Grayscale fought hard for Bitcoin ETFs. Why it won’t bother with Ethereum – DLNews
Crypto asset manager Grayscale is unlikely to go to war again for Ethereum.
Grayscale famously sued the Securities and Exchange Commission in 2022 in a fight to offer customers Bitcoin ETFs. The case went in its favour, and paved the way for the products to launch.
But now?
Theyre probably just like, To hell with it. Let somebody else step up this time, Bloomberg Intelligence ETF analyst Eric Balchunas told DL News.
The firm this week withdrew a filing that wouldve made it harder for the SEC to defend the denial of Ethereum spot ETFs in court.
Theyre just sort of taking their ball and going home, Balchunas said.
And part of me doesnt blame them. Its not just money its bandwidth, its attention.
The SEC spent years shooting down Bitcoin spot ETF applications before Grayscale filed a lawsuit against the regulator in protest in 2022.
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The courts agreed something was wrong.
In September, a judge found that the SEC had acted in an arbitrary and capricious manner by denying the applications.
So Grayscale was able to convert its Bitcoin trust into a spot ETF finally giving the option for investors to exit the fund if they chose to. And 10 other firms, including BlackRock and Fidelity, launched their own ETFs.
But the move backfired on Grayscale. Its ETF has hemorrhaged over $17 billion in Bitcoin since January, while BlackRock and Fidelitys funds have vacuumed more than $23 billion in assets.
Balchunas said Grayscale probably didnt expect outflows to be so violent.
Seventy-eight days of straight outflows. They broke all records, he said. They didnt realise how hardcore the US ETF market is.
At issue was Grayscales 1.5% management fee, which turned out to be multiples higher than their competitors 0.2% or 0.3% fees.
They probably thought everybody would be between 0.7% and 1%, so they wouldnt be too far away at 1.5%, Balchunas said.
Grayscales Ethereum trust has almost $9 billion in assets which would likely bleed away if the vehicle were converted into a proper ETF.
These funds are trapped, as the current structure doesnt permit redemptions. Grayscale makes a solid 2.5% fee on those assets.
The other issue is that demand for an Ethereum ETF simply isnt as strong as for the Bitcoin ETF.
Balchunas predicted that, if they do launch, Ethereum ETFs will only get about 10% to 15% of the assets that Bitcoin ETFs garnered.
Grayscale has less to lose by not fighting for the Ethereum ETFs, Balchunas said. Bitcoin ETFs are the headlining act.
Ethereum ETFs will never have the same fever pitch attention around their approval.
Tom Carreras is a markets correspondent at DL News. Got a tip about Grayscale and Ethereum ETFs? Reach out at tcarreras@dlnews.com
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