$1.5T and counting: Here’s how 2026’s ETFs beat 2025’s record flows

The crypto market has seen a change of rhythm in the last 24 hours, and the ETFs are no exception. According to SoSo Value data, crypto ETF flows across different digital assets saw an uptick over the said period.

Crypto ETF inflow analysis

Bitcoin [BTC] led by a wide margin with $433.03 million in inflows, followed by Ethereum [ETH] at $143.80 million. Solana [SOL] also recorded a strong $47.62 million in inflows, while Zcash [ZEC] saw $37.67 million, indicating notable investor demand for these products.

In fact, Grayscale’s recently launched Spot ZEC ETF has attracted significant investor interest in a very short period. The ETF was launched less than a month ago and yet, it has already recorded stronger inflows than many other altcoin ETFs.

Hyperliquid [HYPE] and Chainlink [LINK] recorded smaller inflows of $1.03 million and $2.19 million, respectively. On the contrary, XRP was the only asset with outflows of around $43.70K, hinting at relatively weaker flows for XRP during the period.

Balchunas applauds ETFs’ success rate

This surge in inflows also got Bloomberg’s Senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas saying,

ETFs have now surpassed last year’s record flows of $1.5T with 3.5mo to spare.

To put that growth into perspective, Balchunas claimed that around 20 years ago, when he started covering ETFs, $100 billion in annual flows was considered a very strong year. Today, ETFs are attracting more than $100 billion every month, equivalent to roughly $8.5 billion in flows per trading day.