Global digital asset ETPs fell sharply in June 2026, with total assets under management dropping 18.4% to $106.8 billion from $130.9 billion at the end of May, according to Fineqia International Inc (CSE:FNQ).
The decline pushed AUM to its lowest level since September 2024 and marked a second consecutive negative quarter for the sector.
The broader digital asset market moved closely with ETPs, as total market capitalization fell 17.6% during June, from $2.57 trillion to $2.12 trillion. The tight correlation suggests the monthly contraction was driven mainly by falling prices rather than investor outflows.
Bitcoin held up better than the market overall. Bitcoin backed ETPs declined 18.3% to $88.2 billion even as BTC itself fell 20.4% to $58,562, a gap Fineqia’s analysts say points to resilient demand through the sell off.
For Q2, Bitcoin ETP AUM declined 11.5% versus a 13.9% price drop, and year to date, AUM is down 32.5% against a 33.1% price decline. Bitcoin now makes up about 82.6% of total crypto ETP AUM.
Ethereum told a different story. ETH ETPs dropped 23.6% to $10.3 billion in June, a steeper fall than the 21.7% decline in ETH’s price to $1,569, pointing to continued pressure from investor withdrawals. Quarterly AUM dropped 28.7% versus a 26.2% price decline, and year to date AUM is down 52.2% against a 47.1% price fall. Ethereum’s share of total ETP AUM slipped to roughly 9.6%, down from 11.8% at the end of Q1.
Smaller categories fared comparatively well. Altcoin ETP AUM slipped 11.1% to $5.23 billion, while basket ETP AUM fell 14.7% to $3.08 billion. Both segments still closed the quarter in positive territory, up 0.9% and 1.3% respectively, a notable divergence from Bitcoin and Ethereum.
For Q2 overall, total crypto ETP AUM fell 12.7%, closely tracking the 12.6% drop in total market capitalisation. That marked a milder correction than the 25.5% AUM decline in Q1.
The number of listed digital asset ETPs kept growing despite the price weakness, reaching 328 by the end of June, up from 318 at the end of March and 311 at the close of 2025.
Despite the pullback, issuers kept launching new products, pointing to ongoing structural growth, Fineqia analysts stated. “The continued increase in listed products to 328 reinforces the structural expansion of the market, although the trajectory of prices and flows in the second half of 2026 will determine whether the sector can recover from the first-half drawdown.”
Fineqia gives investors institutional grade exposure to blockchain based decentralized finance, issuing crypto asset backed exchange traded products through its European subsidiary and investing in businesses tokenising real world assets, dApps, DeFi and blockchain protocols.
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