Bitcoin Funds Draw $706 Million in Sixth Straight Inflow Week

Institutional investors added $706.1 million to Bitcoin products last week, taking total crypto fund inflows to $857.9 million, according to CoinShares – the sixth consecutive positive week and the strongest since late April. Head of research James Butterfill attributed the acceleration to the stablecoin yield compromise Senators Thom Tillis and Angela Alsobrooks released on May 1.

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How Months of Clarity Act Stalemate Set Up a Single-Week Reversal

Context helps here. In December 2025, the Senate Banking Committee postponed the Clarity Act markup with no new date, and the following week saw $952 million in weekly outflows from crypto products. The bill sat in procedural limbo through January and into early spring.

On May 1, Senators Tillis (R-N.C.) and Alsobrooks (D-Md.) published compromise language on stablecoin yield: crypto firms can no longer offer passive rewards on idle stablecoin balances that function like bank deposit interest, but activity-based rewards tied to actual platform use remain permitted. That text resolved what Butterfill described as the primary overhang on U.S. inflows.

The numbers reflect it. U.S.-based crypto vehicles generated $776.6 million in net inflows last week, against $47.5 million the week before – more than a 16x jump in one week.

$706 Million for Bitcoin: What the CoinShares Report Shows

Bitcoin products captured $706.1 million of last week's total, taking year-to-date Bitcoin fund inflows to $4.9 billion. BlackRock's iShares products led all providers at $733 million; ARK 21Shares followed at $52 million, and Bitwise added $41 million. Total assets under management climbed to $160 billion, the highest level since February.

Grayscale bucked the trend, recording $63 million in outflows and extending its year-to-date redemption total to $636 million. Short-bitcoin products posted $14.4 million in outflows – the largest single-week exit from bearish Bitcoin positioning in 2026. Ethereum attracted $77.1 million, reversing $81.6 million in outflows from the prior week, while Solana added $47.6 million and XRP $39.6 million.

Institutions Are Buying Before the Bill Has Passed

The $706 million figure is notable partly for its timing. The Clarity Act is not law. It hasn't cleared the Senate floor or been reconciled with the House version. Yet U.S. inflows jumped more than 16x on the strength of compromise language that banking groups were still lobbying to modify as of May 8. Institutions are not waiting for certainty – they are pricing in the direction.

Short-bitcoin outflows complete the picture. When long exposure builds at the same time short hedges unwind, the net effect on positioning is larger than either number suggests on its own. Bitcoin crossed back above $80,000 mid-week for the first time since February.

May 14 Markup and the July 4 Deadline: What the Vote Means for Flows

The Senate Banking Committee is scheduled to mark up the Clarity Act on May 14 at 10:30 a.m. A successful markup advances the bill toward a full Senate vote, where it needs 60 votes to pass. The White House has set July 4 as its target for a presidential signature, per the President's Council of Advisors for Digital Assets.

Banking trade groups, including the American Bankers Association and the Bank Policy Institute, submitted a joint letter on May 8 asking the committee to tighten the stablecoin yield language. Senator Alsobrooks said the yield compromise is acceptable but the broader bill still needs "some more compromise and improvement." If banking-backed revisions get incorporated, the stablecoin provisions could look different by the Senate floor vote.

The House passed its version last July. Should the Senate advance and reconcile the texts, the bill goes to President Trump before the end of 2026. December 2025 showed what a stalled vote does to flows. A passage would likely produce the inverse.

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