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On Monday, spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the US saw their largest single-day outflow since their launch, reaching a net of $465.1 million. The outflow was preceded by a week of robust inflows in July, when spot Ethereum ETFs saw inflows worth more than $5.4 billion. The second week brought in $2.2 billion, and the third brought in $1.9 billion, according to SoSoValue data.
BlackRock’s ETHA fund accounted for $375 million of the outflows, the highest amount withdrawn from any Ethereum ETF on record. Fidelity’s FETH, Grayscale’s ETHE, and the Ethereum Mini Trust also recorded significant investor redemptions during the same period. The drop coincided with a modest recovery in Ethereum’s price, which rose 4.1% in the past 24 hours to trade near $3,675.
Some analysts asserted that recent events, such as the ETH boom and global market conditions, affected the massive withdrawal. Nick Ruck, a director at LVRG Research, pointed out that the move could be seen as short-term profit-taking but not a long-term decline of institutional demand. Kronos Research CIO Vincent Liu reiterated this sentiment, referring to the exercise as a “risk-off rotation” rather than a rejection of Ethereum exposure.
The Ethereum ETF outflows are accompanied by uncertainty in financial markets worldwide. Investors are paying close attention to US economic statistics and the Fed's monetary policy course. Concerns over weak employment figures in the previous week have boosted the likelihood of a September cut in the rate to 95%, according to the CME FedWatch tool. Some investors have, in turn, moved on from high-exposure assets to safer alternatives such as government bonds.
Meanwhile, the mixed signals of US regulators on how Ethereum is classified leave lingering doubts and thus uncertainty among larger investors. The Securities and Exchange Commission has not provided definitive clarity on its view of whether ETH should be considered a security or a commodity, prompting caution despite ETF approvals since the beginning of the year.
Presto Research’s head of research, Peter Chung, suggested that some of the Ethereum ETF withdrawals may have occurred on Friday during broader market declines, with data reflecting a delay in ETF flow reporting. According to Chung, the Monday rebound in equity markets and cryptocurrencies may lead to a reversal in outflows in the coming days.
Furthermore, outflows of large-scale Ethereum ETFs might influence short-term Ethereum ETF retail investors. The Spot ETFs have emerged as a key indicator of how institutions are positioning themselves in the cryptocurrency market. Sudden withdrawals may lead to temporary instability in ETF pricing and spot market liquidity.
Although it has seen large outflows, Ethereum's overall market performance has managed to remain resilient. The asset maintained an uptrend along with Bitcoin, supported by broader risk-on sentiment in US equity indices. Analysts are watching flow patterns of ETFs to discern whether the recent reversal represents a pause or a beginning in the direction of a larger trend shift.
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