Asset administration agency VanEck introduced plans to shut and liquidate its Ethereum futures exchange-traded fund (ETF) EFUT, in line with a Sept. 6 assertion.
VanEck cited efficiency, liquidity, belongings beneath administration (AUM), and investor curiosity as components behind its choice. The agency additionally famous the current approval of its spot Ethereum ETP, ETHV, by the US Securities and Alternate Fee (SEC) as a key cause for shutting down EFUT.
EFUT shareholders have till the market closes on Sept. 16, 2024, to promote their shares on the fund’s itemizing change. Afterward, the ETF might be delisted, and commerce will stop.
In the meantime, Shareholders nonetheless holding EFUT shares by the anticipated liquidation date of Sept. 23, 2024, will obtain a money distribution primarily based on their holdings’ internet asset worth (NAV).
EFUT, which launched on Oct. 2, 2023, is listed on the CBOE change. As of Sept. 5, the fund held $21.24 million in internet belongings, with an NAV of $20.23.
Unfair comparability
VanEck’s choice to shutter its Ethereum futures ETF comes as JPMorgan analysts famous that spot Ethereum ETFs’ AUM as a proportion of the token’s market cap are akin to Bitcoin’s ETFs at an analogous post-launch stage.
The analysts highlighted that the mixed AUM of Ethereum ETFs, together with Grayscale’s ETHE, accounted for roughly 2.3% of Ethereum’s whole market cap by the tip of their first 29 days of buying and selling. As compared, the full AUM of Bitcoin ETFs, together with Grayscale’s GBTC, represented 3.0% of Bitcoin’s market cap throughout the identical interval.
By scaling AUM in opposition to the underlying market cap, the analysts said that the efficiency hole between Ethereum and Bitcoin ETFs is much less vital than it seems.
This evaluation means that the launch of spot Ether ETFs has primarily been according to that of Bitcoin ETFs. Nevertheless, some market analysts argue in any other case, citing the over $500 million in damaging outflows from US-traded spot Ethereum ETFs since their launch, not like the document inflows seen in early Bitcoin ETFs buying and selling.
