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Spot Bitcoin ETFs in the US closed April with $1.97 billion in net inflows, the strongest month of 2026, with BlackRock's IBIT contributing nearly all of it. The final four sessions, however, produced more than $400 million in outflows — a clue about who actually owns the trade.
Coinbase Asset Management opened a stablecoin-linked institutional credit fund on Thursday, with investors able to hold their shares either through traditional channels or as tokens minted on Ethereum, Solana or Base via Superstate's FundOS platform.
Bitmine moved roughly $320 million worth of ether into staking over 48 hours, putting more than 70 per cent of its nearly five million ETH hoard to work generating yield — and positioning itself to earn $330 million a year from validator rewards alone.
The first spot bitcoin ETF from a major US bank has drawn $103 million in net inflows within its opening week, charging 0.14 per cent — eleven basis points below BlackRock's dominant IBIT fund.
The tokenised Treasury market has grown 37-fold since early 2023, with Circle's USYC fund now leading BlackRock's BUIDL by $250 million as institutional demand outpaces stablecoin growth in absolute terms for the first time.
Morgan Stanley's MSBT spot bitcoin ETF debuted on NYSE Arca with a 0.14 per cent fee — undercutting BlackRock's dominant IBIT — and attracted $34 million in first-day inflows, placing it in the top 1 per cent of all ETF launches this year.
CME Group will list Avalanche and Sui futures on 4 May, extending its regulated crypto derivatives lineup to nine assets as the exchange prepares to move all digital asset products to round-the-clock trading later that month.
Bitcoin reached $126,198 on October 6, 2025, setting a new all-time high amid continued institutional inflows.
Lido launches institutional-grade staking vaults during 2025, targeting large capital providers with customized Ethereum staking and restaking solutions.
Maple Finance launches institutional lending vaults 2.0 during late 2024, enabling sophisticated credit strategies and institutional capital deployment.
US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded a single-day net inflow record of $1.05 billion on March 12, 2024, marking accelerating institutional adoption.
BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust surpassed $10 billion in AUM within 7 weeks, breaking records for ETF growth.
JPMorgan rebranded its blockchain division to Kinexys and expanded JPM Coin usage, processing over $1 billion daily in institutional transactions.
Fidelity has launched Fidelity Digital Asset Services, offering cryptocurrency custody and trade execution services exclusively to institutional investors.
