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Ethereum sets new ETF record with seven straight months of positive inflows

BitMine, the largest ethereum treasury firm, also added over 82,350 tokens to its stash last week.

Sage D. Young

US spot ethereum ETFs ended October with a modest inflow of nearly $16 million last week, bringing the month’s total to $569.9 million and marking seven straight month of positive flows, its longest streak to date.

Cumulative inflows stand at nearly $14.4 billion, data from SoSoValue shows.

ethereum was around the $1,800 level at the beginning of the streak in April and has roughly doubled to trade at around $3,600 Monday morning. That said, the cryptocurrency is far below its all-time high of $4,946 set two months ago. 

“Seven straight months of ETF inflows is a solid trend. It shows consistent institutional interest rather than a one-off spike,” according to RedStone cofounder Marcin Kaźmierczak. 

The new record comes as BitMine Immersion Technologies, the largest ethereum treasury firm, announced acquiring an additional 82,353 tokens worth $307 million last week. The firm’s stockpile of ethereum now has 3,395,422 tokens, or 2.8% of the supply, per a Monday press release.

“When major players commit capital over extended periods, it creates a foundation for the next phase of DeFi and blockchain integration into mainstream finance,” Kaźmierczak told Sherwood News. “The consistency matters more than any single data point. These aren’t fair-weather investors — they’re positioning for where they think the technology is headed.” 

Appetite increasing beyond bitcoin

Nicolai Søndergaard, an analyst at blockchain data firm Nansen, told Sherwood the developments signal “an increased appetite to explore other assets aside from bitcoin.”

One reason ethereum ETFs’ streak extended stems from “a continuous expectation that there will be more regulation across crypto, which will allow companies to invest in crypto in new ways,” Søndergaard said.

Meanwhile, researchers at the Ethereum Foundation said in an All Core Devs call last week that ethereum’s next upgrade, aimed at making the network faster and cheaper, will be coming to mainnet on December 3. The upgrade is ethereum’s second one this year, with the last occurring in May. 

“I’m not sure if it’ll have an effect on price, but it is a positive development for the chain and layer-2s,” Søndergaard added.

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Trump-connected WLFI token jumps to 3-month high on news of banking application

World Liberty Financial’s token, WLFI, is the top cryptocurrency gainer in the last 24 hours, peaking at a three-month high of 18.5 cents after the Donald Trump-backed crypto firm announced that a proposed entity has applied for a US banking charter. 

According to a press release, World Liberty Trust Company filed a de novo application with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, a branch of the US Treasury Department tasked with supervising and regulating national banks. 

With a national trust bank charter, World Liberty Trust can issue USD1, the dollar-backed stablecoin rolled out by World Liberty Financial last year. The trust company also plans to offer digital asset custody and stablecoin conversion services. 

Even though World Liberty Financial and World Liberty Trust Company share similar branding and names, the ownership and operating structures are different, a statement provided to CoinDesk explained. President Trump is labeled as World Liberty Financials cofounder emeritus, while his three sons, Eric, Donald Jr., and Barron, are cited as cofounders.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency under the Trump administration has already approved bank charter applications from several firms, including Circle Internet Group, Ripple, and BitGo, which maintains all reserve assets backing USD1. 

With a national trust bank charter, World Liberty Trust can issue USD1, the dollar-backed stablecoin rolled out by World Liberty Financial last year. The trust company also plans to offer digital asset custody and stablecoin conversion services. 

Even though World Liberty Financial and World Liberty Trust Company share similar branding and names, the ownership and operating structures are different, a statement provided to CoinDesk explained. President Trump is labeled as World Liberty Financials cofounder emeritus, while his three sons, Eric, Donald Jr., and Barron, are cited as cofounders.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency under the Trump administration has already approved bank charter applications from several firms, including Circle Internet Group, Ripple, and BitGo, which maintains all reserve assets backing USD1. 

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Zcash drops after the entire team of Electric Coin Company, a core development firm behind the token, leaves

Zcash, the privacy-focused cryptocurrency, has shed roughly $1.2 billion of its market capitalization in the last 24 hours, with the token dropping 15% after the developers of Electric Coin Company left to start a new company, though they remain focused on the same mission. 

Electric Coin Company was formed in 2015 to jumpstart the privacy-focused zcash protocol, but on Wednesday, the entire team left due to a governance conflict with several board members of Bootstrap, the 501(c)(3) nonprofit aimed at governing Electric Coin Company and supporting the blockchain network, according to Josh Swihart, former Electric Coin Company CEO.

Bootstrap board members Zaki Manian, Christina Garman, Alan Fairless, and Michelle Lai “have moved into clear misalignment with the mission of Zcash,” Swihart wrote in a social media post. “In short, the terms of our employment were changed in ways that made it impossible for us to perform our duties effectively and with integrity.” 

Despite the move, Swihart said the protocol is unaffected. The former Electric Coin Company team is now founding a new company to protect their work from “malicious governance actions” and remain committed to “building unstoppable private money.”

Last year, the cryptocurrency’s price saw explosive growth, jumping nearly 780% from under $60 in January to over $510.

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