The digital asset investment landscape is seeing a strong comeback. Institutional and retail investors are pouring money into the space.
Over the past three weeks, there have been substantial inflows into digital asset investment products:
– Week 1: $2B
– Week 2: $1.5B
– Week 3: $2B
Total: $5.5B
This means that $5.5 billion has been invested in the digital asset space over the past three weeks.
Digital asset investment products recorded inflows for the third consecutive week, totaling $2 billion last week and bringing the three-week cumulative inflow to $5.5 billion. Bitcoin saw $1.8 billion in inflows last week. Ethereum registered stable inflows for the second week in…
— Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) May 5, 2025
Bitcoin and Ethereum Dominate Inflows, But Ethereum Sees Institutional Momentum
Bitcoin remains master of the strongest inflow potential among digital assets, pulling $1.8 billion in inflows last week. Its supremacy as the market leader ensures Bitcoin’s position as the undisputed mandate to drive interest across the digital asset spectrum from both mainstream institutional and retail investors. However, Ethereum is busy building a bridge of interest from both sectors, asserting its leadership role in decentralized finance (DeFi), massively growing portfolio clean-coin interest, and becoming the established league in capital and access token jurisdictions with respect to ‘real-world asset’ (RWA) and stablecoin tokenization.
For the second week straight, Ethereum investment products enjoyed steady inflows, amounting to $149 million. But the real story here, as you might imagine, is the cumulative total for the last two weeks: $336 million.
That’s no small thing—$336 million over two weeks—inflows into a single asset. And why is that happening? Because faith in Ethereum has been restored.
During last week’s trading days (April 28 to May 2), spot Bitcoin ETFs saw a net weekly inflow of $1.81 billion, marking the third consecutive week of positive flows. Spot Ethereum ETFs recorded a net weekly inflow of $106 million, with BlackRock’s ETF ETHA leading the pack with…
— Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) May 5, 2025
Confidence isn’t really built in investing; it’s either there, or it’s not. And right now, confidence among investors in the Ethereum ecosystem seems to be off the charts.
Ethereum ETFs that are regulated in the same manner as those for more traditional instruments are yet another way in which investment firms can bring digital assets into the fold for their clients. Ethereum had been hailed as a transformative technology and enabler of initiatives that are expected to upend established business models far more than Bitcoin ever could. One ETF has been launched. Large investors are circling. And yet, or so the report suggests, it’s all somehow inevitable.
🔥 BULLISH: The total value of tokenized real-world assets (RWA) has surpassed $22 billion, up 10.25% over the past 30 days.
Ethereum leads with $6.5 billion (+30% in 30 days), followed by ZKsync at $2.2 billion. pic.twitter.com/qF5zXsrQut
— Cointelegraph (@Cointelegraph) May 5, 2025
Less significant altcoins even had slight uplifts, with Solana registering inflows of $6 million. Although smaller than the inflows for Bitcoin and Ethereum, this still shows an appetite from investors for many different blockchain ecosystems.
Ethereum Strengthens RWA and Stablecoin Dominance
One of the strongest indicators of Ethereum’s growth is its commanding lead in the tokenized real-world assets (RWA) sector. The total value of tokenized RWAs has now exceeded $22 billion, marking a 10.25% increase over the last 30 days. Of that total, Ethereum alone accounts for $6.5 billion, representing a 30% growth in just one month. Its share tectonically outpaces its closest competitor, ZKsync, which holds $2.2 billion in tokenized RWAs.
RWAs can’t just be instantiated in smart contracts on any blockchain. To really make them work, you need a powerful, robust, permissionless, and decentralized platform with a working-native token economy. You need something that behaves, in most respects, like a country — ruled by laws that function in a reasonable approximation of ‘real life,’ where the life forms are humans and private enterprises.
Buying $ETH now is like buying BTC at $4,000.
Ethereum dominance in RWA and Stablecoins is at ATH.
Ethereum institutional adoption is reaching new highs.
Ethereum's biggest upgrade in terms of no. of EIPs is coming on 7th May.
You'll regret not owning ETH in 2025. pic.twitter.com/RktyB3YP6Q
— Ted (@TedPillows) May 5, 2025
A few key opinion leaders in the crypto space have gone so far as to suggest that buying Ethereum now is like buying Bitcoin when it was worth $4,000 — a statement that reflects what KOLs see as the not-too-distant future for Ethereum. They have little reason to think it won’t follow in Bitcoin’s footsteps.
The bullish narrative is further strengthened by the Ethereum network’s upcoming change, set for May 7. Dubbed the largest change in the number of Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) executed, it is expected to take the programmable part of Ethereum—that is, the layer that runs the smart contracts, which are the “decentralized apps” or “dapps”—to a new level. These smart contracts and dapps are the financial apps of the future, written in computer code, and operable on the virtual computers that are the Ethereum network.
To recap, the enthusiasm surrounding digital asset investments has returned in full force — fueled by huge amounts of fresh capital and an even stronger fundamental backdrop. While the Bitcoin price has been making all the headlines, Ethereum has been steadily building its stature as a core component of the decentralized economy — from the real-world asset tokenization that’s gathering pace to the deepening interest from institutional players. With its own upcoming upgrade and some swelling ETF inflows, Ethereum is probably going to be the next center of attention within the crypto space.
Disclosure: This is not trading or investment advice. Always do your research before buying any cryptocurrency or investing in any services.
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