Digital asset fund flows | March 16th, 2026
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Digital assets demonstrate resilience amid geopolitical turmoil
Digital asset investment products recorded US$1.06B of inflows the third consecutive week, highlighting resilience during geopolitical stress and reinforcing Bitcoin’s role as a relative safe haven.
US investors accounted for 96% of flows, while Hong Kong saw its largest inflows since August 2025; Germany recorded the first weekly outflows of the year.
Ethereum attracted US$315M, partly driven by new US staking ETF listings, bringing year-to-date flows close to neutral.
Digital asset investment products recorded inflows of US$1.06B last week, marking a third consecutive week of inflows and occurring amid significant geopolitical disruption that has reinforced digital assets, particularly Bitcoin, as a relative safe haven compared with other asset classes. Since the onset of the Iran crisis, total assets under management (AuM) in digital asset ETPs have risen by 9.4% to US$140B.
Regionally, 96% of inflows originated from the US. Canada and Switzerland followed, recording inflows of US$19.4M and US$10.4M respectively. Hong Kong also saw inflows of US$23.1M, the largest since August 2025. Germany, meanwhile, recorded outflows of US$17.1M, the first weekly outflow seen this year.
Bitcoin accounted for 75% of total inflows, amounting to US$793M, bringing the three-week run of inflows to US$2.2B and closing in on the prior five-week period of outflows totalling US$3.0B. Short-Bitcoin products also recorded inflows of US$8.1M last week, highlighting that market opinion remains somewhat polarised.
Ethereum also saw meaningful inflows of US$315M, bringing year-to-date flows close to a net neutral position, partly driven by the launch of new staking ETF listings in the US. XRP has suffered its second week of outflows totalling US$76M.
