ProShares Adventures into Ether with Six ETF Futures: Growth or Excessive Risk?

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Investment management firm ProShares Advisors has ventured into the ether domain with the introduction of six new futures products, marking ether’s inaugural entry into the ETF market. A notable departure from traditional cryptocurrency investments, these ETFs provide investment exposure to ether via futures contracts as opposed to direct cryptocurrency investment.

Lending its hand to three of the new ETF offerings, ProShares Advisors presents the Ether Strategy ETF (EETH), Bitcoin & Ether Equal Weight Strategy ETF (BETE), and Bitcoin & Ether Market Cap Weight Strategy ETF (BETH). Backed by ether’s futures contracts performance, these ETFs offer regulated exposure to an otherwise highly volatile cryptocurrency market.

Given the current review by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of a prospective spot bitcoin ETF, these new offerings come at an interesting time. Previous attempts by the SEC to halt the conversion of the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) into an ETF had met with legal opposition. It’s a striking contrast with the success of the Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITO), a product managed by ProShares – the largest bitcoin futures ETF available, boasting staggering growth of over 37% to date.

Last month, we saw Jacobi Asset Management unveiling Europe’s first-ever spot Bitcoin ETF, following a year-long delay due to market hostility. The London-based product will be listed on the EuroNext Amsterdam Exchange, charging an annual management fee of 1.5%. This development comes amidst a surge in US applications for such products. A case in point is the asset management giant Blackrock, which recently submitted paperwork for a spot Bitcoin ETF, spurring other heavyweights like Invesco and Wisdom Tree into action.

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) has also stepped into the landscape, filing an SEC bid on behalf of Fidelity for a spot Bitcoin ETF. Yet, amidst all the manoeuvres, there’s an air of unease. Will the new ProShares ETFs, offering exposure to two major cryptocurrencies, bite off more than they can chew? Or will these prove to be the much-needed regulation-infused products in a maturing spot market? The future will show.

Source: Cryptonews

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