During the week of August 18-22, iShares Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHA) from BlackRock, the largest asset manager, attracted $1.24 billion, ranking second among more than 4,400 exchange-traded funds.
Analysts at Citigroup’s Future of Finance division predict an outflow of $6.6 trillion from bank deposits into stablecoins.
The category of tokenized assets includes currencies, treasury bonds, venture capital, and private equity. Analysts identified investment funds that leverage blockchain to enhance efficiency and accessibility of financial instruments for a certain category of clients as the main driver of market growth.
The cryptocurrency Cardano (ADA) attracted investors’ attention after its futures trading volume reached $6.96 billion for the first time in the past five months. This event strengthened bullish sentiment, and analysts point to a technical setup that could precede a major price breakout.
Major cryptocurrencies declined, pushing the total crypto market capitalization below $4 trillion, Bloomberg reports.
The total market capitalization of NFT collections has reached $9.3 billion, up 40% from July’s $6.6 billion. A key driver of this growth is the rising price of Ethereum, which recently surpassed $4,000 and continues its upward trajectory.
Last week, Solana surpassed Ethereum in total fees collected for the first time, bringing in $8.6 million compared to its rival’s $8.1 million. Despite having a lower overall activity volume, the growth rate reached 2.1%. The leader in this metric remains the Tron blockchain, with $14.3 million, while Bitcoin network fees rose 8%, staying largely out of mainstream media attention.
Since November last year, the stablecoin market has shown rapid growth, becoming one of the key indicators of the strengthening cryptocurrency sector. The total market capitalization of Tether (USDT) has increased from $120 billion to $164.5 billion, while Circle’s USD Coin (USDC) grew from $34 billion to $65.1 billion.
As of August 12, 2025, the market capitalization of stablecoins — a key source of liquidity for the cryptocurrency market — hit $281 billion. Average daily trading volume also grew by 12%, reaching around $187 billion.
On August 11, capital inflows into Ethereum ETFs issued by U.S. companies exceeded $1 billion for the first time in history.
August 11, 2025, marked a milestone day for cryptocurrency ETFs in the United States. Spot ETFs on Ethereum (ETH) recorded a total net inflow of $1.019 billion, indicating growing investor interest in the second-largest cryptocurrency.
Binance’s native token continues to show impressive momentum, surpassing traditional business giants like Nike ($185 billion) and DoorDash ($48 billion) in market capitalization. At the current price of $795 and a market cap of $120 billion, BNB has closely approached Interactive Brokers ($127 billion) and MicroStrategy ($135 billion).
In July, the stablecoin sector hit another milestone — its total market capitalization reached a new all-time high of $261 billion, marking a 4.87% increase compared to the previous month.
The yield-bearing stablecoin USDe, issued by Ethena Labs, has surpassed FDUSD to become the third largest dollar-pegged token. A 75% increase in market capitalization since mid-July has brought the circulating supply to $9.3 billion, according to The Block's dashboard data.
The Binance Alpha ecosystem showed solid growth, increasing its total market capitalization by 2.51% to $16.19 billion. This came amid sideways price movement in flagship cryptocurrency Bitcoin (BTC), which failed to maintain its bullish momentum from recent weeks.
In July, U.S.-based spot Ethereum (ETH) ETFs experienced record-breaking capital inflows. According to research platform SosoValue, the net inflow into ETH spot ETFs reached $5.41 billion in July alone—more than the combined inflows from all previous months since launch.
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