Crypto funds draw $1.4B; US, Bitcoin lead biggest week since Jan

Crypto investment products recorded $1.401 billion in net inflows in the week ending April 17, 2026. Bitcoin-focused products received $1.115 billion, while inflows centered on U.S. vehicles. Bitcoin briefly traded above $76,000 during the period and total assets under management across crypto products rose to $154.768 billion.

Bitcoin product inflows made up about 79.5% of the weekly total. Year-to-date net inflows into Bitcoin products stood at $3.079 billion and those products held $123.022 billion in assets. Short-Bitcoin products registered $1.4 million in inflows for the week.

U.S. Bitcoin ETFs accounted for a major share of demand, with weekly net inflows of $996.38 million and cumulative U.S. Bitcoin ETF inflows of $57.74 billion. The week marked the third consecutive week of net positive flows into crypto products.

Ethereum-focused funds took in $328 million for the week, the largest weekly inflow for Ether products since January. Month-to-date Ethereum inflows were $435.4 million and year-to-date flows were $197 million. Ethereum product assets under management were $19.504 billion. U.S. Ethereum ETFs recorded $275.83 million in weekly net inflows.

By provider, iShares led with $1.042 billion of inflows for the week, lifting its month-to-date total to $1.761 billion, year-to-date inflows to $2.764 billion and assets under management to $71.592 billion. ARK 21Shares added $106 million for the week and held $3.057 billion in assets, while still showing $130 million in year-to-date outflows. Bitwise posted $122 million in weekly inflows and had $6.621 billion in assets. Fidelity added $36 million for the week but remained down $1.122 billion year-to-date. ProFunds Group contributed $9 million. CoinShares was the largest provider of outflows at $113 million for the week. Grayscale recorded $6 million of weekly outflows and $451 million of outflows year-to-date, with $21.394 billion in assets. 21Shares AG showed a $2 million weekly outflow.

Flows into altcoin products were mixed. XRP saw $56.2 million of weekly outflows, leaving month-to-date flows negative $37.2 million but year-to-date inflows at $122 million and assets of $2.656 billion. Solana had a $2.3 million weekly outflow. Chainlink gained $5.3 million for the week and had $47 million year-to-date. Sui drew $2.2 million and multi-asset products added $2.6 million. Litecoin and Zcash reported no flows for the period.

Geographic breakdown showed the United States as the main source of demand, contributing $1.494 billion in weekly inflows, or about 107% of the total. Switzerland recorded $137.8 million of inflows for the week but had month-to-date outflows of $132.2 million. Germany added $28 million for the week and held $6.701 billion in assets. Canada added $8.3 million, Hong Kong $3 million and Sweden $3.1 million. Brazil, Australia, the Netherlands, France, New Zealand and Italy each reported small positive weekly inflows.

Total assets under management across all crypto products stood at $154.768 billion at week end. Market participants linked the inflows to improved investor risk appetite amid talks on extending a U.S.-Iran ceasefire and short-term price moves in major cryptocurrencies.