Grayscale Ethereum Trust discount drops to -20% as hope dwindles for spot ETF in May

The Grayscale Ethereum Trust discount has dropped to -20%, its lowest level since November 2023. This comes on the back of falling optimism for a spot Ethereum ETF approval by May.

If a spot Ethereum ETF were approved, Grayscale’s Trust would be converted into one — as happened with its Bitcoin Trust. This would allow holders to redeem the underlying ether and practically eliminate the discount. However, the declining discount suggests that traders are not anticipating an approval, and therefore a conversion, anytime soon.This matches the general sentiment in the industry, where pundits have largely abandoned hope for an approval by May.

"With the market consensus on the Ethereum ETF approval turning negative, ETH has taken a bigger correction than Bitcoin. Everyone is looking at the May 23 approval date as the critical date, but now with much less hope," said Bernstein analysts Gautam Chhugani and Mahika Sapra in a note to clients today. That said, the analysts still anticipate a 50% chance of a spot Ethereum ETF this year.

"Further, we don’t believe the industry will give up the ETH ETF battle without a fight, pushing SEC to come up with a ‘really solid and creative’ reason to deny," they added. "Particularly, given the success Blackrock and Fidelity have had with the Bitcoin ETF . The fight for ETH ETF is worth it for the industry.”

While approval by May seems unlikely, not everyone sees this as a bad thing. Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan said on March 19 that he hopes the ETFs aren’t approved by May. He argued that Wall Street needs time to digest the bitcoin ETFs before it will be ready to focus on a new one. He anticipated that a later approval might result in even more assets.Disclaimer: The Block is an independent media outlet that delivers news, research, and data.

Source: Digital Coin News (digitalcoinnews.net)

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