According to CoinShares, institutional investors poured $857.9 million into Bitcoin and crypto assets in the past week, marking the sixth consecutive positive week and the largest weekly total since April 24. Bitcoin dominated with $706.1 million in inflows, bringing year-to-date flows for Bitcoin p

BlockBeats reports on May 12 that five spot XRP ETFs listed in the United States saw a net inflow of $25.8 million on the same day, totaling $1.35 billion. The funds came from XRPZ, Bitwise, Grayscale, among others, with net inflows of $13.6 million, $7.6 million, and $4.6 million respectively. Related to recent developments with Ripple: they completed $200 million in debt financing to expand Ripple Prime; and partnered with JPMorgan, Mastercard, and Ondo to conduct U.S. Treasury bond tokenization settlement tests on the XRP Ledger, with redemption times under 5 seconds. Ripple also announced a four-phase roadmap, aiming to achieve quantum-resistant upgrades and emergency fund recovery capabilities before 2028. Analysts say ETF demand is shifting from speculation to infrastructure narratives; however, XRP has fallen about 39% over the past six months, with a current price of approximately $1.47, still far from its high of $3.65.