Ethereum ETFs Shock Wall Street With $307M Inflows In One Day as Bitcoin ETFs Fall Behind

Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs) staged a dramatic surge in investor interest, drawing in more than $307 million in net inflows on August 27 alone, leaving their Bitcoin counterparts trailing once ￰0￱ wave of capital shows accelerating institutional demand for Ether, with Wall Street funds increasingly positioning around the second-largest ￰1￱ ETFs Catch Up to BTC, But Bitcoin Still Leads at $144B AUM According to data from SoSoValue , U. S.-listed Ethereum spot ETFs now hold $30.17 billion in net assets, equal to 5.4% of Ether’s total market ￰2￱ inflows on Tuesday were led by BlackRock’s iShares Ethereum Trust (ETHA), which pulled in $262.6 million, while Fidelity’s FETH attracted $20.5 ￰3￱ a sign of shifting sentiment, Grayscale’s flagship ETHE product, which has suffered heavy redemptions since launch, managed to record a rare positive day with $5.7 million in inflows.) leading the pack with $50.9 million in fresh inflows and $514 million in daily ￰4￱ Rules Both Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs, But ETH Gains Edge BlackRock also dominates the Bitcoin side of the market, with IBIT accounting for $83.5 billion of the sector’s assets, or nearly 60% of the total.

Fidelity’s FBTC is the second-largest, with $22.4 billion in assets and $14.6 million in daily inflows, while Grayscale’s GBTC has seen a cumulative $23.9 billion in redemptions despite still holding $20 ￰5￱ players, including Ark 21Shares and Bitwise, continue to contribute steady but smaller ￰6￱ divergence in flows shows a decisive shift in momentum toward Ether ￰7￱ just the past five trading days, Ethereum products have attracted $1.8 billion in net inflows, compared with Bitcoin’s more modest ￰8￱ trend suggests investors are increasingly comfortable diversifying beyond Bitcoin into Ethereum, particularly through low-cost ETFs led by BlackRock and ￰9￱ flows also reflect an ongoing migration away from legacy Grayscale trusts, which remain hampered by higher fees and sustained ￰10￱ launch, Grayscale’s ETHE has seen $4.49 billion in net outflows, while GBTC has bled nearly $24 billion, showing investor preference for newer spot-based ￰11￱ See Trillions Flowing Into Crypto as Advisers Expand ETF Exposure Investment advisers are emerging as the largest identifiable holders of Bitcoin and Ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs), according to new data from Bloomberg ￰12￱ ETF analyst James Seyffart said on X that advisers invested over $1.3 billion in Ether ETFs during Q2, representing 539,000 ETH, a 68% increase from the previous quarter.

A similar trend was seen in ￰13￱ Bitcoin ETFs, where advisers now hold $17 billion across 161,000 ￰14￱ exposure is nearly double that of hedge funds. Yesterday, we published our note on the top holders of Ethereum ￰15￱ are dominating the known holders and have pulled away from Hedge ￰16￱ — James Seyffart (@JSeyff) August 27, 2025 Seyffart noted that the figures are based on 13F filings with the SEC, which only reflect about 25% of Bitcoin ETF ￰17￱ rest, largely retail investors, are not captured. Still, analysts suggest that financial advisers could play an outsized role once regulatory clarity ￰18￱ Business has previously projected that trillions in assets could enter crypto markets through adviser ￰19￱ interest comes as whales shift ￰20￱ analytics firm Arkham reported that nine large wallets purchased $456.8 million worth of Ether this week , with several transactions routed through BitGo and Galaxy ￰21￱ also tracked another $164 million in ETH bought by newly created wallets via FalconX and ￰22￱ activity follows diverging price ￰23￱ has gained 18.5% in the past month, while Bitcoin has slipped 6.4%.

Some long-term Bitcoin holders are rotating into ETH, including one 2013-era wallet that moved $83 million to ￰24￱ say such flows signal a growing preference for Ether, particularly during Bitcoin corrections.