Spot Hyperliquid exchange-traded funds absorbed 1.04% of $HYPE’s market capitalization of their first 10 buying and selling days, giving them the strongest crypto ETF debut by one market-cap-adjusted demand metric, in response to Kairos Analysis.
Kairos in contrast cumulative internet flows into new spot crypto ETF issuers in opposition to the market capitalization of every underlying asset at launch. By this metric, $HYPE ETFs outpaced spot Bitcoin, Ether and Solana ETF debuts, which absorbed 0.59%, 0.41% and 0.31% of their respective market capitalizations.
Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas stated the 21Shares Hyperliquid ETF (THYP) had risen 50% since launching two weeks earlier. Balchunas in contrast the tempo with Roundhill’s DRAM ETF, which he stated took 5 weeks to achieve 50%, and BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF, IBIT, which he stated took two months.
The info provides one other measure of early demand for Hyperliquid-linked funds after US-based $HYPE ETFs from Bitwise and 21Shares noticed buying and selling exercise rise following a sluggish launch.
The comparability doesn’t imply $HYPE ETFs raised more cash than Bitcoin or Ether ETFs in absolute phrases. Kairos’ metric strips out GBTC and ETHE outflows to exclude legacy belief redemptions and focuses on new-issuer demand relative to the scale of every asset’s market.

Spot crypto ETF inflows as a proportion of their market capitalization. Supply: Kairos Analysis
$HYPE leads altcoin ETF inflows as spot Bitcoin outflows prime $2 billion
SoSoValue information exhibits that $HYPE ETFs recorded $6.89 million in internet inflows throughout their partial launch week from Could 12 to Could 15, then rose to $68.02 million in internet inflows for the week ending Could 22. The rise made $HYPE the most important altcoin-linked ETF influx class among the many property proven for the final full buying and selling week.
Spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs moved in the other way over the identical time durations. Spot BTC ETFs recorded $1 billion in internet outflows within the week ending on Could 15 and $1.26 billion within the week ending Could 22, bringing two-week outflows to $2.26 billion. Spot Ether ETFs noticed $255.11 million and $215.99 million over the identical durations, in response to SoSoValue.
In the meantime, different altcoin-linked spot ETFs additionally recorded optimistic flows, although under $HYPE within the final full buying and selling week. Spot XRP ETFs noticed $22.04 million, whereas Solana recorded $15.63 millon within the week ending Could 22.

