US-listed crypto exchange-traded funds tracking assets other than Bitcoin and Ether took in nearly $90 million of net inflows in the week ended Aug. 21, according to SoSoValue data. XRP funds led the group, followed by Solana, Chainlink and Hyperliquid products. The money arrived as those tokens rallied sharply. It was still a small slice of the capital that went into Bitcoin and Ethereum funds over the same week.
XRP funds post their best week since mid-May
XRP products drew $39.78 million of net inflows, their strongest week since the period ended May 15, when they attracted about $60.5 million. That May week stood out because XRP funds were gaining money while Bitcoin and Ethereum products were seeing withdrawals.
The latest intake made six consecutive weeks of positive flows for XRP funds, bringing in about $72 million over that stretch. Cumulative net inflows since the US products launched reached roughly $1.55 billion. Weekly trading volume in the funds hit a record $271.74 million, and that activity picked up as the token broke out. XRP rose about 50% during the week, climbing from below $1 to a high of $1.60 before giving back part of the move.
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Solana extends an eight-week streak
Solana funds added $28.34 million, their eighth straight week of net inflows and the largest weekly figure since roughly $58 million entered the products in mid-May. The eight-week run has brought in about $56.3 million, lifting cumulative net inflows to around $1.19 billion.
The demand has built as SOL recovers from a long downturn. The token gained about 24% during the week and briefly traded above $100 for the first time since February, then slipped back over the weekend.
Hyperliquid gets a policy catalyst
Hyperliquid products are among the newer and smaller ETF categories, and the rally reached them too. They attracted $3.89 million, a third consecutive week of inflows, taking the three-week total to nearly $10 million. Cumulative net inflows stand near $287 million, and assets in the products climbed above $350 million as HYPE set a record of about $82 during the week.
Washington supplied part of the backdrop. At an Aug. 19 White House meeting with crypto executives, President Donald Trump highlighted efforts to establish a legal route for Hyperliquid to operate in the US. He also urged Congress to advance crypto market-structure legislation, one of several regulatory signals that week that coincided with higher digital-asset prices. The progress of that bill is tracked in our CLARITY Act news coverage.
Chainlink and the smaller funds
Chainlink products recorded $13.35 million, their largest weekly inflow since their debut week, when they drew about $48 million. Cumulative net inflows rose to roughly $142 million. LINK gained about 22%, reaching $12 for the first time since January before easing.
Further down the list, flows were modest. Avalanche funds took in about $1.3 million, Hedera funds roughly $848,000 and Dogecoin ETFs $654,416. XRP, Solana, Chainlink and Hyperliquid together accounted for about $85 million of the week’s altcoin total.
How the altcoin flows compare with Bitcoin and Ethereum
The headline rebound in crypto ETFs belonged to the two largest assets. Spot Bitcoin funds pulled in $1.92 billion during the week, and Ethereum products added about $697 million. Their combined $2.61 billion was the strongest week since October 2025 and the best of 2026 so far.
Set against that, the roughly $90 million going into other altcoin funds is a fraction of the total. The more notable change is breadth. After months in which allocations outside Bitcoin and Ether were comparatively subdued, several products extended inflow streaks in the same week their tokens posted large gains. Whether that participation holds depends on flows continuing after the price rally cools, which a single week cannot show.
Reading weekly ETF flow figures
Several different numbers appear in fund flow reports, and they measure different things:
- Weekly net inflows are new money created into a fund minus money redeemed during the week. A positive figure means more shares were created than redeemed.
- Cumulative net inflows add up those weekly figures since launch. XRP’s roughly $1.55 billion is money that came in, not the current value of the holdings.
- Assets under management reflect the market value of what the fund holds. Hyperliquid funds’ assets topped $350 million against cumulative inflows near $287 million because the value of the underlying HYPE rose.
- Trading volume counts shares changing hands on the exchange. Record XRP fund volume shows heavy trading activity, but buyers and sellers swapping existing shares do not by themselves add or remove money from the fund.
Keeping these apart avoids a common misreading: a fund can post record volume or rising assets in a week with small or even negative net flows. For the wider market picture beyond fund flows, our latest crypto news collects the day’s Bitcoin and altcoin headlines.
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Written byCrypto Desk