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Analysts expected more Solana ETFs to go live in 2025, as investors chase yield-bearing opportunities through staking and network validation. Asset manager CoinShares withdrew its Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) application for a staked Solana exchange-traded fund (ETF) on Friday. The structuring deal and asset purchase behind the proposed fund were never completed, according to the SEC filing, which states: The first staked Solana (SOL) ETF, issued by REX-Osprey, debuted in the United States in June, followed by investment company Bitwise’s staked SOL ETF in October. Read more

Crypto investment products neared $5 billion in outflows in the last four weeks, but late-week inflows show early signs of improving sentiment despite heavy selling, CoinShares said. Cryptocurrency investment products have hit almost $5 billion in outflows over the past four weeks, but inflows during the final days of last week offered a small sign of improving sentiment. Crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) saw $1.94 billion in outflows last week, a small decline from the $2 billion exodus the previous week, according to a Monday research report from CoinShares. The four-week total now stands at $4.9 billion, marking the third-largest outflow run on record. Only the March tariff-driven sell-off and the February 2018 downturn were bigger. Read more

CoinShares is set to acquire investment manager Bastion Asset Management to launch actively managed crypto ETFs in the US. European crypto asset manager CoinShares is set to make another strategic acquisition as the company prepares to go public in the United States. CoinShares announced Wednesday that it will acquire London-based crypto investment manager Bastion Asset Management as part of its strategy to expand crypto investment products in the US. The deal, pending approval from the UK Financial Conduct Authority, will see CoinShares fully integrate Bastion’s trading capabilities, strategies and team into its platform. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Read more

The deal with Vine Hill Capital, which values CoinShares at $1.2 billion, will allow the company to be listed on the US Nasdaq Stock Market. European asset manager CoinShares has entered into a definitive business combination agreement with Vine Hill Capital Investment, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). CoinShares announced Monday that the company will be publicly listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market in the US through the deal. This will allow investors to participate directly in trading CoinShares stocks, fueling its global expansion plans.  A SPAC is a publicly traded shell company created with the sole purpose of merging with or acquiring an existing company. This allows a company to go public without going through the traditional initial public offering (IPO) process.  Read more

CoinShares posted $32.4M in Q2 profit and plans a US listing, with executives expecting strong momentum in the second half as Bitcoin and Ether hit new highs. Digital asset investment company CoinShares reported that its assets under management (AUM) increased 26% in the second quarter of 2025, closing the period at $3.46 billion.  CoinShares said the AUM increase happened amid a $126 million outflow in its XBT Provider products. Despite this, the company said rising crypto prices contributed to its growth during Q2. The firm pointed to Bitcoin (BTC) gaining 29% and Ether (ETH) being up 37% during the time period. With BTC and ETH reaching new highs in August, CoinShares chief executive Jean-Marie Mognetti said the company expects a strong second half. Read more

In addition to its presence in the EU, CoinShares has expanded in the US market since entering it in 2023, aiming to compete with major industry peers. CoinShares, a major European cryptocurrency investment firm, has secured a license under the local regulatory framework, Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). CoinShares received the MiCA license through its French subsidiary, CoinShares Asset Management, the company announced on Wednesday. With the license, CoinShares became the “first continental European regulated asset management company” to be qualified under MiCA, the announcement noted. Read more

ETP sentiment cooled in the latter half of last week amid reports of US involvement in the Iran conflict. Cryptocurrency investment products continued to attract strong investor interest last week despite major crypto assets like Bitcoin and Ether posting notable price drops. Global crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) recorded $1.24 billion of inflows for the trading week ending Friday, CoinShares reported on Monday. With the latest inflows, crypto ETPs continued breaking year-to-date (YTD) inflow records, setting a new historic high at $15.1 billion, said CoinShares’ head of research, James Butterfill. Read more

Crypto Inflows have totaled US$224M in the latest week, extending a seven-week streak to US$11B but slowing as traders await Federal Reserve rate clues. Ethereum has led with US$296M, pushing its share of assets to 10.5%, while Bitcoin has recorded US$56.5M in outflows for a second week. The post Crypto Product Inflows Hit $224M, Momentum Slows Amid Fed Policy Uncertainty: CoinShares appeared first on Cryptonews.

Ether led last week’s $286 million of net inflows to crypto ETPs, while Bitcoin investment products saw outflows of $8 million, CoinShares reported. Cryptocurrency investment products maintained their multi-week inflow streak last week despite significant selling pressure stemming from Bitcoin’s drop to $103,000. Global crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) recorded $286 million of inflows in the week ending May 30, bringing a seven-week run of inflows to $10.9 billion, CoinShares reported on June 2. Despite the inflows, total assets under management (AUM) declined from the all-time high of $187 billion to $177 billion by the weekend amid market volatility triggered by uncertainty over US tariffs, said CoinShares’ head of research, James Butterfill. Read more

CoinShares’s net profit dropped 42.2% year-over-year as harsh macroeconomic conditions affected the digital assets industry. CoinShares, a digital asset investment firm with offices in the United States and Europe, said its net profit fell to $24 million in the first quarter of 2025, a 42.2% decrease from the same period a year ago. Although CoinShares’s profits and EBITDA remained positive in Q1 2025, the margins declined compared to the same period in 2024. Last year, CoinShares posted a net profit of $41.5 million and an EBITDA of $35.5 million in the first three months. Year-over-year, CoinShares’s net profit dropped 42.2% and its EBITDA fell 15.5%. The firm’s ETPs contributed to the quarter's performance. For Q1 2025, CoinShares’s ETPs saw net inflows of $268 million, with $202 million coming from its Physical Bitcoin (BITC) ETP. Revenue related to assets under management increased from $24.5 million to $29.6 million, a rise of 20.8%. Read more