Bitcoin Outperforms Ethereum on Market Optimism, But ETH Attracts Billions

• Investors prioritize Bitcoin, but Ethereum has room to grow
• ETH ETF inflows exceed $2,8 billion
• Ethereum Nears All-Time High Price

Santiment's latest analysis found that prevailing market sentiment remains bullish on Bitcoin, with positive mentions like "higher" and "above" coinciding with the asset's upward movement over the past week. At the time, BTC surpassed $124.500 before correcting by more than $XNUMX in the following days.

On the other hand, Ethereum has yet to surpass its 2021 all-time high, despite a monthly appreciation of over 22% and reaching levels close to $4.700. According to Santiment, the reduced retail enthusiasm for ETH could be an advantage, as historically, prices tend to rise when expectations are more moderate.

📈📉 Here are the mentions of 'lower' or 'below' and 'higher' or 'above' in relation to Bitcoin's & Ethereum's price levels. We can see that the greed spikes on $ BTC coincided perfectly with the ATH and local top. Meanwhile, the $ ETH crowd hasn't shown nearly as much bullishness… pic.twitter.com/ctHVP0cPMt

- Santiment (@santimentfeed) August 15, 2025

Institutional activity reinforces this potential. Large companies like Bitmine, linked to Tom Lee, and SharpLink are betting big on ETH, accumulating billions of dollars of the asset in their portfolios. Furthermore, so-called "whales" continue to consistently buy Ethereum, signaling confidence in its future appreciation.

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) also showed strong appetite. Last week alone, Ethereum-based ETFs received over $2,85 billion in net inflows, spread over five consecutive days. The highest volume was recorded on Wednesday, with $729,1 million, followed by $639,6 million on Thursday.

This intense influx of institutional capital comes amid a new momentum for Ethereum, which had a challenging start to the quarter, with the price falling below $1.500 during the height of trade tensions involving the current US president. Since then, the asset has been recovering solidly, especially since July.

The growing interest in holding ETH as a reserve asset among companies and institutions, coupled with the fact that it has not yet broken its previous price record, reinforces the view that Ethereum may have greater appreciation potential than Bitcoin in the coming months.