Crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF) flows opened Monday, June 15, with a sharp split: bitcoin funds returned to outflows, while ether, HYPE, solana, and XRP ETFs all attracted fresh capital. The session showed investors are still cautious on bitcoin, but willing to add exposure across other parts of the digital asset market.

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Rick Rieder, BlackRock's CIO, stated that Bitcoin will go “considerably higher,” though this scenario is a long-term projection. BlackRock bought over $38 million in Bitcoin and Ethereum on June 11 and launched the BITA ETF. BTC currently trades at around $65,700 per unit, 10% above early-month lows but 25% down over the past year.

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DeFi liquidity is down, with total value locked dropping from roughly $180 billion to $70 billion in less than a year.

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XRP Ledger has launched version 3.2.0, marking the rebranding of the server software “rippled” into “xrpld.” Efficiency and reliability are among the priorities of this update, taking into account that the XRPL platform is growing.