Spot Ethereum ETFs post $107M net inflows on first day

United States Ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) posted a net inflow of $106.6 million on their first day of trading — despite massive outflows from Grayscale’s freshly-converted Ethereum Trust.

BlackRock and Bitwise’s ETFs led the pack, with BlackRock’s iShares ETF (ETHA) posting $266.5 million and Bitwise’s Ethereum ETF (ETHW) with $204 million in net inflows.

Fidelity’s Ethereum Fund (FETH) came in third with $71.3 million.

The Ethereum ETFs notched $106.6 million worth of inflows on day one. Source: FarSide

The inflows to the “newborn” spot Ether funds were enough to overcome bleeding from Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETHE), which outflowed $484.9 million on the day — equating to 5% of the once $9 billion fund.

ETHE was launched by Grayscale in 2017 and allowed institutional investors to buy ETH. However, it imposed a six-month lock-up period on all investments.

The conversion to a spot ETF means that investors are now able to more easily sell their shares, which could explain the high day-one outflows.

In January, spot Bitcoin ETFs were marred by a similar dynamic with Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), which saw over $17.5 billion in outflows following the launch of the 11 spot BTC funds.

Meanwhile, Grayscale’s Ethereum Mini Trust — a spinoff product launched by the asset manager with lower fees — generated $15.2 million in new inflows.

Franklin Templeton’s fund (EZET) netted $13.2 million, while 21Shares’ Core Ethereum ETF (CETH) saw $7.4 million in inflows.

Overall, the spot ETH funds generated $1.08 billion in cumulative trading volume on their first day of trading — 23% of the volume spot Bitcoin ETFs saw on their debut.

Source: James Seyffart

The price of ETH tumbled slightly on the day.

ETH is changing hands for $3,451 at the time of publication, down 1.4% in the last 24 hours and 1.5% on the week, per TradingView data.

The price of Ether slid during the spot ETF debut. Source: TradingView

The Ether ETFs received the final tick of approval from the SEC on July 22 and went live for trading in the United States on July 23.