It was a sluggish begin for futures-based ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on their first day of buying and selling. A complete of 9 of the ETFs providing publicity to ether futures got here to market on Monday. 5 will maintain solely ether futures, whereas 4 will maintain a mixture of bitcoin and ether futures. A type of funds, Valkyrie’s Bitcoin Technique ETF (BTF) – quickly to be renamed – has been in existence for about two years as a bitcoin-only fund, however is altering its technique to incorporate ether. The remainder of the automobiles are new to market. “Fairly meh quantity for the Ether Futures ETFs as a bunch,” stated Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas. Among the many extra widespread of the brand new ETFs right now, VanEck’s Ethereum Technique ETF (EFUT) traded simply shy of 25,000 shares at a value roughly averaging $17 per share on Monday for a complete greenback quantity of simply $425,000. For comparability, the ProShares Bitcoin Technique ETF (BITO) – which launched in October 2021 amid a raging crypto bull market – reported buying and selling quantity of greater than $1 billion on its first day.