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Current information from Santiment’s ETF dashboard exhibits that buying and selling volumes for all three belongings are accelerating, which may imply heightened conviction if sustained over time.
Bitcoin’s two-year ETF historical past presents helpful context. Wholesome quantity expansions preceded main strikes earlier than the January 22, 2025, $13.5 billion spike, which marked the tip of an upward cycle.
An identical sample emerged forward of the November 19, 2025, quantity peak of $17.6 billion, which capped a decline and preceded a rebound.
In the meantime, Ethereum’s current exercise seems extra structural. ETF quantity has surged over the previous month, outpacing Bitcoin on a proportional foundation. Which means, outdoors isolated-anomaly days, the market is now seeing a number of the highest sustained Ethereum ETF volumes on report.
 
This consistency suggests longer-term positioning by establishments relatively than emotional buying and selling, doubtlessly serving to ETH construct a stronger liquidity base.
Furthermore, Ethereum has strengthened this view by reclaiming and holding its 21-day shifting common, and a few analysts consider this improvement is the primary confirmed uptrend because the summer time.
Now, Solana should be early in its ETF lifecycle, however the newest information is placing. Round $220 million flowed by Solana ETFs in a single session, far above the earlier report of $122 million.
This surge coincided with SOL reclaiming the $140 stage and aligns with rising institutional narratives, together with stories that Morgan Stanley has filed for its first Solana ETF.
Analysts observe SOL is holding a multi-year assist area, with a transfer above $145 possible signaling additional upside.
That mentioned, the divergence is obvious in current ETF flows. On January 6, Bitcoin ETFs noticed internet outflows of $243 million, whereas Ethereum posted $115 million in internet inflows for a 3rd straight day and Solana recorded modest inflows.
