River reported that more Americans now own Bitcoin than gold. The firm shared the comparison in a recent update, highlighting a shift in U.S. asset ownership toward Bitcoin based on its reported figures.

AiCoin data show U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $664 million in net inflows yesterday, marking the strongest single-day intake since Jan. 22. IBIT posted the largest net inflow at $284 million, followed by FBTC at $163 million. AiCoin's "Spot BTC ETF Tracking" live strategy indicates ETF inflows are strongly positively correlated with BTC's price. Users can subscribe to the indicator to automate trading based on fund-flow signals. For reference only.

On-chain tracking account @lookonchain reports that a wallet address it says is "possibly linked to Arthur Hayes" (@CryptoHayes) transferred 3,000 ETH to the @Binance and @Bybit_Official exchanges. The post cites data from @arkham. Ethereum (ETH) is up more than 7% over the past week, but it has yet to regain the $2,500 level since late January.

U.S. spot crypto ETFs recorded net inflows across all tracked products on April 18. Bitcoin spot ETFs led with $663.9M in net inflows, followed by Ethereum at $127.4M. Solana and XRP spot ETFs saw $13M and $13.74M, respectively.

ME News reported that as of April 18 (UTC+8), MyToken data showed total liquidations in the crypto derivatives market reached $277 million over the past 24 hours. BTC liquidations came in at $106 million, ETH at $822.012 million, SOL at $199.68 million, and XRP at $53.618 million. (Source: MyToken)

Ethereum spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) posted $127 million in net inflows on April 17 (U.S. Eastern Time), marking the seventh straight day of net additions, according to SoSoValue data cited by Odaily Planet Daily. Fidelity's FETH led the day with $84.13 million of net inflows, taking its cumulative net inflows to $2.356 billion. BlackRock's ETHA followed with $30.7951 million, bringing its cumulative net inflows to $11.83 billion. As of publication, Ethereum spot ETFs held a combined net asset value of $14.263 billion. Their net asset ratio stood at 4.87% of Ethereum's total market capitalization, while cumulative net inflows since launch reached $11.944 billion.

Bitcoin spot ETFs saw $664 million in net inflows on April 17 (U.S. Eastern Time), according to SoSoValue data cited by Odaily Planet Daily. BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) led daily inflows with $284 million, lifting its cumulative net inflow to $64.633 billion. Fidelity's Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund (FBTC) followed, posting $1.63 billion of net inflows for the day and bringing its cumulative total to $11.009 billion. As of publication, spot Bitcoin ETFs held $101.453 billion in total net assets. Their net asset ratio—ETF market value as a share of Bitcoin's total market capitalization—stood at 6.55%, while cumulative net inflows since launch reached $57.74 billion.

BlockBeats reported on April 18, citing data tracked by Farside Investors, that U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs posted $663.9 million in net inflows yesterday. IBIT led with $284 million, followed by FBTC at $163.4 million and ARKB at $117.9 million. U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs recorded $127.4 million in net inflows yesterday, extending their streak to seven straight days. ETHA took in $30.8 million, while FETH added $84.1 million.

April 18 — BlockBeats reported that U.S. financial blog portal ZeroHedge said on X that, despite recent remarks about the Strait of Hormuz being "opened" or a ceasefire taking hold, fresh satellite imagery suggests traffic remains under pressure. The images show two Neutralroute tankers, Minerva Evropi and Nissos Keros, reversing course, while Sanmar Herald is still using the Iran-approved route via Larak Island—signaling that risk continues to constrain actual shipping.