Ethereum Dominates ETF Inflows; XRP, BTC, SOL Trail on Jan. 26

Ethereum topped crypto ETF inflows, ahead of XRP, Bitcoin and Solana, signalling a shift in the institutional allocation trends.

Written by Niharika Deshpande

Fact checked by Harsh Chauhan

Last Updated Mar 13, 2026, 11:37 UTC

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Key Highlights:

All the major cryptocurrency ETFs experienced inflows on January 26, 2026.
Ethereum ETFs outperformed Bitcoin and altcoin ETFs (XRP and SOL).
Solana’s inflow was solely driven because of Bitwise’s BSOL.

In the beginning of the last week of this month, there has been a shift in the cryptocurrency sector as all the major spot ETFs experienced an positive inflow yesterday, January 26, 2026 as per SoSoValue. Bitcoin in the last week experienced outflows for five consecutive days and now with this inflow, the outflow streak has been broken. For Ethereum, this is the first inflow after four consecutive day of net outflows.

Ethereum Experiences Inflows After Four Consecutive Days of Outflows

Ethereum spot ETFs managed to bring in a great amount of inflow of $116.99 million on January 26, 2026 as per SoSoValue. With this inflow, as mentioned above, it reversed four days of outflows and outperformed Bitcoin in daily inflow.

Fidelity’s FETH drove the surge at $137.24 million, offsetting BlackRock’s ETHA outflow of $20.25 million. The rest of the products did not have any inflows and remained flat.

The total net assets have now hit $17.62 billion which is 5.03% of the Ethereum’s market capitalization.

XRP ETFs Outperforms Bitcoin ETFs

XRP spot ETFs brought in $7.76 million, which was more than what Bitcoin managed to bring in yesterday. The main player here was Bitwise’s XRP ETF which alone added $5.31 million to reach a cumulative $324 million in inflows.

The other two ETF products that brought in inflows were Canary’s XRPC and Franklin Templeton’s XRPZ, which brought in $1.41 million and $1.03 million respectively.

The rest of the products did not see any outflow or inflow and remained flat. The total net assets have now hit $1.36 billion which is 1.18% of XRP’s market capitalization.

BlackRock Leads the Bitcoin ETF Race

Bitcoin experienced an inflow of $6.84 million on January 26, 2026 as per SoSoValue. BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) individually collected $15.9 million inflow whereas, Fidelity (FBTC) saw a minor outflow of $5.7 million.

Others that experienced losses included Bitwise Bitcoin ETF (BITB) and ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF (ARKB). Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) did not see any outflow of inflow and remained flat for the day but Grayscale’s Bitcoin ETF (BTC) contributed positively.

The total net assets have now hit $113.54 billion which is 6.48% of the bitcoin market capitalization.

SOL Experiences Small Inflows

Solana spot ETFs also managed to bring in a small amount of inflow. As per the data by SoSoValue, the altcoin ETFs brought in $2.46 million in net inflows. Here the entire inflow was driven by Bitwise’s BSOL which pushed its total to $684 million.

The total net assets have now hit $1.05 billion which is 1.50% of Solana’s market capitalization.

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Written By Niharika Deshpande

Niharika Deshpande is an Editor at CryptoNewsZ with over four years of experience in digital media. While she has a Master’s in Biochemistry, she is an expert at making hard blockchain ideas easy to understand. Niharika has a sharp eye for market trends and shares breaking news from the crypto world. She used to be a writer for well-known publications in the industry, where she did deep research. Her work focuses on giving readers clear facts to help them stay updated. Niharika is passionate about how blockchain changes different industries. She also spends time in the crypto community talking about new tech.

Fact Checked By Harsh Chauhan

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