Bitcoin ETFs Smash Records with 13 Straight Days of Inflows—Here’s Why Wall Street Can’t Look Away
Wall Street's new crypto crush just hit a milestone—and traditional finance is scrambling to keep up.
### The inflow streak that's shaking markets
Thirteen consecutive days. That's how long Bitcoin ETFs have been vacuuming up institutional capital like a blockchain-powered black hole. While gold bugs and bond traders snooze, digital asset vehicles are printing the most consistent demand since their January launch.
### Why institutions are FOMO-buying
Forget 'store of value'—this is about cold, hard alpha generation. Pension funds and hedge funds are finally waking up to crypto's uncorrelated returns, even if they still pretend to 'hate the tech.' Bonus cynicism: Watch how fast their ESG concerns disappear when BTC starts outperforming their fossil fuel stocks.
### The domino effect you're not seeing
Every dollar flooding into these ETFs tightens Bitcoin's circulating supply—just as the halving's supply shock starts biting. Cue the classic economics 101 lesson even MBAs understand: constrained supply + surging demand = price discovery fireworks ahead.
Wall Street's playing catch-up in digital assets...again. At least this time they're writing the checks instead of denial-filled research reports.
Demand all around
While Bitcoin continues to attract institutional capital, momentum is quietly building around the next frontier of crypto investment products.
Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas previously told Decrypt the revised Dogecoin and Aptos ETF filings and rule changes from Bitwise reflect a “completely new attitude” from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, with far more consistent engagement than what issuers experienced ahead of the Bitcoin ETF approvals.
“Everything we’re hearing is even more optimistic than what we heard during the Bitcoin saga,” Balchunas said on Thursday.
He forecasts better than 95% probability for Solana, XRP, and Litecoin ETF approvals, with 90% odds for Dogecoin authorization.
Since Bitcoin ETFs were launched 18 months ago, they've attracted over $40 billion, according to Arjun Vijay, founder of Indian crypto exchange Giottus.
"In this cycle, there is a definite trend of Bitcoin moving from retail to institutions," Vijay told Decrypt. "Retail is selling while the institutions are buying."
Still, Ganesh Mahidhar, an investment professional at Further Ventures, told Decrypt that ETF inflows are often overstated, noting that real buying is happening through treasury programs and structured products.
Edited by Sebastian Sinclair
