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Bitcoin ETFs see $1.7 billion in inflows this week

Bitcoin’s price is also bouncing back, passing $116,000 for the first time since August 22.

Bitcoin ETFs finally turned a corner this week, recording their fourth consecutive day of inflows. The funds registered $1.7 billion in inflows since Monday, according to SoSoValue data. Yesterday, iShares Bitcoin Trust took the lion’s share, with $366.2 million in inflows. Meanwhile, bitcoin crossed the $116,000 mark yesterday for the first time since August 22.

In other bitcoin news:

  • Bitcoin’s single-day hash rate — the computing power used by a blockchain — hit an all-time high of “1.12 billion TH/s [terahashes per second] on Tuesday,” per Decrypt.

  • South Korea’s newly launched BitPlanet completed its acquisition of SGA for $50 million, aiming to become one of the 10th-largest global bitcoin treasuries.

  • Benchmark reiterated its “buy” rating of bitcoin miner Canaan, noting that the guidance it offered in its second-quarter earnings report is in the $125 million to $145 million range, “which would represent sequential growth of 25% to 45%.” In addition, Benchmark analyst Mark Palmer said the US tariffs impacted the miner early this year but that it quickly pivoted its efforts stateside.

  • Bitcoin miner Bitdeer announced its August production, saying it mined 375 bitcoin, a 33% month-over-month increase, “due to higher average self-mining hashrate from energization of SEALMINERs.” The company also increased its bitcoin holdings to 1,934 from 1,667 in July.

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XRP ETFs have now crossed $1 billion in assets since the funds launched, according to SoSoValue, which shows total assets of $1.18 billion.

In September, the SEC approved generic listing standards, which paved the way for speedier listings and opened the floodgates for these products, and shortly after, Rex-Osprey launched the first spot XRP ETF available in the US.

Canary followed suit in November, launching an ETF trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker XRPC, which saw a record $58.5 million in trading volume on its first day. It’s the largest XRP ETF in the US, with $342 million in assets.

Grayscale, Bitwise, and Franklin Templeton also launched their own XRP ETFs in November. On December 11, 21Shares joined the XRP fund party.

It’s a noteworthy green shoot in the crypto space, as bitcoin and its ETFs have struggled, and XRP itself is down nearly 15% over the past month.

Jake Hanley, managing director and senior portfolio specialist at Teucrium Investment Advisors — which launched the first-ever XRP-based ETF in April, the 2x Long Daily XRP ETF — told Sherwood News that he is not surprised to see this level of interest in the XRP ETFs.

“We have long held that XRP and the Ripple ecosystem present a unique investment case among crypto assets. Crossing the $1 billion mark is yet another signal of the significant vote of confidence investors have in this increasingly important asset and ecosystem,” Hanley said.

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New bitcoin AfterDark ETF will be bitcoin at night, Treasurys by day

Tidal Trust II submitted form N-1A with the SEC to register a bitcoin ETF designed to systemically capture the cryptocurrency’s overnight return profile, a time window that delivered a significant portion of bitcoin’s upside last year.

The Nicholas Bitcoin and Treasuries AfterDark ETF provides long bitcoin exposure during US overnight hours, from the closing bell until the following morning’s market open, when the fund intends to unwind its positions, according to a document filed with the SEC on Tuesday. 

To gain that exposure, the ETF may use a number of methods, including bitcoin futures contracts, US-listed ETFs, or exchange-traded options on such bitcoin underlying funds. When the market is open and daytime trading is active, the fund’s portfolio will consist of US Treasury securities and other cash equivalents. 

In 2024, most of bitcoin’s gains occurred after-hours, senior Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas reported:

The AfterDark ETF filing comes as bitcoin crossed $94,000 on Tuesday, rising 4.5% in the last 24 hours. Even though spot bitcoin ETFs saw nearly $60.5 million in outflows on Monday, the investment vehicles have a cumulative net inflow of $57.6 billion, per SoSoValue.

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