choosing ETH

Asset managers aren’t just dipping toes; they’re diving in. With Ethereum’s upgrade roadmap fueling deflationary mechanics and scalable solutions, the narrative is shifting from 'store of value' to 'value generator.'

Of course, this could all be another case of finance folks chasing the next shiny thing—but for now, Ethereum’s pulling ahead. And honestly? It’s about time.

Ethereum Has Outperformed Bitcoin In Spot ETF Netflows

In a new post on X, institutional DeFi solutions provider Sentora (formerly IntoTheBlock) has talked about the latest trend in the Ethereum spot ETF netflow. Spot ETFs are investment vehicles that allow investors to gain exposure to an underlying asset like ETH without having to directly own the asset.

The ETFs trade on traditional platforms, so investors unfamiliar with digital asset wallets and exchanges can just choose to invest into the cryptocurrency through them.

This pathway into digital assets is relatively new, with BTC only getting spot ETF approval from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) at the start of 2024 and ETH in mid-2024.

Generally, Bitcoin spot ETFs tend to outpace Ethereum in terms of capital flows, as Bitcoin is the larger asset with more interest behind it. Recently, however, things have been different. As Sentora explains,

Interestingly, ETH ETFs have now outperformed BTC ETFs for seven straight days; a trend that may signal growing investor rotation and strengthening relative sentiment toward ETH.

That said, while ETH has done better than BTC in this period, it doesn’t mean the coin has enjoyed only inflows. As data from SoSoValue shows, the coin’s ETFs were facing outflows just earlier.

Even during the outflows, however, Ethereum spot ETFs were doing better than Bitcoin’s as they were just bleeding to a lesser degree. In the past few days, the netflow has turned positive for the asset, with net inflows of $455 million occurring on Tuesday.

Before the recent negative flows, the ETH spot ETFs had been on a weekly net inflow run since May, as is apparent from the chart shared by on-chain analytics firm Glassnode.

The streak-breaking week saw a net outflow of around 105,000 ETH ($486 million). It now remains to be seen whether the end of this week WOULD bring back green on this graph.

Speaking of weekly figures, another indicator that ETH has recently seen a decline in is the Active Addresses, as Sentora has pointed out in another X post.

As displayed in the above chart, Ethereum saw around 3.8 million addresses participating in transaction activity on the blockchain last week. This is down compared to the peak from early August, but still high when lined up against the past bull markets.

ETH Price

At the time of writing, Ethereum is trading around $4,600, up more than 7% over the last week.