Crypto ETFs draw big inflows
Exchange‑traded crypto funds recorded sizable inflows this week — about $786 million into Bitcoin ETFs and roughly $187 million into Ether ETFs, per market posts shared on social ( ). Reports also note traditional banks, including Barclays, are increasing Bitcoin exposure, which market trackers say is lifting ETF demand (x.com).
U.S. crypto exchange-traded funds pulled in fresh money last week, with bitcoin products taking in about $817 million and ether products about $187 million. (farside.co.uk) Farside Investors’ daily data shows U.S. spot bitcoin funds added $471.4 million on April 6, lost $159.1 million on April 7, lost $93.9 million on April 8, then gained $358.1 million on April 9 and $240.4 million on April 10. (farside.co.uk) The ether side was smaller but still positive: U.S. spot ether funds added $120.2 million on April 6, lost $64.7 million on April 7 and $18.6 million on April 8, then gained $85.2 million on April 9 and $64.9 million on April 10. (farside.co.uk) An exchange-traded fund is a stock-market wrapper that lets investors buy an asset in a brokerage account instead of holding the asset directly. In this case, the funds hold bitcoin or ether and issue shares that trade like stocks during the day. (blackrock.com) That structure is still new in the United States. The Securities and Exchange Commission approved spot bitcoin exchange-traded products on January 10, 2024, and spot ether funds began trading on July 23, 2024. (sec.gov 1) (sec.gov 2) The biggest bitcoin fund remains BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust, known by the ticker IBIT. BlackRock says IBIT has been the most traded U.S. bitcoin exchange-traded product since its January 11, 2024 launch. (blackrock.com) Farside’s table shows IBIT brought in $137.6 million on April 10 and $269.3 million on April 9, helping lift cumulative net inflows for U.S. spot bitcoin funds to $56.8 billion. (farside.co.uk) Traditional banks have also shown up in the filings. The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Edgar database lists Barclays amendments to Form 13F filed in March 2026 for earlier reporting periods, after Barclays disclosed a $131 million IBIT position for the quarter ended December 31, 2024 in widely cited filings earlier this year. (sec.gov) (msn.com) The next test is whether these inflows hold after a two-day burst at the end of the week. For now, the April 6 through April 10 data shows U.S. crypto funds are still attracting new money more than a year after bitcoin funds launched and nearly two years after ether funds started trading. (farside.co.uk 1) (farside.co.uk 2)
