$1 Billion Floods U.S. Spot Bitcoin ETFs—Wall Street Finally Wakes Up to Crypto

Wall Street's love affair with Bitcoin just got serious. After years of skepticism, institutional money is pouring into spot Bitcoin ETFs—$1 billion worth in a single surge. The message? Crypto isn't going anywhere.

### The Institutional Stampede

Forget 'digital gold'—this is old-school FOMO. TradFi giants are scrambling to catch up with retail investors who've been stacking sats since 2017. The $1 billion inflow smashes through psychological barriers like Bitcoin through $50K resistance.

### Why Now? Ask the Fed

With inflation still gnawing at fiat currencies, even hedge fund dinosaurs are realizing 21 million beats infinite printing. The ETF inflows coincide with—surprise—another dovish Fed pivot. Coincidence? Only if you believe in tooth fairies.

### The Cynic's Corner

Let's be real: Wall Street only embraces innovation after extracting 2% management fees. But hey—better late than never for the suits to validate what crypto natives knew all along.

This isn't a trend. It's a tidal shift. Buckle up.

• This week, more than $1 billion of net inflows was recorded in U.S. Bitcoin ETFs, indicating a rediscovered trust in crypto assets by investors.
• Fidelity FBTC and BlackRock IBIT led ETF inflows, with Thursday marking the highest daily trading volume since May.
• Bitcoin ETF trading now makes up 28% of spot market volume, as total assets under management near $128 billion.

The US-based Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have exploded this week with more than $1 billion in net purchases. The comeback is after a brief exodus and indicates a new surge of investor interest.

The amount of net outflow of these funds had been high on Tuesday. However, Wednesday reported $407.8 million. On the next day, Thursday, net inflows were even larger, at $601.8 million based on sector data. This fast rebound is an indication of high confidence in bitcoin by American investors.

The biggest inflows were seen in Fidelity FBTC, which received $184 million on Wednesday and then another $237.1 million on Thursday. At the beginning of July 2025, U.S. spot ETF inflow data showed that BlackRock IBIT, typically the largest trader in this industry, experienced two days of trading inactivity. The fund recovered aggressively on Thursday registering a net inflow of $224.5 million.

Source: The Block Data

U.S. Spot Bitcoin ETFs Boom

In the past, the U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs had a fifteen-day winning streak. A total of $4.7 billion of net inflows was added on those days. The main source of this growth was the BlackRock fund, IBIT, which added a remarkable amount of $3.8 billion dollars during that time.

The total net inflow into these ETFs is about $50 billion since January 2024. Inflows are breaking down to $14.5 billion till yet this year. The total assets under the management of these products are now nearly 128 billion. This is largely contributed to by IBIT, the one managing even more than $73 billion in assets this month.

The trading volume of these Bitcoin funds was the largest daily trading volume since May on Thursday. The trading amount on that day totaled a figure of $5.3 billion, but of this sum, BlackRock IBIT traded $4.1 billion. Overall, the volume of spot Bitcoin ETF trading has reached over $1 trillion, as they have opened the market.

Source: The Block Data

The percentage of the total spot Bitcoin trading making use of ETFs has now risen to nearly 28%. This percentage demonstrates the extent to which ETFs have been centralized to professional and retail crypto investors.

Comparison between bitcoin, Ethereum, and solana ETFs and their related net inflows, volume bars, and color-coded highlights, contemporary visual approach to the presentation of financial data

Altcoin ETFs Gain Ground

Other digital asset ETFs are expanding as well. U.S. ethereum ETFs experienced a Thursday net inflow of $148.5 million. The greatest share was given to the ETHA fund of BlackRock with $85.4 million. 

All of the U.S. Ethereum ETFs combined have seen a total of $4.4B of net inflows since the beginning of July, 2024. ETFs based on Solana are also catching up; one newly launched fund raised $11.4 million during its first day.

Bitcoin ETF stream has resulted in an increased Bitcoin price along with inflow into ETFs. This week saw the digital currency soar by 5 percent, going up to over $105,000 and briefly over $110,000. It was rectified later, although the growing trend continues to be positive.

According to analysts, the demand of investors in Bitcoin and crypto ETFs is on the increase. With July continuing, the focus is still on spot ETF info feedback and the funds under management by the same.