U.S. spot exchange‑traded funds focused on ether attracted a total of $220.7 million on Thursday, August 20. This is the highest daily capital inflow since October 28, 2025, according to data from the SoSoValue platform.

The largest daily inflow of funds was recorded by the iShares Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHA) managed by the investment company BlackRock. On Thursday, it closed with a net inflow of 173.3 million, thereby increasing its assets in the fund to 3.08 million coins (7.4 billion). In second place in terms of capital inflow after ETHA was another BlackRock fund — the iShares Staked Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHB), with a figure of $35.9 million. Fidelity Investments' Fidelity Ethereum Fund (FETH) raised $5.7 million, while Bitwise Ethereum ETF (ETHW), VanEck Ethereum ETF (ETHV), and Morgan Stanley Ethereum Trust (MSSE) raised $2.8 million, $1.7 million, and $1.25 million, respectively.

The total net assets held in spot ether ETFs is $13.58 billion. Spot exchange-traded funds for Ethereum have been showing inflows for 7 consecutive days, which indicates a resurgence in demand from large investors seeking indirect exposure to Ethereum. Over the past 24 hours, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization has risen by 4% to $2,385, and the market capitalization of the coin has grown by the same amount, reaching $288.08 billion. The daily trading volume of the altcoin has decreased by 23.6% to $30.88 billion.

This week, spot exchange-traded funds linked to Bitcoin also recorded the largest inflow of capital since spring, amounting to $517.1 million. The leader in terms of funds raised was the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) fund managed by the investment company BlackRock, with $284.7 million. The growing interest of institutional investors in cryptocurrency ETFs reflects a general recovery of confidence in the digital assets market amid positive regulatory signals.

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