In recent years, ETFs have transitioned from a "trial" phase to an "expansion" phase as a bridge bringing crypto assets into traditional investment channels. After the opening of Ethereum spot ETFs in the US stock market in 2024, the institutional allocation path for digital assets has become more standardized; this foundation will lead to broader product experimentation in the market in 2025, including multi-coin basket ETFs and spot ETFs directly tracking single altcoins.

Three main factors are driving this wave of innovation:

First, the clarity or reconstruction of regulatory pathways has allowed exchanges and issuers to find feasible compliance methods for onshore operations;

Second, large asset management institutions and traditional financial participants are continuously increasing their exposure to crypto assets, resulting in scaled capital inflows and rebalancing demands;

Third, the market's demand for diversified altcoin exposure is rising, prompting products to extend from single Bitcoin to Ethereum, Solana, XRP, and multi-coin baskets.

Looking at recent developments, some issuers have successively launched multi-coin index ETFs that include Ethereum and Solana, attempting to introduce "multi-coin allocation" into mainstream trading markets. At the same time, products tracking single altcoins in spot form have begun to be approved for listing, with some products quickly recording significant capital sizes after launch, reflecting the market's immediate demand and strong absorption capacity for the new generation of ETFs.

In terms of capital flow characteristics, although Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs have continued to attract long-term capital since their launch, they are still influenced by macro events, interest rate expectations, and market sentiment in the short term. Recently, there have been multiple instances of daily or weekly capital inflows and outflows at the billion-dollar level, indicating that spot ETFs have become tools for traders to quickly allocate and hedge against macro news, rather than merely serving as channels for long-term passive allocation.

At the market structure level, this trend has brought several noteworthy changes. First, ETFs provide large holders with more channels to achieve liquidity, asset restructuring, or exit under a regulated framework, thereby affecting on-chain liquidity, trading depth, and price discovery mechanisms. Second, the emergence of multi-coin and altcoin ETFs may trigger cross-coin chain reactions: sentiment changes in mainstream assets may be amplified and transmitted to secondary assets. Third, product fees, custody security, and governance structures will become key factors determining the competitiveness of issuers; as the number of products continues to increase, the importance of fee rates, custody transparency, and market-making robustness will further rise.

From a regulatory perspective, regulators are still maintaining a balance between investor protection and financial innovation. In some cases, issuers have rapidly advanced new products by leveraging exchange rules or updated listing processes, resulting in a "window period acceleration" characteristic of the ETF ecosystem. This opens up space for product diversification but also raises higher demands for information disclosure, product consistency, and overall market fairness. In the future, regulation may focus more on custody security, asset valuation transparency, and the health of redemption mechanisms to reduce cross-market arbitrage and the impact of high volatility on the underlying spot market.

Looking ahead to the short to medium term, several directions are worth closely observing:

First, ETF products will continue to diversify, expanding from single coins to baskets, strategy-based, and region-based products;

Second, the sources of funds will further penetrate from retail to institutional and wealth management systems, driving larger-scale allocation demands;

Third, the stability of regulations and exchange rules will determine which assets can enter the mainstream ETF system;

Fourth, the direction of ETF capital flows will become an important "high-frequency indicator" of market sentiment and prices, further enhancing the linkage between the crypto asset market and traditional financial markets.

Overall, crypto ETFs have moved from the "entry stage" to the "differentiation and scaling stage." This means more convenient exposure to crypto assets for investors, but it also brings higher structural risks and regulatory uncertainties. In the face of a rapidly evolving product environment, investors and intermediary institutions need to pay more attention to product transparency, custody models, component asset risks, and macro sensitivity; regulators need to promote a clear and consistent rule system that protects investors while maintaining innovation momentum.

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Original article: “The Acceleration of Cryptocurrency ETFs: From Bitcoin to Multi-Coin and Altcoin Expansion”

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