Institutions Reduced Bitcoin Exposure in 2025 and Moved Into Altcoin ETFs

Beincrypto reports that institutional investors cut Bitcoin exposure in 2025 and rotated capital into select altcoins, a shift driven largely by ETF demand. CoinShares data showed Bitcoin inflows fell from about $41.69 billion in 2024 to $26.98 billion in 2025, while Ethereum, XRP and Solana recorded $12.69 billion, $3.69 billion and $3.65 billion in inflows in 2025, respectively.

That represented a roughly 31% drop for Bitcoin, a 137% rise for Ethereum and 500% and 1,066% increases for Solana and XRP. Decentralized finance activity, meanwhile, stagnated: DeFi TVL jumped from $52 billion to $115 billion in 2024 but grew only 1.73% to $117 billion in 2025. ETF approvals for XRP, Solana, Dogecoin and Hedera spurred initial interest, but demand proved shallow—Dogecoin ETFs saw near-zero net inflows and HBAR inflows were minimal or nonexistent.

Price action in 2025 showed declines across major tokens (Bitcoin -6.3%, Ethereum -11%, XRP -11.5%, Solana -34%), and the report noted uncertainty about persistence of the trend into 2026.

Key Topics

Crypto, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Xrp, Solana, Altcoin Etfs