According to @simplykashif, Binance’s institutional trading volume is up 21% year over year; OTC fiat volume is up 210%; tokenized funds are being used as collateral; and fund-style account structures have been launched (source: @simplykashif on X, Jan 15, 2026).

According to @lookonchain, Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs registered 1-day net outflows of 3,734 BTC, $338.91 million, and 7-day net outflows of 7,706 BTC, $699.53 million. source: @lookonchain. According to @lookonchain, Ethereum (ETH) ETFs saw 1-day net outflows of 42,299 ETH, $131.25 million, but 7-day net inflows of 8,466 ETH, $26.27 million. source: @lookonchain. According to @lookonchain, Solana (SOL) ETFs recorded 1-day net inflows of 36,370 SOL, $5.09 million, and 7-day net inflows of 328,049 SOL, $45.93 million. source: @lookonchain. For trading focus, flows show BTC ETFs with sustained outflows across both time frames, ETH turning positive over 7 days after a negative 1-day print, and SOL with consistent inflows on both 1-day and 7-day, highlighting relative demand skew toward SOL and improving weekly balance in ETH while BTC faces net redemptions. source: @lookonchain.

According to @FarsideUK, Fidelity’s Ethereum ETF recorded a net outflow of US$4.6 million on Jan 9, 2026, indicating net redemptions for the day, source: Farside Investors, farside.co.uk/eth. Farside Investors directs readers to its Ethereum ETF flow data and disclaimers for verification, source: Farside Investors, farside.co.uk/eth.

According to @CoinMarketCap citing CoinShares, crypto ETPs recorded $47.2 billion in net inflows in 2025. CoinShares reports Ethereum products led altcoin ETPs with 138% year-over-year growth from 2024, while Bitcoin ETP inflows declined 35% year over year, according to CoinShares.

According to @FarsideUK, Fidelity’s US Bitcoin ETF recorded a daily flow of US$78.6 million. Source: Farside Investors (@FarsideUK) tweet dated Dec 31, 2025. The data and disclaimers are available on Farside’s Bitcoin ETF flow page for verification and cross-issuer comparison. Source: farside.co.uk/btc.

According to @CoinMarketCap, Dubai’s VARA and Abu Dhabi’s ADGM have finalized and enforced complete crypto market frameworks, creating regulatory clarity for market participants (source: CoinMarketCap, Dec 25, 2025). The source reports that major exchanges, custody providers, and institutional funds have relocated or expanded operations in the UAE, indicating a shift of global crypto capital toward the region (source: CoinMarketCap, Dec 25, 2025). The source adds that while other jurisdictions politicized regulation, the UAE focused on building infrastructure to capture long-term industry migration rather than hyping prices (source: CoinMarketCap, Dec 25, 2025).

According to @KobeissiLetter, crypto funds recorded 952 million dollars of outflows last week, ending a run of three consecutive weekly inflows, source: The Kobeissi Letter on X, Dec 23, 2025. According to @KobeissiLetter, investors have withdrawn capital in six of the last ten weeks, source: The Kobeissi Letter on X, Dec 23, 2025. According to @KobeissiLetter, Ethereum ETH ETFs led with 555 million dollars in outflows, signaling that ETF-related selling pressure has returned, source: The Kobeissi Letter on X, Dec 23, 2025.

According to Charles d’Haussy, ADGM’s assets under management grew 48% and he argues that regulatory clarity—not laxity—is attracting institutional capital to Abu Dhabi as a new capital-of-capital, with implications for compliant crypto liquidity hubs (source: Charles d’Haussy, X post, Dec 16, 2025). He ties these takeaways to December 2025 activities around AD Finance Week, SolanaConf, and a dYdX x CoinRoutes and GammaPrime session, indicating heightened institutional engagement with those ecosystems (source: Charles d’Haussy, X post, Dec 16, 2025). For traders, his message emphasizes monitoring compliant venues and ecosystems connected to those events for participation and depth shifts, notably where Solana (SOL) and dYdX (DYDX) communities are active (source: Charles d’Haussy, X post, Dec 16, 2025).

According to @KobeissiLetter, crypto funds recorded $716 million of net inflows last week, the second-highest weekly intake in six weeks, source: @KobeissiLetter, Dec 11, 2025. Over the last two weeks, cumulative inflows reached $1.8 billion and total assets under management rose 7.9% off the November lows, indicating crypto ETFs are regaining last month’s losses, source: @KobeissiLetter, Dec 11, 2025.

According to Lookonchain, BlackRock deposited 1,385 BTC (approximately $126 million) and 799 ETH (approximately $2.5 million) to Coinbase Prime, with the activity referenced via Arkham Intelligence’s BlackRock entity page; source: https://twitter.com/lookonchain/status/1996910907121889417, source: https://intel.arkm.com/explorer/entity/blackrock. Arkham Intelligence lists the entity as BlackRock, and Coinbase states that Coinbase Prime is its institutional trading and custody platform—making large transfers to Prime a key flow to monitor for traders; source: https://intel.arkm.com/explorer/entity/blackrock, source: https://www.coinbase.com/institutional/prime.

According to @lookonchain, 10 Bitcoin ETFs recorded net outflows of 8,794 BTC, equivalent to USD 838.49 million, on Nov 17. Source: @lookonchain on X, Nov 17, 2025. According to @lookonchain, BlackRock saw outflows of 4,880 BTC, equivalent to USD 465.26 million, and currently holds 790,069 BTC valued at USD 75.33 billion. Source: @lookonchain on X, Nov 17, 2025. According to @lookonchain, 9 Ethereum ETFs recorded net outflows of 87,460 ETH, equivalent to USD 279 million, on Nov 17. Source: @lookonchain on X, Nov 17, 2025. According to @lookonchain, BlackRock saw outflows of 54,730 ETH, equivalent to USD 174.59 million, and currently holds 3,773,989 ETH valued at USD 12.04 billion. Source: @lookonchain on X, Nov 17, 2025. According to @lookonchain, these figures indicate net redemptions across the covered BTC and ETH ETFs for the day. Source: @lookonchain on X, Nov 17, 2025.

According to @AltcoinDaily, this cycle differs because structural drivers now dominate crypto market flows, led by the launch of US spot BTC ETFs in January 2024 that introduced regulated creations and redemptions and new institutional demand, which did not exist in prior cycles, source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approval orders dated Jan 10, 2024. Bitcoin’s April 2024 halving reduced the block subsidy to 3.125 BTC at block 840000, altering miner issuance and potential sell pressure compared with earlier cycles, source: Bitcoin blockchain data via mempool.space block 840000 on Apr 20, 2024. The SEC’s May 23, 2024 approval of 19b-4 filings for spot ETH ETFs opened a new channel for institutional ETH exposure and changed the flow mix this cycle, source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approval orders dated May 23, 2024. For trading, monitoring daily ETF creations and redemptions from issuers to gauge net inflows and outflows, tracking on-chain miner balances after the halving, and following the Federal Reserve’s policy rate path to assess risk appetite can improve positioning versus prior cycles, sources: issuer disclosures from iShares Bitcoin Trust and Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund, on-chain analytics from Coin Metrics, and Federal Reserve FOMC statements maintaining the target range at 5.25 to 5.50 percent across 2024.