Bitcoin smashes $124K, but it’s ETH ETFs stealing the spotlight right now
Key Takeaways
U.S.-listed spot Bitcoin and ETH ETFs hit file buying and selling volumes, with Ether funds surging to new highs. The milestone coincides with BTC’s $124K peak and ETH’s rally close to all-time highs.
Amid a broader market upswing, U.S.-listed spot Bitcoin [BTC] and Ethereum [ETH] ETFs have captured the highlight, recording their heaviest buying and selling week up to now.
ETF analysts spotlight that the surge not solely units a brand new benchmark for crypto funds but additionally rivals the exercise seen in Wall Avenue’s main ETFs and even among the most-traded shares.
He said,
“Spot Bitcoin + Ether ETFs did about $40b in quantity this week, largest week ever for them. Large quantity, equiv to a Prime 5 ETF or Prime 10 inventory’s quantity.”
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Eric Balchunas weighs in
In keeping with ETF analyst Eric Balchunas, the surge wasn’t pushed by Bitcoin alone.
Ether ETFs, which had lengthy trailed behind their Bitcoin counterparts, lastly stepped up, posting volumes that marked a transparent shift from their beforehand muted efficiency.
After months of modest inflows, Ether funds seem to have “woken up,” narrowing the hole in exercise with spot Bitcoin ETFs.
He additional added,
“Ether ETFs’ weekly quantity was about $17b, blowing away file, man did it get up in July.”
Bitcoin and Ethereum market development
The file ETF volumes coincided with contemporary milestones within the crypto market. Bitcoin surged to a brand new peak of $124,000, whereas Ether got here inside 2% of its 2021 excessive.
Ether ETFs additionally noticed unprecedented momentum, posting $1.01 billion in single-day inflows and over $3 billion in simply two weeks, their second-best month-to-month run ever.
Balchunas in contrast the surge to Ether ETFs mendacity dormant for a yr after which squeezing a yr’s value of development into simply six weeks.
Echoing related sentiments, Nate Geraci noted,
“Highest buying and selling quantity week *ever* for spot crypto ETFs…Spot eth ETFs completely obliterated earlier weekly buying and selling quantity file. Surprise if there are any “no demand” naysayers nonetheless on the market.”
Ethereum vs. Bitcoin ETFs
Moreover, knowledge from Milk Highway highlighted Ether’s rising momentum.
Notably, ETH ETFs attracted $3.37 billion in web inflows between the eighth to the 14th of August, outpacing Bitcoin ETFs regardless of BTC’s market cap being 4.3 instances bigger.
Bitcoin merchandise noticed simply $964.8 million over the identical interval, signaling that ETH was not content material to play second fiddle.
Nonetheless, Bitcoin ETFs stay dominant total, commanding $152.67 billion in property underneath administration in comparison with Ether’s $25.68 billion.
Bitcoin’s surge to a record-breaking $124,000 and Ether’s rally close to its all-time excessive underscored the market’s bullish momentum, at the same time as each property confronted transient corrections of over 5% and 6% respectively.
But, the pullback seems momentary, with demand for BTC and ETH staying robust throughout ETFs and institutional treasuries.
Including to this, Grayscale has now filed an S-1 with the SEC to launch its $GDOG ETF on NYSE Arca, a transfer that additional highlights how institutional curiosity continues to form the following section of the crypto market.
