Ethereum Is Now Outperforming Bitcoin In This Major Metric

Ethereum has been revealed to be outpacing Bitcoin in fund holdings ￰0￱ comes as more institutions buy into ETH’s narrative, with there being an increase in the Ethereum ETF inflows since the start of the ￰1￱ Outpacing Bitcoin In Fund Holdings Growth A CryptoQuant analysis revealed a shifting institutional allocation with Ethereum outpacing Bitcoin in fund holdings ￰2￱ fund holdings data have shown a notable difference between ETH and BTC in relation to how institutions are allocating their ￰3￱ analysis noted that while both assets have continued to attract long-term capital, the growth pace between them has shifted significantly over the past ￰4￱ fund holdings currently stand at around 1.3 million BTC and have increased by around 36% over the last 12 ￰5￱ CryptoQuant analysis noted that this reflects steady but measured institutional accumulation, which is consistent with BTC’s role as a macro reserve and hedge against ￰6￱ analysis added that the capital entering BTC appears to be stable, paced, and less reactive to short-term market cycles.

Meanwhile, Ethereum has experienced greater ￰7￱ total ETH fund holdings are 6.8 million ETH, up around 138% year-over-year (YoY). The CryptoQuant analysis noted that this acceleration aligns with the scaling of spot ETH ETF ￰8￱ further aligns with the rise in staking participation and Ethereum’s role as the foundation settlement layer for DeFi, tokenization, and layer-2 ￰9￱ Ethereum/Bitcoin fund holdings ratio further illustrates the structural shift in institutional allocation. A year ago, the ETH fund holdings were about three times the size of the Bitcoin fund holdings. Now, the ratio is said to be close to ￰10￱ CryptoQuant analysis found that this is not just a temporary rotation but a sustained shift driven by differentiated narratives: Bitcoin as a digital monetary asset, and Ethereum as a yield-bearing network ￰11￱ analysis stated that the key implication is that institutions now view Ethereum as a core holding rather than a secondary ￰12￱ the other hand, Bitcoin retains its role as the dominant macro asset, but with a more mature and slower-growing ownership ￰13￱ continuation of this divergence in the ETH/BTC ratio is said to depend on ETF lows, on-chain activity trends, and broader liquidity conditions in global ￰14￱ Also Surpasses BTC In This Metric Crypto research platform CryptoRank revealed that Ethereum has surpassed Bitcoin in digital asset treasuries (DATs) by total ￰15￱ is now leading the way with 4.1% of its total supply held by institutional treasuries, followed by Bitcoin, with 3.6% held by DATs, and Solana, with 2.7% held by these ￰16￱ stated that the surge in Ethereum holdings among these DATs coincided with Donald Trump’s signing of the GENIUS Act , which regulates the stablecoin ￰17￱ then, institutional investors have increased their ETH accumulation, positioning ETH as the core infrastructure asset of the DeFi economy.