Ethereum Surges Ahead: The Unstoppable Force Driving Crypto’s 2025 Capital Tsunami
Move over, Bitcoin—Ethereum's smart contract engine just hijacked the crypto rally.
Why institutions are flipping ETH stacks like hotcakes
The Merge 2.0 upgrades turbocharged gas fees into rocket fuel. DeFi protocols now process transactions at speeds that make TradFi's legacy rails look like dial-up. Meanwhile, Wall Street's latecomers are still trying to figure out MetaMask.
L2 networks process 10K TPS while Visa sweats
Arbitrum and Optimism now handle more daily transactions than the entire 2017 crypto market. The SEC's regulatory waffling? Just background noise for builders shipping code around the clock.
The cynical take: BlackRock's ETH ETF approval came precisely 3 years after they called it 'too risky'—just in time to capture the institutional FOMO they helped create. Classic finance playbook.
One thing's clear—the flippening isn't coming. It's already here.
According to CoinShares’ latest weekly report, cryptocurrency investment products saw a total inflow of $3.75 billion last week. This figure represents the fourth highest weekly inflow on record. The recent surge in crypto prices drove the assets under management (AuM) of investment products to a new all-time high of $244 billion on August 13. The inflows were concentrated primarily in iShares ETFs and dominated by U.S.-based investors, contributing 99% of the total. The standout performer of the week was Ethereum (ETH)
$4,280, attracting a significant inflow of $2.87 billion.
Ethereum Leads the Way
The $2.87 billion inflow into ethereum constituted 77% of the weekly total, bringing the year’s total for Ethereum to a record $11 billion. In percentage terms, the year-to-date inflows in Ethereum account for 29% of the AuM. In contrast, Bitcoin (BTC)
$115,348 has an inflow ratio of 11.6%.
Bitcoin saw a more modest inflow of $552 million last week, while some major altcoins distinguished themselves positively. Solana
$181 (SOL) attracted $176.5 million, XRP $125.9 million, Sui $11.3 million, Cardano
$0.921899 (ADA) $800,000, and Chainlink
$25 (LINK) $1.2 million. Meanwhile, Litecoin (LTC) experienced a withdrawal of $400,000. Liquidity was predominantly concentrated in high-volume cryptocurrencies.
Regional Trends in Crypto Investment Products
The geographic distribution indicates that the United States exclusively accounted for 99% of the total inflows with $3.73 billion. Canada experienced a limited inflow of $33.7 million, Hong Kong $20.9 million, and Australia $12.1 million. Conversely, Brazil saw an outflow of $10.6 million, and Sweden experienced a net withdrawal of $49.9 million.
The data reveals a marked recovery following several weeks of subdued risk appetite. The record in AuM came in the wake of the August 13 price increases, illustrating that the inflows were channelled through a distinct provider, namely iShares ETFs, indicating a concentrated demand path.
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