ProShares launched a trio of Ethereum futures ETFs within the latest weeks. Presently, the corporate is gearing as much as present a particular providing.
ProShares’ Brief Ether Technique ETF (SETH) from the fund group is poised to start buying and selling shortly, following the debut of the preliminary Ethereum futures ETFs by about two weeks.
SETH, scheduled for itemizing on the NYSE Arca trade, goals to realize every day funding outcomes that mirror the inverse of the every day S&P CME Ether Futures Index efficiency, as indicated in a submitting made on Friday, Oct. 13.
The fund doesn’t have interaction in direct shorting of ether (ETH); somewhat, it seeks to capitalize on potential declines within the asset’s worth, as acknowledged within the prospectus. On Friday, the worth of ETH stood at roughly $1,540, reflecting a lower of roughly 6% over the previous week.
ProShares anticipates that the registration assertion for SETH will turn into efficient on Oct. 15 and plans to introduce the fund in early November, as reported by Blockworks.
Nonetheless, the three current ProShares ether futures funds — together with two that put money into each ether and bitcoin futures contracts — debuted on Oct. 2 alongside related merchandise by VanEck and Bitwise.
The US Securities and Change Fee permitted ether futures ETFs two years following the introduction of the preliminary bitcoin futures ETF, the ProShares Bitcoin Technique ETF (BITO), which entered the market in Oct. 2021.
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ProShares continued its launch of bitcoin futures ETFs with the Brief Bitcoin Technique ETF (BITI) in June 2022. As of now, BITO has accrued round $850 million in property, whereas BITI has roughly $75 million.
In August, Cointelegraph reported that Ether futures ETFs could also be permitted in October, inflicting an 11% spike in ETH costs on the time.
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