US crypto funds top $7.5B inflows in 2025 as investor appetite grows

Crypto investment products in the United States have attracted over $7.5 billion worth of investment in 2025, with a fifth week of net positive inflows last week signaling growing investor demand for digital assets.

US-based crypto investment products attracted $785 million worth of investment last week, pushing the year-to-date (YTD) total to over $7.5 billion, according to a May 19 report by digital asset manager CoinShares.

The latest figure marks the fifth consecutive week of net positive flows, following nearly $7 billion in outflows during February and March.

The United States accounted for the bulk of inflows, with $681 million, followed by Germany at $86.3 million and Hong Kong at $24.4 million.

Investor demand for risk assets such as cryptocurrencies staged a significant recovery after the White House announced a 90-day pause on additional tariffs on May 12, which marked a 24% cut for import tariffs for both the US and China.

A day after the announcement, Coinbase exchange saw 9,739 Bitcoin (BTC) worth more than $1 billion withdrawn from the exchange — the highest net outflow recorded in 2025, signaling that institutional appetite was “accelerating,” according to Bitwise head of European research, André Dragosch.

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Ether (ETH) was the top performer among crypto investment products, attracting $205 million in inflows last week. That brings its year-to-date total to more than $575 million.

The report attributed the $200 million to renewed investor optimism following the successful Pectra upgrade and the appointment of new co-executive director Tomasz Stańczak.

After initial delays, Ethereum’s Pectra upgrade went live on the mainnet on May 7, introducing improvements such as higher staking limits and account abstraction via EIP-7702.

By contrast, Solana (SOL) investment products were the only major assets to see net outflows, with $890,000 withdrawn over the past week.

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Meanwhile, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin published a proposal to preserve trustless, censorship-resistant access to Ethereum, aiming to make Ethereum layer-1 scaling “more friendly” to users running local nodes for personal use. 

“The plan would drastically reduce the 1.3TB data burden by allowing nodes to sync only relevant information, opening the door to broader participation,” Stella Zlatareva, Nexo Dispatch editor, told Cointelegraph.

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