Spot Ethereum ETFs Surge Past Bitcoin Funds with $307M Inflows

  • US spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs) drew $307 million in net inflows on Wednesday.
  • By comparison, spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $81.3 million in inflows.
  • Since August 21, spot Ether ETFs have accumulated $1.83 billion in inflows.

US spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs) attracted $307 million in net inflows on Wednesday, further extending their lead over spot Bitcoin ETFs, according to SoSoValue data.

BlackRock’s ETHA led the single-day inflows with $262.6 million, followed by Fidelity’s FETH at $20.5 million.

Other funds, including Grayscale’s Mini Ethereum Trust (ETHE Mini) and the full Grayscale ETHE, as well as VanEck’s ETHV, also reported fresh inflows.

In contrast, spot Bitcoin ETFs registered $81.3 million in inflows, marking a third consecutive day of positive flows, but remaining well below Ethereum’s totals.

Bitcoin rose about 2% over the past 24 hours to $113,307 as of 3:10 a.m. ET Thursday, according to CoinGlass data. Ethereum was largely unchanged, edging up roughly 0.08% to $4,581.

Despite the small daily move, Ether has shown a stronger recovery this week, climbing about 5% from its Tuesday low, compared with Bitcoin’s roughly 2.8% gain over the same period.

Surge in Ether ETF Demand

Since August 21, spot Ether ETFs have seen $1.83 billion in inflows, compared with $171 million for spot Bitcoin ETFs, according to the data.

Date ETHA (BlackRock) FETH (Fidelity) ETHW (Bitwise) CETH (21Shares) ETHV (VanEck) QETH (Invesco) EZET (Franklin) ETHE (Grayscale Mini) ETH (Grayscale ETHE) Total
21 Aug 25 233.6 28.5 7.0 0.0 6.2 0.0 0.0 5.9 6.4 287.6
22 Aug 25 109.4 117.9 36.3 0.0 0.0 5.5 45.9 22.7 337.7
25 Aug 25 314.9 87.4 9.7 5.6 0.0 2.2 0.0 (29.2) 53.3 443.9
26 Aug 25 323.1 85.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.3 41.1 455.0
27 Aug 25 262.6 20.5 0.0 3.3 0.0 0.0 5.7 15.1 307.2

Ethereum educator and observer Anthony Sassano described the shift in flows as “brutal,” underscoring the large-scale rotation into Ether ETFs.

Nate Geraci, president of NovaDius Wealth Management, noted that spot Ether ETFs are approaching $10 billion in inflows since early July.

Spot Ether ETFs, which have been trading for 13 months, have now gathered $13.6 billion in total cumulative inflows, with much of that activity occurring in recent months.

Spot Bitcoin ETFs have a longer trading history — about 20 months — and have accumulated roughly $54 billion in aggregate inflows.

Recent momentum has tilted toward Ethereum, a shift some market participants attribute in part to the passage of the GENIUS Act stablecoin legislation in July. Because Ethereum hosts a large share of stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets, VanEck CEO Jan van Eck described Ethereum as “very much what I call the Wall Street token” in a recent interview.

Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart reported that investment advisers represent about $1.3 billion of exposure to Ether ETFs, based on SEC filings. Goldman Sachs was identified as the largest single institutional holder, with approximately $712 million in exposure.