Crypto Markets Soak Up $3.3B in Weekly Inflows—Even as XRP Stumbles

Digital assets just pulled off a $3.3 billion flex this week—proof that institutional money keeps flowing like a broken firehose. XRP’s dramatic reversal? Barely a speed bump.

Where the smart money’s going

Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs ate most of the inflows (surprise, surprise), while altcoins played second fiddle. Traders clearly still prefer betting on the house rather than the lottery tickets.

The XRP elephant in the room

Ripple’s token tanked after its ‘historic’ rally fizzled—turns out even a legal win can’t outrun profit-taking. Classic crypto: buy the rumor, sell the news… and blame the whales.

Wall Street’s pouring billions into crypto while still calling it a ‘speculative asset.’ Nothing like hedging your bets with other people’s money.

Investors Flock to Diversification

Analysts attribute this momentum to rising economic uncertainty in the US, especially following Moody’s credit downgrade and surging treasury yields, which are pushing investors toward digital asset diversification.

The latest edition of ‘Digital Asset Fund Flows Weekly Report revealed Bitcoin dominated digital asset inflows last week with $2.9 billion, and accounted for a quarter of total inflows in 2024. Interestingly, some investors viewed its price rally as a chance to short, which resulted in $12.7 million flowing into short-Bitcoin products – the highest since December 2024.

Ethereum followed with $326 million in inflows, which represented its strongest in 15 weeks and the fifth straight week of positive sentiment. Meanwhile, Solana and Sui also saw inflows of $4.3 million and $2.9 million, respectively. chainlink and Cardano performed modestly as well, clocking in inflows of $0.9 million and $0.6 million, during the same period.

Alongside XRP, multi-asset products bucked the positive trend as witnessing $1.9 million in outflows.

Switzerland, Sweden Report Outflows

Regionally, the US continued to lead digital asset inflows with $3.2 billion last week, far ahead of other regions. Germany, Hong Kong, and Australia followed with $41.5 million, $33.3 million, and $10.9 million, respectively. Canada saw modest inflows of just $0.1 million during the past week.

On the other hand, Swiss investors took profits amid rising prices, which led to $16.6 million in outflows. Sweden also experienced $12.1 million in outflows, while Brazil recorded $1.9 million exiting the market over the same period.