VanEck BNB ETF reports $97M inflow on Friday as trackers show a quieter picture

The VanEck BNB ETF pulled in $97 million on Friday, according to VanEck. That would be the fund’s first major flow since its US debut earlier this year. A big number meets a small fund The fund trades under the ticker VBNB. It launched on May 28, 2026, as the first spot exchange-traded fund in the US offering direct exposure to BNB, the native token of BNB Chain. Spot means the fund holds actual BNB rather than futures contracts tied to its price. Buy a share, and somewhere a custodian is holding the real tokens on your behalf. The sponsor fee is set at 0.39%. Anchorage Digital Bank served as the initial custodian. As of early October 2026, VBNB held roughly $2.3 million to $2.7 million in assets under management. A $97 million single-day inflow would dwarf that entire asset base many times over. Daily volume in one instance came in at approximately $13.8k. Glassnode reported zero net flows for VBNB as of October 2, 2026. The reported $97 million inflow has not been independently verified by major reporting sources. Operational changes have done most of the talking VanEck amended its custody arrangements to add BitGo as a second custodian alongside Anchorage. In a September 25, 202...