US spot Ether ETFs end 4-day negative flow streak with $33.7m in inflows
The nine U.S. spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds collectively saw net inflows of $33.7 million yesterday, following four straight days of negative flows.
Despite continued outflows from Grayscale’s ETF, overall Ethereum (ETH) ETF flows had a positive day yesterday, July 30. According to data from Farside Investors, Grayscale’s ETHE was the sole spot ether ETF to experience net outflows yesterday, July 30, amounting to $120.3 million. The ETF, which has experienced outflows every day since its launch on July 23, has seen a total of $1.8 billion in outflows since its debut.
Yesterday’s outflows from ETHE were counterbalanced by significant inflows into other funds, led by Blackrock’s ETHA with $118 million. Fidelity’s FETH attracted $16.4 million, while Grayscale’s lower-fee Ethereum ETF, Ethereum Mini Trust, gained $12.4 million in net inflows.
Additional inflows were reported by Franklin’s EZET at $3.7 million and Bitwise’s ETHW at $3.5 million. The remaining three spot ether ETFs — 21Shares’s CETH, VanEck’s ETHV and Invesco Galaxy’s QETH — reported zero net flows on Tuesday.
Per data from SoSoValue, the total daily trading volume for these spot Ether ETFs was $563.22 million on July 30, a decline from $773.01 million on July 29 and $1.11 billion on launch day.
Bitcoin ETFs see $18.3m in outflows
Meanwhile, on July 30, the 11 spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs in the U.S. saw net outflows of $18.3 million, breaking a four-day streak of positive flows, according to data from Farside.
BlackRock’s IBIT was the only spot Bitcoin ETF to record net inflows, with $74.87 million entering the fund.
The Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) continued its downward movements and experienced the largest net outflows among the competing products at $73.6 million. This was followed by Ark and 21Shares’ ARKB with $7.9 million in net outflows, VanEck HODL with $5.6 million, Bitwise BITB with $3.2 million and Fidelity FBTC with $2.9 million in net outflows.
The total daily trading volume for these spot Bitcoin ETFs was $1.37 billion on Tuesday, down from $2.68 billion on Monday and $4.66 billion on launch day, according to SoSoValue data.
The different momentum in the spot BTC and ETH ETFs comes as the global cryptocurrency market capitalization saw a 0.38% decline over the past 24 hours, standing at $2.39 trillion, according to data from CoinGecko.
The day marked a reversal for both U.S. Ethereum ETFs and Bitcoin ETFs. On Monday, July 29, spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $124.1 million in net inflows, while spot Ether ETFs saw $98.3 million in net outflows, as previously reported by crypto.news.
In an X post on July 31, Split Capital founder and chief investment officer Zaheer Ebtikar remarked on the positive shift, noting it was “definitely some rotating capital,” as spot Bitcoin ETFs experienced $18.3 million in outflows on July 30.
Even more interesting — BTC outflows today (net)
Definitely some rotating capital?@NateGeraci @JSeyff @HHorsley https://t.co/2blrKsHdTT
— Zaheer (@SplitCapital) July 31, 2024
Just two days earlier, on July 29, Steno Research senior analyst Mads Eberhardt predicted that the substantial outflows from Grayscale’s ETHE would likely taper off this week, a trend that seems to have already begun.
At the time of writing, the price of BTC had dropped by about 1% to $66,270. ETH, the largest altcoin in the crypto market, has also experienced a slight decline of about 0.5% over the past day, currently trading around $3,320.