SOL and XRP ETFs have attracted nearly $900 million in combined inflows, highlighting rare investor conviction amid an ongoing market rout. While spot Bitcoin and Ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are facing some of the biggest daily outflows since they launch, two new altcoin products are bucking the trend. Despite the broader market rout, Solana (SOL) and XRP (XRP) ETFs have yet to record a single outflow day since launch, according to crypto ETF data aggregator SoSoValue. This makes the two altcoin ETFs rare green marks in an otherwise red ETF landscape. The inflows are becoming substantial. Data shows that Solana-based spot ETFs have accumulated nearly $500 million in net inflows, while XRP ETFs have seen $410 million in cumulative net inflows to date. Read more
As pension funds evaluate Bitcoin’s scarcity, resilience and inflation behavior, a core question emerges: Can BTC become a true institutional store of value? Gold has long met store-of-value standards, while fiat currencies lose purchasing power over time. Bitcoin now meets several of the same store-of-value benchmarks. With a hard cap of 21 million coins and around-the-clock global trading, Bitcoin offers digital scarcity, durability supported by network security and liquidity that rivals many traditional assets. Concerns remain, including short-term volatility, inconsistent global regulations, cybersecurity risks, limited historical data and challenges integrating Bitcoin into traditional investment models. Read more
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss are betting on privacy protocols gaining major traction as AI continues to grow at an exponential rate. The year 2025 will go down as the year of digital asset treasury companies. Michael Saylor’s Strategy and Tom Lee’s Bitmine have forged ahead with Bitcoin and Ethereum-based strategies, while a handful of alternative DATs have grabbed headlines. Zcash (ZEC), the privacy protocol born out of a hard fork of the Bitcoin codebase in 2016, has been one of the big winners in 2025. Prominent industry advocates have been touting the importance of privacy-preserving cryptocurrencies, and Zcash has been the outright winner in terms of percentage price gains. It seemed like it was only a matter of time before the ecosystem welcomed a Zcash DAT, and the Winklevoss twins beat competitors to the mark. Read more
While aPriori dismissed the claims related to insider activity, investors are still awaiting more details on the Sybil cluster that claimed 60% of the airdrop across 14,000 wallets. Web3 startup aPriori said Friday that suspicious activity tied to its recent airdrop was not connected to its team, following investor concerns that a single entity claimed an outsized portion of the token distribution. A mysterious entity claimed about 60% of the recent aPriori (APR) token airdrop across 14,000 interconnected cryptocurrency wallets, according to blockchain analytics platform Bubblemaps. The pattern resembles a Sybil-style farming operation, where one actor uses multiple wallets to maximize rewards. APriori lowered eligibility requirements for its Monad Mainnet airdrop in an effort to reward “genuine users,” but said Friday it found “no evidence that anyone on the contributing team or from the foundation has claimed the airdrop.” Read more
Both memecoins and NFTs have plunged to their weakest levels since early 2025, with traders pulling back from speculative assets across the board. Memecoins plunged to their lowest valuation in 2025 on Friday, dropping to a combined market capitalization of $39.4 billion, according to data aggregator CoinMarketCap. The sector shed over $5 billion in 24 hours, declining from $44 billion despite a 40% increase in trading volume. This marks a big reversal from the year’s peak on Jan. 5, when the memecoin market cap collectively hit a high of $116.7 billion. Friday’s rout marks a 66.2% drawdown from the 2025 high. The sharp sell-off mirrors a broader decline across the digital asset market. CoinGecko data shows that the total crypto market cap fell from $3.77 trillion on Nov. 1 to $2.96 trillion on Friday, wiping out $800 billion in just three weeks. Read more