Spot ether ETF launch a 'marginal success'
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SPOT ETHER ETF LAUNCH A 'MARGINAL SUCCESS'
U.S. exchange-traded funds (ETFs) linked to ether enjoyed a strong debut on Tuesday with $1 billion in trading volume across the nine new products offered by asset managers including BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, 21Shares and Invesco.
While trading volume exceeded market expectations, the new vehicles logged net inflows of $106.7 million on Tuesday, which was at the lower end of projections, according to crypto trading firm Wintermute's OTC trading desk.
"The real money interest was strong enough to deem the launch a marginal success, aligning with general expectations, but not yet strong enough to demand a repricing. This may come in subsequent sessions," Wintermute said.
The U.S. spot ether ETFs launch comes six months after the launch of spot bitcoin ETFs and marks another win for the cryptocurrency industry's campaign to go mainstream.
However, the ether products are unlikely to garner the same volume of inflows as their bitcoin counterparts which are one of the most successful launches in the ETF market history, analysts have said.
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs attracted $33.1 billion in net inflows as of the end of June, according to Morningstar Direct data.
Earlier this month Wintermute forecast net inflow for spot ether ETFs to be between $3.2 billion and $4 billion in the first year.
(Medha Singh)
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