Trump’s Executive Orders Ignite $1.9 Billion Weekly Surge in Cryptocurrency Investments, Reveals CoinShares

Investments in digital assets experienced $1.9 billion in inflows last week, raising the year-to-date inflows to $4.8 billion. Presidential directives suggesting Bitcoin as a reserve asset likely impacted this boom in investments.

Even with stable price fluctuations, trading volumes hit $25 billion, comprising 37% of reliable exchange transactions.

Bitcoin Leads Digital Asset Inflows

Last week, US President Donald Trump signed an executive directive that formed a Presidential working group on digital asset markets aimed at creating a federal regulatory structure for digital assets, such as stablecoins. Led by AI & Crypto Czar David Sacks, the group will consist of high-ranking officials, including the Treasury Secretary and SEC Chairman, and will engage industry professionals for guidance.

The directive also suspends federal initiatives to create central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and overturns cryptocurrency policies from the Biden administration. Additionally, Trump honored his campaign commitment to pardon Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the Silk Road marketplace. However, plans regarding a national Bitcoin reserve remained unclear, with no direct reference to Bitcoin in the directive. Despite this, the inflows persisted.

The most recent CoinShares report indicated that Bitcoin garnered $1.6 billion in inflows last week, elevating its year-to-date total to $4.4 billion and representing 92% of all inflows in the digital asset arena. Short-Bitcoin ETFs also witnessed renewed enthusiasm, with $5.1 million in inflows following BTC’s latest record highs. Ethereum made a strong comeback with $205 million in inflows, while XRP increased by $18.5 million.

Multi-asset offerings attracted $17 million in inflows among smaller assets, with Solana, Chainlink, and Polkadot recording significant inflows of $6.9 million, $6.6 million, and $2.6 million, respectively. Litecoin also saw $0.9 million in inflows.

Interestingly, no digital asset investment products incurred outflows last week, except for Cardano, which experienced a slight $0.1 million in outflows.

Worldwide Digital Asset Inflows Increase

By region, the US noted inflows of $1.7 billion, with favorable executive order news uplifting sentiment across almost all other areas. The most significant inflows were noticed in Switzerland, Canada, and Germany, which recorded inflows of $35 million, $31 million, and $23.1 million, correspondingly.

Following these were Hong Kong, Brazil, and Australia, documenting $14.1 million, $12 million, and $6.9 million, respectively. Sweden stood out as an exception with $5.7 million in outflows.