Crypto-based funds attracted $3.17 billion in new capital, whilst markets reeled from tariff-related tensions between the USA and China, in line with CoinShares weekly report.
On Oct. 10, President Donald Trump introduced that the US may elevate tariffs in response to China’s new rare-earth export restrictions.
The assertion triggered a broad sell-off throughout threat property, decreasing crypto costs and prompting outflows of about $159 million from digital-asset funding merchandise on the day.
Notably, the correction additionally triggered round $20 billion value of liquidations from crypto merchants holding leveraged positions available in the market.
On the identical time, the sharp downturn wiped 7% off crypto investments’ complete property underneath administration (AUM), chopping them to $242 billion.
But, the identical announcement additionally fueled a document buying and selling frenzy.
In accordance with CoinShares, crypto ETPs’ every day volumes peaked at $15.3 billion throughout Friday’s buying and selling periods. This helped push the full weekly volumes throughout these merchandise to $53 billion, which is double the typical for this yr.
These numbers highlighted a rising pattern: buyers are more and more turning to regulated crypto funds as a hedge in opposition to short-term volatility. This positioning has persevered all year long, with complete inflows now exceeding $48.7 billion in 2025.
Bitcoin dominates market
Bitcoin remained the clear beneficiary of institutional inflows, attracting $2.67 billion final week, bringing its year-to-date complete to $30.2 billion.
In accordance with CoinShares, this milestone got here regardless of Bitcoin’s modest flows of $390,000 on Oct. 10, which contrasted sharply with the truth that BTC noticed its highest every day quantity ever recorded, $10.4 billion, on the identical day.
Alternatively, Ethereum, the second-largest crypto asset, lagged behind, posting $338 million in inflows after $172 million in withdrawals through the Oct. 10 sell-off.
CoinShares famous that this reversal alerts lingering warning, with buyers viewing Ethereum as extra uncovered to short-term market shocks.
Nonetheless, ETH’s complete flows for the yr now stand at roughly $14 billion, whereas its property underneath administration hover round $36 billion.
In the meantime, the slowdown prolonged to different main digital property, reminiscent of Solana and XRP, which attracted $93.3 million and $61.6 million, respectively.
Regardless of expectations surrounding their upcoming ETF approvals, investor enthusiasm for these merchandise seems to have cooled.
This implies that buyers’ capital is consolidating round Bitcoin as threat urge for food fades.
