$DRAM becomes fastest ETF ever, overtaking spot Bitcoin ETF IBIT by hitting $6.5B AUM in just 36 days on the back of a 13% surge and $1B in fresh inflows.

Roundhill’s DRAM Memory ETF (ticker: DRAM) has set a new industry record by becoming the fastest‑growing ETF launch in history, overtaking BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) on several speed metrics to scale. According to ETF analysts and subsequent coverage, DRAM reached about $6.5 billion in assets under management (AUM) in a little over a month after its early‑April 2026 launch—roughly 27 trading days—with about $1 billion of that coming in a single day, and performance up around 90% since inception. This pace beats IBIT’s previous record of taking roughly 30 days to cross the same $6.5 billion AUM threshold, making DRAM the new reference point for rapid ETF asset gathering. DRAM is an actively managed, highly concentrated thematic ETF from Roundhill Investments that targets the global memory semiconductor segment, including DRAM, NAND flash, and high‑bandwidth memory (HBM) used in AI data centers and advanced computing. Its portfolio is tightly focused on a handful of memory leaders, with SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics, and Micron Technology together accounting for roughly 70–75% of the fund, plus some derivative exposure (via total return swaps) to South Korean names such as SK Hynix and Samsung. Analysts attribute the rapid inflows to a combination of surging demand for AI‑related memory chips, strong underlying share performance in these companies, and investors’ willingness to pay for direct exposure to a clear, high‑conviction AI hardware theme. The milestone matters for both the ETF industry and crypto‑adjacent markets. On the ETF side, DRAM’s growth shows that a narrowly defined, high‑risk semiconductor theme can out‑raise even flagship products like BlackRock’s IBIT, which had been the benchmark for fast ETF adoption after the U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF approvals. For digital‑asset observers, DRAM displacing a spot Bitcoin ETF as the speed record holder illustrates how AI‑hardware and memory plays are currently attracting at least as much speculative and institutional attention as Bitcoin‑linked products, highlighting a shifting frontier of risk‑on capital flows across public markets.

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