Cryptocurrency Hits $47.2B by 2025, But Bitcoin Loses Ground

XRP and Solana posted massive triple-digit growth in 2025, while Bitcoin-focused crypto investment funds struggled.

Digital asset investment products ended 2025 with total global inflows of $47.2 billion, slightly below the record $48.7 billion seen in 2024. The year started well, last Friday alone pulling in $671 million.

This lowered revenue for the week to $582 million after the previous outage.

Small Altcoins Left Behind

According to CoinShares’ Digital Asset Fund Flows 2025 Report, Bitcoin will struggle in 2025, resulting in a 35% drop in revenue to $26.9 billion. Falling prices also drove $105 million in short bitcoin investment products, although this figure remains a tiny fraction of the $139 million total.

Ethereum led the market and attracted 12.7 billion dollars, an increase of 138% compared to 2024. XRP and Solana also increased, with the entry of $3.7 billion (up 500%) and $3.6 billion (up 1,000%), respectively. Other altcoins faced weak demand, after falling 30% year-over-year to $318 million.

Sui raised $152 million, Chainlink $22 million, and ZCash $17 million, while Litecoin saw only $1 million a year. Overall, investor focus has shifted to Ethereum, XRP, and Solana, leaving smaller coins far behind. Products with multiple items, on the other hand, saw an outflow of $214 million.

In 2025, the United States remained the largest recipient of digital asset investment, reaching $42.5 billion in revenue, down 12% from 2024. Germany led the growth, attracting $2.5 billion compared to $43 million last year. Canada recovered and saw an inflow of $1.1 billion after an outflow of $603 million in 2024. Switzerland saw a slight gain as it pulled in $775 million, up 11.5% year-on-year. Next was Hong Kong with an investment of $293 million, followed by the Netherlands with $194 million, and France with $128 million. The Cayman Islands and Luxembourg also brought in $42 million and $32 million, respectively.

Sweden, however, suffered outflows of $775 million, followed by Brazil with outflows of $1 million.

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A healthy Bitcoin setup?

Despite lackluster price action and widespread negative sentiment, analyst Markus Thielen believes that Bitcoin may enter 2026 in a healthy and positive mood after a significant reset in the market’s position. He explained that nearly $30 billion in Bitcoin and Ethereum futures have not been traded since October of last year. This reduced speculative and crowded exchanges.

As investors start the new year with lighter, cleaner portfolios, the market has room to reset and move organically. Thielen added that this soft freeze removes the drag created by the superpower, allowing Bitcoin to better reflect demand rather than forced liquidation. As a result, Bitcoin may be free to track its natural price, which, according to the analyst, may be higher.