Crypto's $224 million inflow rebound was led by mostly one country and XRP

Switzerland accounted for 70% of global crypto ETP inflows last week with XRP products contributing more than half the total.

What to know:

• Global crypto ETPs saw $224 million in inflows last week, with roughly 70% coming from Switzerland and far smaller contributions from Germany, the United States and Canada.
• XRP and bitcoin products led the gains, yet most XRP demand and the bulk of bitcoin inflows originated in Europe and other international markets rather than from U.S spot ETFs.
• Ether funds continued to suffer outflows even as Bitmine Immersion Technologies ramped up large ETH purchases, underscoring a split between fund investors and a major corporate buyer amid US regulatory uncertainty.

Global crypto exchange-traded products drew $224 million in inflows last week after a $414 million outflow the week before, according to CoinShares.

The headline number looks like a recovery but a deeper look shows that the rebound is far narrower than it appears.

Switzerland alone accounted for roughly $157 million of the $224 million total, meaning 70% of global inflows came from a single country. Germany and the United States each contributed about $28 million. Canada added a much smaller $11 million.

The asset breakdown is similarly concentrated. XRP led all inflows at approximately $120 million, more than half the global total and its largest weekly intake since mid-December 2025.

Virtually none of the total from U.S. spot XRP ETFs. SoSoValue data shows the five U.S.-listed XRP spot ETFs recorded near-zero daily flows throughout the past two weeks, with total net assets sitting at $940 million across Canary, Bitwise, Franklin, 21Shares, and Grayscale products. The $120 million was almost entirely European and international ETP demand.

Bitcoin ETPs drew $107 million, but only $22 million came from U.S. spot ETFs, which remain in negative territory year-to-date. Strategy disclosed over the weekend that it bought 4,871 BTC for approximately $330 million in the same week, meaning a single company spent 15 times what the entire U.S. spot bitcoin ETF complex attracted.

ETFs absorbed approximately 50,000 BTC in March's rolling 30-day window, the highest since October 2025, CoinDesk reported last week. But nearly all of the sustained institutional buying pressure is coming through two channels — spot ETFs and Strategy — and even the ETF channel is weakening on a weekly basis.

The broader ETP market, which includes leveraged products, short products, and altcoin funds across dozens of countries, is not confirming the "institutions are buying" narrative.

Ether products continued to bleed, posting $53 million in outflows after $222 million the prior week, bringing year-to-date outflows to $327 million. That stands in sharp contrast to Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), which bought 71,252 ETH last week in its largest single-week purchase since December 2025 and now holds 4.8 million tokens worth roughly $10 billion. ETH fund investors are leaving while the largest corporate ETH buyer on earth is accelerating.

CoinShares' James Butterfill attributed the ether weakness partly to uncertainty around the CLARITY Act, the stablecoin legislation closely tied to Ethereum's ecosystem.

The geographic concentration matters for reading where conviction actually sits. The Coinbase Premium Index, which tracks whether bitcoin trades at a premium or discount on the exchange most associated with US institutional flows, has been persistently negative since bitcoin's all-time high above $126,000 in October 2025.

U.S. buyers are not stepping in at scale, and the ETP data confirms it. The $28 million in US inflows against $157 million from Switzerland suggests the marginal buyer right now is European, not American.

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