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Crypto ETPs (exchange-traded products) recorded $3.17 billion inflows last week despite the broader market crash, and also notched their highest-ever trading volumes.
In its latest weekly report, CoinShares said that the fresh China tariff threats from US President Donald Trump last week had very little impact on crypto ETPs, with the development only leading to “a paltry $159 million outflows.”
That was even as the crypto market suffered $20 billion liquidations on Friday.
The report comes after CoinShares head of research James Butterfill noted in an Oct. 9 X post that year-to-date (YTD) flows into crypto funds have already surpassed last year’s total.
We have just seen global digital asset fund flows surpass last year’s total inflows with US$48.67bn year-to-date. Inflows into altcoins seem to be confined to SOL and XRP at present. pic.twitter.com/FvGC9ZkDjr
— James Butterfill (@jbutterfill) October 9, 2025
Trading Volumes For Crypto ETPs Hits New Record
In addition to the strong inflows, weekly volumes for crypto ETPs also soared to $53 billion last week. This, according to CoinShares, was double the 2025 weekly average.
On Friday alone, volumes reached $15.3 billion, which the firm said is the largest amount of activity on record.
However, the total assets under management for crypto ETPs fell by 7% from the peak of $242 billion that was recently reached.
Bitcoin Inflows Led The Charge, But Are Still Down From The 2024 Total
Bitcoin products recorded the highest inflows last week, with investors adding $2.67 billion to the investment products, according to CoinShares. This brought YTD inflows for BTC funds to $30.2 billion. However, the amount is still lower than the $41.7 billion seen in 2024.
Flows by asset (Source: CoinShares)
Meanwhile, volumes for Bitcoin ETPs soared to a record high of $10.4 billion for the day on Friday. However, the products’ collective flows only came in at $0.39 million.
With regards to altcoins, the largest of these tokens in terms of market cap, Ethereum (ETH), saw continued inflows of $338 million last week, but also saw $172 million outflows. These negative flows were the largest recorded by any digital asset on the day, which CoinShares said signals “investors saw it as being the most vulnerable” in the recent correction.
Data from Farside Investors shows investors pulled $174.9 million from US spot ETH ETFs (exchange-traded funds) on Friday. The majority of these outflows were posted by BlackRock’s ETHA.
US spot ETH ETF flows (Source: Farside Investors)
Grayscale’s ETHE saw the next-biggest outflows on the day, with $30.6 million leaving its reserves. Following closely was Fidelity’s FETH, which experienced $30.1 million outflows. Bitwise’s ETHW and Grayscale’s ETH products saw $21.6 million and $30.6 million outflows, respectively. The remaining funds recorded no new flows on Friday.
The hype around upcoming US Solana (SOL) and XRP ETF launches seems to have cooled, as flows for products tied to these cryptos slowed. SOL ETPs saw $93.3 million inflows last week, while XRP ETPs saw $61.6 million during the same period, CoinShares said in its report.
Spot Crypto ETF “Floodgates” Will Open Once US Government Shutdown Ends
The CoinShares report comes as the US Government shutdown enters its third week. If no resolution is reached soon, it could delay the decision on at least 16 crypto ETFs.
Users of the decentralized predictions market platform Polymarket believe that the shutdown will continue until Oct. 15, possibly even later.
Contract asking when government shutdown will end (Source: Polymarket)
A contract asking when the US government shutdown will end has 98% odds on that time line. Meanwhile, there are only 1% odds that the shutdown will end by tomorrow, Oct. 14.
According to NovaDius Wealth President Nate Geraci, the end of the government shutdown will cause the “spot crypto ETF floodgates” to open.
Once government shutdown ends, spot crypto ETF floodgates open…
Ironic that growing fiscal debt & usual political theater holding these up.
Exactly what crypto is targeting.
— Nate Geraci (@NateGeraci) October 13, 2025
“Ironic that growing fiscal debt & usual political theater holding these up,” he wrote.
“Exactly what crypto is targeting,” Geraci added.
His prediction is similar to one made earlier by Bitfinex analysts, who said the potential approvals of spot altcoin ETFs could lead to a rally for the smaller tokens. The analysts argued that if these investment products receive the greenlight, they will offer a way to gain exposure to altcoins with less risk and more regulation, which they say could attract more investors.
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