Grayscale Ether ETF Sees $356M Outflows Despite ETH Price Uptick

Grayscaleโ€™s ETHE fund leads spot Ether ETFs in a market bloodbath.

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  • Ether ETFs bled on their fourth trading day.
  • Grayscaleโ€™s ETHE led the dayโ€™s outflows with hundreds of millions.
  • Ethereum maintained a bullish outlook despite the fundsโ€™ performance.

The Grayscale Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHE) continued to bleed on Friday, despite Ether reversing an early-day losing streak to reclaim its bullish traction around the $3,250 price level.

The worldโ€™s second-largest crypto by market capitalization fell to $3,000 on July 25 following a massive outflow of $152.3 million from spot Ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

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While four of the newly launched funds bounced back strongly on July 26 with a combined inflow of $194.2 million, Grayscale’s ETHE overshadowed the gains as investors pulled hundreds of millions from the fund.

Ether ETF Flow on July 26

According to preliminary data by Farside Investors, U.S.-Listed spot Ether ETFs logged a total net outflow of $162.7 million on Friday. The day proved to be particularly volatile for ETHE, which lost $356.3 million, about ten million more than its $346.2 million outflow on the previous day.

Grayscaleโ€™s ETHE has witnessed over $1.5 billion in outflows within four days of trading. This trend highlights possible challenges plaguing the fund. For instance, ETHE charges a 2.5% fee, higher than the average 0.25% fee in other funds. This could potentially make the fund less attractive than alternative options.

In contrast to ETHEโ€™s performance, the Grayscale Mini Trust ETF (ETH) saw the dayโ€™s second-largest inflow, totaling $44.9 million. BlackRock’s ETHA accounted for the lionโ€™s share of Fridayโ€™s inflows with $87.2 million, as Fidelityโ€™s FETH pulled $39.3 million.

Franklin Templetonโ€™s EZET attracted $6.2 million from investors, while VanEckโ€™s ETHW, Invescoโ€™s QETH, and 21Sharesโ€™ CETH posted zero flows.

While the overall flow turned negative, the performance of these funds does not seem to have affected Ethereumโ€™s price. At last check, the crypto asset had seen an intraday jump of 0.59% to exchange hands at $3,276.

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Brian Danga

Brian Danga is a crypto reporter at DailyCoin covering breaking news. Brian has minor holdings in Bitcoin and Ethereum.

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