Ether is the only large-cap crypto asset doing much of anything this week, and the softer U.S. inflation print that lifted the market on Tuesday does not explain it.
Ether traded near $1,920 on Thursday, up 2.2% on the day and roughly 11% over seven sessions, carrying a market value of about $231 billion on roughly $12 billion of daily volume. Bitcoin sat at $64,600, down 0.3% on the day and up 4.2% on the week. Below them the tape turns negative.
Solana fell 1.1% to $77 and is lower over seven days. TRON slipped to $0.32, down 1.6% on the week. Hyperliquid's HYPE lost 1.8% to $66 and is down 1.7%. XRP, BNB and dogecoin each added a little over 2% for the week, roughly a fifth of ether's move.
Two factors have provide tailwinds for ether this week.
U.S. spot ether ETFs took in $96 million over the first three days of this week, according to SoSoValue, already more than the $84 million they gathered across all of last week. The funds bled through late June, shedding $82 million on June 25 alone.