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Spot crypto ETFs trading in the US saw $12.8 billion of inflows last month, a record high for the investment vehicles, according to Bloomberg senior analyst Eric Balchunas. This translates to $600 million in inflows per day, which is double the average. 

“As a group that’s more than any single ETF did, incl[uding] the Might VOO,” Balchunas said in a social media post. “Further, every ETF in category took in cash (ex the converted Trusts) with Bitcoin and Ether making equal contributions.” 

On July 14, bitcoin reached its all-time high of over $123,000, while ethereum climbed nearly 50% in the last 30 days to briefly touch the $3,900 level on July 28.

Jim Hwang, COO of crypto investment firm Firinne Capital, argued that strong inflows will extend into the future. “I strongly believe it will continue because institutions are really understanding how blockchains can update the financial rails,” Hwang told Sherwood News. “We’ll see more investors appreciating tokens that have real utility.”

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Ripple launches treasury platform to manage cash and cryptocurrencies

Ripple, the firm closely tied to the fifth-largest cryptocurrency, XRP, introduced a new treasury platform for digital asset and traditional cash management for users like financial officers, treasurers, and accountants. 

Ripple’s move comes more than three months after it acquired treasury software provider GTreasury for $1 billion, one of several steps to grow the firm’s position in corporate finance.

Combining Ripple’s blockchain rails and GTreasury’s software, the new platforms goal is to simplify treasury operations. It eliminates settlement delays with payment times of three to five seconds and optimizes yield from working capital 24/7 through tokenized money market funds such as BlackRock’s BUIDL and overnight secure repo markets with RLUSD, according to a Tuesday blog post

Ripple Treasury also aims to provide “real-time cash positions, automated forecasting, and seamless reporting across traditional cash, digital assets, RLUSD, and XRP holdings,” the blog post stated.

Last year, Ripple filed its national banking license application with the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, while the firm’s subsidiary Standard Custody & Trust Company applied for a Federal Reserve master account, which would allow Ripple to hold RLUSD reserves directly with the Fed.

XRP has seen $2.4 billion in trading volume in the last 24 hours, increasing 1.8% in the period. The tokens all-time high was set in July 2025 at $3.65. Meanwhile, spot XRP ETFs had nearly $9.2 million worth of inflows on Tuesday, bringing cumulative inflows to $1.4 billion.

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