U.S.-listed cryptocurrency ETFs recorded approximately $471 million of combined net inflows on August 26, extending a powerful institutional buying streak even as Bitcoin and major altcoins retreated from their recent highs.
Spot Bitcoin ETFs generated $232.2 million of net inflows, their eighth consecutive positive session, according to Farside Investors.
BlackRock’s IBIT again led the category with $200.8 million. Fidelity’s FBTC attracted $25.6 million, Bitwise’s BITB added $6 million, Morgan Stanley’s MSBT received $3.4 million and Grayscale’s lower-fee BTC fund recorded $46.8 million.
Those gains were partially offset by $50.4 million leaving Grayscale’s higher-fee GBTC. The result represented a slowdown from $314.3 million on August 25 and $337.6 million on August 24, but extended Bitcoin ETFs’ cumulative eight-session inflow to approximately $2.80 billion.
Ether Inflows Accelerate as Bitcoin Buying Moderates
Ether ETFs moved in the opposite direction, attracting $192.4 million on August 26, up from $179.8 million one session earlier and $115.6 million on August 24. BlackRock again dominated, with ETHA attracting $115.7 million and ETHB adding $6.4 million.
Fidelity’s FETH received $32 million, while Grayscale’s lower-fee Ethereum fund generated $34.7 million. 21Shares’ TETH added $2.7 million and Franklin Templeton’s EZET received $900,000. No tracked Ether product recorded an outflow.
The result brought Ether ETF inflows since August 17 to approximately $1.18 billion. Bitcoin nevertheless remains the larger source of institutional capital. Farside’s cumulative data shows U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs have now generated approximately $54.66 billion of net inflows since their January 2024 launch.
The latest buying also occurred despite weaker cryptocurrency prices. Bitcoin traded around $78,000 on August 26 after recently breaking above $80,000, while Ether traded near $2,450.
That divergence is significant because it suggests ETF investors continued allocating capital during a market pullback rather than simply chasing the preceding rally.
XRP and Hyperliquid Outpace Solana
Alternative-asset ETFs added another approximately $46.4 million. XRP products recorded $28.14 million of net inflows, according to SoSoValue data. Bitwise’s XRP ETF led with $13.12 million, followed by Franklin Templeton’s XRPZ with approximately $9 million. The session lifted cumulative XRP ETF net inflows to approximately $1.62 billion.
Hyperliquid ETFs generated another $14.7 million, nearly doubling their $7.5 million inflow from August 25. Bitwise’s BHYP accounted for $9.6 million, while Grayscale’s HYPG added $3.7 million and 21Shares’ THYP received $1.4 million. Cumulative Hyperliquid ETF flows have now reached approximately $322 million.
Solana experienced the sharpest slowdown. Farside recorded just $3.6 million of net inflows on August 26, down from $32.2 million on August 25 and $33.5 million on August 24. Bitwise’s BSOL contributed $2.6 million and VanEck’s VSOL added $1 million, while the remaining tracked products recorded no movement.
Across Bitcoin, Ether, Solana, XRP and Hyperliquid, the August 26 session therefore produced approximately $471 million of net inflows. That was below the roughly $558 million recorded across the same categories on August 25, primarily because Bitcoin and Solana demand moderated. The broader trend nevertheless remains firmly positive.
Bitcoin has now attracted capital for eight consecutive sessions, Ether inflows accelerated to their strongest level since August 20, and both XRP and Hyperliquid recorded meaningful allocations.
The August 26 data consequently shows an ETF market that remains resilient even as cryptocurrency prices cool: institutional demand is no longer concentrated solely in Bitcoin, with Ether and newer altcoin products increasingly contributing to the regulated capital entering digital assets.
