Ether ETF Flows Flip Positive With $34M Inflows: Is the Worst Over?

• Spot ether ETFs have broken their outflows streak.
• The shift comes as outflows from Grayscale’s ETHE appear to be declining.
• Analysts have weighed in on whether the worst is over.

The potential of ETFs to drive billions of dollars in institutional capital into crypto has made it the most significant narrative in 2024. In recent months, the attention has been on ether as spot ETF products backed by the asset have recently gone live for trading .

These spot ether ETFs have, however, not had the most exciting start as anticipated outflows from Grayscale’s large converted fund have largely drowned out inflows recorded by the other eight approved products, at least up until yesterday. Yesterday, spot ether ETFs finally broke their outflow streak amid what appears to be a steady decline in Grayscale’s ETHE outflows.

Has the worst of the Grayscale ETHE outflows past?

Ether ETFs Snap Out of Outflows Streak

After four days of consecutive outflows, flows to spot ether ETFs have finally flipped positive. On Tuesday, July 30, the nine newly approved spot ether ETFs raked in a respectable $33.7 million net inflows, per Farside Investors data .

On the day, BlackRock’s ETHA raked in $118 million, followed by Fidelity’s FETH with $16.4 million and Grayscale’s mini ether ETF product ETH with $12.4 million. Franklin Templeton’s EZET and Bitwise’s ETHW also recorded $3.7 million and $3.5 million in inflows, respectively. These inflows combined were able to trump $120.3 million in outflows from Grayscale’s larger converted ETHE fund. 

Tuesday’s ether ETF flows marked the second significant decline in Grayscale outflows in as many trading days as they had fallen from $210 million the previous day and from $356.3 million the day before. Amid the apparent slowdown, several analysts have suggested that we may have seen the worst of the Grayscale outflow trend.

“Lots of Green Days” Ahead?

Reacting to Tuesday’s Ethereum ETF flows, prominent crypto writer Marius Kramer contended that there were “lots of green days” ahead for spot ether ETFs, stressing that Grayscale’s ETHE had already lost about 20% of its initial 2.7 million ETH stack to outflows.

“After the initial 20% weakest hands are out, the sell-offs will be around 10% of the entire remaining AuM per month or 0.3% per day = 30,000 ETH now on average. This will enable lots of green days, since there are 40k-100k inflows from the other ETFs every single day,” Kramer surmised.

Kramer was not the only analyst who expressed this optimistic view. Steno Research Senior Cryptocurrency Analyst Mads Eberhardt disclosed that the firm had opened a short-term position to capitalize on the price impact of expected inflows. Eberhardt had predicted that Grayscale’s Ethereum ETF outflows would cool off this week, citing patterns observed with Grayscale’s Bitcoin ETF . “When it does, it’s up only from there,” the analyst had asserted at the time.

Despite these views, ETH’s price continues to trade relatively flat at around $3,300 at the time of writing. Crypto researcher “Famus” has attributed the lackluster Ethereum price action to uncertainty over the tensions in the Middle East and Mt. Gox’s ongoing Bitcoin distribution.

On the Flipside 

• Grayscale’s ETHE outflows are not the only factor influencing Ethereum ETF flows.
• Grayscale’s ETHE still holds about $7 billion worth of ETH.

Why This Matters 

Outflows from Grayscale’s ETHE ETF have been a pressing concern for Ethereum holders as they continued to overshadow inflows to other ETFs. Recent flows, however, suggest that these ETHE flows may now be subsiding.

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