Key Takeaways
- The nine spot ether ETFs that launched Tuesday were down around 1% after their first day of trading.
- The collective trading volume of the ETFs was just over $1 billion, with the Grayscale Ethereum Trust seeing the most action. The fund held more than $9 billion worth of ether prior to its conversion to an ETF.
- Spot bitcoin ETFs saw $4.66 billion worth of volume on their first trading day in January.
Ether, the underlying cryptocurrency of the Ethereum crypto network, and its associated spot exchange-traded funds moved slightly lower on the first day of trading for the new investment products.
Shortly after the market’s close, Ether traded a bit under $3,500 according to CoinDesk, edging just lower over the previous 24 hours. The nine spot ether ETFs were down roughly 1% apiece.
The ETFs saw combined trading volume of just over $1 billion, according to The Block. The preexisting Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETHE) saw the most activity at $456 million worth of trades. The Grayscale Ethereum Trust held more than $9 billion worth of ether prior to its conversion to an ETF.
Of the new funds, BlackRock’s iShares Ethereum Trust (ETHA) saw the highest volume at at $240 million, followed by the Fidelity Ethereum Fund (FETH) at $136 million.
The day’s spot ether ETF volumes were about 21% of the $4.66 billion seen on the first day of spot bitcoin ETF trading back in January, according to Bloomberg analyst James Seyffart. The spot ether ETF market was more active than the futures-based ether ETFs, which saw limited activity on their debut in October.
Seyffart on the social network X noted that the spot bitcoin ETFs’ $4.66 billion of day one trading volume correlated with $655 million of inflows. At a similar ratio, that would indicate roughly $140 million of inflows for the spot ether ETFs.