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Bitcoin Flexes Dominance: $882M Floods Crypto Markets in Single Week

Bitcoin Flexes Dominance: $882M Floods Crypto Markets in Single Week

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2025-05-12 21:23:21
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CoinShares: Bitcoin Drives $882M Weekly Inflows into Digital Assets

Digital asset investment products just racked up their fourth consecutive week of inflows—and Bitcoin’s calling the shots. The king crypto accounted for 99% of the total haul, proving institutional players still bet big on the OG blockchain.

Wall Street’s latest love affair with crypto comes as spot BTC ETFs hit record volumes. Meanwhile, altcoins flounder like hedge funds at a DeFi hackathon—desperate for attention but mostly left holding the bag.

One hedge fund manager quipped: ’Turns out ’digital gold’ beats ’magic internet money’ when macro uncertainty looms.’ The market’s voting with its wallet.

Record ETF Inflows

The surge in investor confidence comes against a backdrop of rising global liquidity and inflationary concerns in the U.S., which have sparked renewed interest in crypto as a hedge.

According to CoinShares analysts, the uptick in inflow is mainly due to a confluence of macroeconomic factors, including a rise in M2 money supply and heightened stagflation risks. Additionally, BTC’s growing institutional appeal, crowned by several U.S. states formally recognizing the flagship cryptocurrency as a strategic reserve asset, is helping to cement its role as a digital safe haven.

The CoinShares report showed that U.S.-listed crypto ETFs have now reached a record $62.9 billion in cumulative net inflows since launching in January 2024, topping the previous peak of $61.6 billion recorded in early February.

Regionally, the United States was the main driver of last week’s activity, with $840 million in inflows, followed by Germany, which raked in $44.5 million, and Australia, which attracted $10.2 million. The story was different for Canada and Hong Kong, which registered outflows of $8 million and $4.3 million, respectively.

Ethereum Struggles for Traction

CoinShares also noted that despite a sharp rise in the price of ethereum (ETH) in recent days, its inflows still lagged significantly behind BTC, tallying just $1.5 million last week.

Sui drew attention, attracting $11.7 million and outperforming solana (SOL), which lost $3.4 million worth of capital. Additionally, Sui has accumulated $84 million year-to-date, overtaking SOL’s $76 million and possibly signaling a shift in investor sentiment within the Layer-1 ecosystem.

Apart from shining in fund flows, from a price perspective, Bitcoin also looks to be maintaining its momentum. At the time of this writing, it was trading at $103,853, down a modest 0.8% in the past 24 hours. However, in the last week, it has gained 10.3%, moving within a 7-day range of $93,724 to $104,710, according to CoinGecko.

While it has slightly underperformed the broader crypto market, which went up 13.3% in the previous seven days, the number one crypto asset’s 30-day performance is solid, gaining 24.5% in that time. It remains just 4.6% below its all-time high of $108,786.

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