- U.S.-listed spot Ethereum ETFs saw positive net inflows for the first time since their launch.
- BlackRock’s iShares Ethereum ETF led the inflows with $117.9 million.
Nine U. S. spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs) experienced a total net inflow of $33 million in the same period. It was recorded to reach 67 million on Tuesday, thus showing an opposite direction of the previous four days’ negative flows.
The Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETHE) was the only ETF in this category to report negative flows with considerable net outflows of $120. 28 million since its launch on July 23. This outflow was offset by positive inflows in other funds, with BlackRock’s ETHA leading at $117.98 million.
This brings today's total net flows for the ETH ETFs to +$33.6 million.
The first positive net flow day since day 1 (the 23rd of July).
Larry Fink's birthday present to Ethereum 😏 https://t.co/yy53wgeE03
— sassal.eth/acc 🦇🔊 (@sassal0x) July 31, 2024
BlackRock’s ETHA Fund Leads Inflows
In a post on X On July 31, ETF Store President Nate Geraci noted that BlackRock’s iShares Ethereum ETF has already been among the top 15 for inflows among all new ETFs launched this year, taking the 15th position out of 330 new ETFs.
In *one* week of trading, iShares Ethereum ETF already in top 15 inflows of *all* ETFs launched this yr…
Top 15 out of approx 330 new ETFs.
Top 4 inflows all spot bitcoin ETFs btw.
— Nate Geraci (@NateGeraci) July 31, 2024
Since its inception on July 23, 2021, the BlackRock ETHA fund has attracted $618 million in inflows, making it the second-largest Ethereum ETF after Bitcoin ETFs. On July 29, BlackRock’s ETF and investments chief, Samara Cohen, said that Ethereum ETFs will be included in the model portfolios of large wirehouses by the end of the year.
Grayscale Ethereum ETF Continues Streak of Outflows
On the other hand, Grayscale Ethereum ETF (ETHE) has seen outflows for the sixth consecutive trading day. On Tuesday, ETHE recorded outflows of $120 million, taking the total outflows to over $1. 8 billion. However, other ETFs, such as Grayscale’s mini-ETH and Fidelity FETH, attracted investments of $12. 4 million and $16. 4 million respectively. This led to a net positive flow of $33. 7 million on Tuesday.
Franklin’s EZET garnered $3. 73 million in net inflows, while Bitwise’s ETHW recorded $3. 52 million. The total daily trading volume of these spot Ethereum products stood at $563. 22 million, which is lower than $773.01 million on Monday and $933.86 million on Friday.
Steno Research senior crypto analyst Mads Eberhardt also pointed out that outflows from the Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETHE) have been gradually declining, and sub-$100 million outflows could be next.
Bitcoin and the Overall Crypto Market Face Slight Downturn
Bitcoin’s price dropped 1.71% over the past 24 hours, trading at around $65,520. The overall cryptocurrency market was down by 1.42%. While the ETF inflows and outflows continue to be the rage, Ethereum has not been out of the woods and has declined by 3% in the last week. As of now, ETH has a price of $3,321 with a 0.06% decrease and a market capitalization of $399 billion.
According to market analysts, ETH might remain in the sideways movement throughout August and break out in September. ETH price might see a major rally if the Fed cuts interest rates in September as expected. Experts also believe that the post-ETF rally for ETH may outpace Solana’s performance.
Ethereum advocate Anthony Sassano commented on the change as a positive one, saying, ‘Happy Birthday, Ethereum, this is a present from Larry Fink.’ Zaheer Ebtikar, the founder and the CIO of Split Capital, stated that the inflows are evidence of what he termed as “definitely some rotating capital,” as there were outflows of $18. 3 million in the spot Bitcoin ETFs within the same period.
