Dogecoin ETF Inflows Break January Record as Grayscale Leads Buying - Blockonomi
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- Dogecoin ETF Inflows Beat Prior Highs as Grayscale Leads
- Dogecoin ETF Inflows Meet Whale Buying Near $0.10 Resistance
- Dogecoin ETF inflows reached $2.89 million in the week ended September 25, surpassing the previous weekly high of $2.59 million set in January.
- Grayscale’s GDOG received all $806,060 in Friday inflows and held $13.87 million in assets, about 81% of the group’s reported total.
- The weekly record arrived in three sessions, while DOGE ETF assets represented 0.11% of the token’s market value, SoSoValue data showed.
- Ali Charts reported whale purchases of 1.14 billion DOGE, worth about $112 million, over 96 hours as DOGE traded near $0.10 resistance.
U.S. spot Dogecoin ETF inflows reached a $2.89 million weekly record through September 25, SoSoValue data showed. DOGE traded near $0.098 on September 27, close to the $0.10 level that has capped recent advances.
The total exceeded the previous weekly high of about $2.59 million, set in the week ending January 2, 2026. It also marked a sharp rise from the only $284,510 net inflow recorded during the prior week.
The record arrived as DOGE ETF products narrowed, with Bitwise preparing to liquidate its fund in October. ETFs also give investors brokerage-account exposure to DOGE without requiring direct token custody.
Dogecoin ETF Inflows Beat Prior Highs as Grayscale Leads
The new Dogecoin ETF inflows arrived across three sessions: Monday, Tuesday, and Friday. Grayscale’s GDOG accounted for the $806,060 net inflow recorded Friday. Its cumulative net inflows rose to $15.46 million after Bitwise announced its closure. GDOG held $13.87 million in assets, about 81% of the group’s total, according to SoSoValue data.
Grayscale captured most demand, while rival fund flows moved in the opposite direction. Net flows subtract redemptions from subscriptions, obscuring gross activity across the three products in combined weekly totals.
21Shares’ TDOG saw cumulative inflows decline from $1.63 million on September 10 to $1.03 million. Bitwise said it would liquidate BWOW, with October 14 set as its last trading day. BWOW held about $801,400 and had recorded $1.23 million in lifetime net outflows. After the liquidation, two U.S. spot Dogecoin funds will remain. The change reduces the number of available products while the category posts its largest week of net inflows since launch.
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted $2.39 billion in the same week, over 800 times the Dogecoin total. SoSoValue data put Dogecoin funds’ assets at 0.11% of DOGE’s market value. Dogecoin ETF inflows appeared in only nine U.S. trading sessions between July 1 and September 18, 2026.
CoinGecko put DOGE’s 24-hour volume near $704.9 million on September 27. That single-day total exceeded the new ETF inflow by 244 times.
Dogecoin ETF Inflows Meet Whale Buying Near $0.10 Resistance
Dogecoin ETF inflows coincided with DOGE’s latest test of the $0.10 price level. DOGE traded near $0.098 on September 27, with CoinGecko reporting a market capitalization around $15.3 billion. The $0.10 mark has repeatedly acted as an overhead barrier during recent advances.
Dogecoin price analysis identifies an area between $0.10 and $0.105 as resistance. One near-term reading identifies $0.095 as a support level. CoinGecko data showed DOGE gained 15.6% over seven days but traded below the $0.10 threshold.
Large-holder activity adds another demand measure. Market analyst Ali Charts reported whale wallets acquired more than 1.14 billion DOGE, worth about $112 million, over a 96-hour window.
The buying came as DOGE encountered resistance near $0.098, with roughly 28 billion tokens previously traded at that zone. Ali Charts’ estimate equaled roughly 39 times the weekly ETF flow, though it measured purchases by whale wallets instead.
Earlier whale accumulation episodes also drew attention. In May, wallets acquired 525 million DOGE over a 96-hour stretch as the token traded near its 200-day moving average. From September 9 to 14, wallets holding at least 100 million DOGE each added about 240 million tokens. DOGE fell from $0.091 to $0.081 during that period. The combined holdings of those wallets approached 19 billion DOGE.
At other points this year, 149 top wallets each held more than 100 million DOGE. Together, they controlled over 108 billion tokens. Futures open interest climbed into the $1.5 billion to $1.67 billion range during peak activity. Short liquidations exceeded $12 million during recent accumulation phases. Dogecoin ETF inflows, whale wallet totals, and futures open interest track separate market measures.