ETH ETF inflows spike

U.S. spot Ethereum funds have pulled in about $11.85 billion since launch, with fresh buying in mid-April extending a rebound after a weak March. (farside.co.uk) Farside Investors shows U.S. spot Ether exchange-traded funds took in $67.9 million on April 15 and another $18.0 million on April 16. BlackRock’s ETHA led the April 15 session with $31.5 million, and the category’s cumulative net inflow reached $11.846 billion. (farside.co.uk) CoinGlass, which tracks the same market with a different presentation, showed $67.9 million of net inflows for Ethereum funds on April 14 and put Ethereum ETF assets under management at about $22.0 billion. Its marketwide tracker also showed Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana and XRP products all posting net inflows on the latest trading day it listed. (coinglass.com 1) (coinglass.com 2) These funds are stock-market wrappers that hold Ether for investors, so buyers can get price exposure through a brokerage account instead of managing wallets and private keys. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission cleared the products to begin trading on July 23, 2024. (sec.gov) The structure still leaves out one feature many crypto investors use directly: staking, the process of locking up Ether to help run the network in return for rewards. Farside’s product table lists staking as “Pending” or “Yes” across issuers, reflecting that the U.S. ETF format has not broadly delivered staking income to shareholders. (farside.co.uk) (cointelegraph.com) The recent flow turn came after a choppy stretch. Farside’s daily table shows net outflows on March 30, April 1, April 2, April 7 and April 8, before inflows returned on April 6, April 9, April 10, April 13, April 14 and April 15. (farside.co.uk) Price action shifted with the flows. CoinDesk reported on April 15 that the ETH/BTC ratio, which measures Ether against Bitcoin rather than against the dollar, had climbed to its highest level since January 2026. (coindesk.com) On-chain activity also picked up at the same time. CoinDesk reported on April 14 that daily Ethereum transactions had jumped 41% week over week to about 3.6 million, even as stablecoin transfer volume and fees fell. (coindesk.com) The cross-asset picture is broader than Ether alone. CoinGlass’s latest crypto ETF snapshot showed $186.1 million of net inflows for Bitcoin funds, $67.9 million for Ethereum funds, $17.1 million for XRP funds and $5.3 million for Solana funds on the same reporting day. (coinglass.com) For now, the clearest signal is in the fund ledger: after launching in July 2024, U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs are still attracting new money in April 2026, and BlackRock remains the biggest magnet inside the group. (sec.gov) (farside.co.uk)