Bitcoin spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw its second-highest record daily inflows of $1.18 billion on July 10, per Sosovalue data.
The significant institutional activity in the form of ETF inflows has driven the token’s price to a fresh record of $116,664 on Thursday. Bitcoin is currently trading at $118,140 at press time, briefly surpassing $118,450.
Fueled by ETF demand, Ether is up 8% with a clean push beyond $3,000. “It’s showing more strength than Bitcoin this week, with fresh institutional flows and BlackRock’s ETH ETF hitting record volumes,” wrote Rachael Lucas, crypto analyst at BTC Markets. Ether is currently trading at $3,014 at the time of writing.
Ethereum spot ETFs also saw a total net inflow of $383 million, marking the second-highest record. Ether ETFs have $5.10 billion in cumulative net inflows so far.
“What we’re seeing is not a retail-driven frenzy, but a steady pipeline of capital from asset managers, corporate treasuries, and wealth platforms finally stepping into the market. Weeks of consistent inflows confirm that,” she added.
The Ether spot ETF daily net inflows of $300.93 million on July 10 is led by BlackShares iShares Ethereum Trust (ETHA), followed by Grayscale’s ETHE fund.