Ethereum

<h2 id="header-0">Key Facts</h2>
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 <li>US spot Ethereum ETFs posted net outflows in 13 of 15 October sessions, about $1.07 billion in all, with BlackRock's ETHA accounting for nearly nine-tenths, Farside data show.</li>
 <li>About 1.41 million ETH was waiting to enter staking at 10:32 a.m. ET on Thursday, against about 71,000 waiting to leave, validatorqueue.com data show.</li>
 <li>The funds took in about $14.9 million on Oct. 21, their first inflow in six sessions, a small gain against a month of withdrawals.</li>
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Investors have pulled about $1.07 billion from US spot Ethereum (<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/ethereum/">ETH</a>) <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://coinmarketcap.com/academy/glossary/ethereum-etf">ETFs</a> in October, with money leaving on most trading days, Farside <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://farside.co.uk/ethereum-etf-flow-all-data/">data</a> show. Holders who stake their coins are moving the other way.
About 1.41 million ETH is waiting to enter staking, against about 71,000 waiting to leave. The fund selling followed a hawkish turn in rate expectations after hotter September <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://coinmarketcap.com/academy/glossary/inflation">inflation</a> data. Ethereum has held above $2,300 since late August, CryptoQuant contributor Amr Taha noted. Renewed redemptions would weaken the support behind its recovery, another contributor, MorenoDV_, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://coinmarketcap.com/academy/article/ethereum-price-lowest-against-bitcoin-since-august">warned</a> in early October.
CoinShares tied the outflows across crypto funds to the Fed.
“Higher expected rates lift real yields and the opportunity cost of holding a non-yielding asset,” James Butterfill, head of research at CoinShares, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://coinshares.com/corp/insights/research-data/market-update-16-10-2026/">wrote</a> on Oct. 16.
<h2 id="header-1">Who Is Selling Ethereum? BlackRock's Fund Led the Outflows</h2>
BlackRock's ETHA fund accounted for about $954 million of October's withdrawals.<tweet-embed url="https://x.com/FarsideUK/status/2113114767996985610"></tweet-embed>
BlackRock also runs a staked fund, ETHB, which it launched in March. That fund recorded no flows this month.
The selling is large for Ethereum's size. Measured against market value, Ethereum funds' October outflows were about 13 times Bitcoin funds' inflows, by CoinMarketCap's count.
<h2 id="header-2">Why Are Fund Holders Leaving? Rate Fears and Bitcoin's Lead</h2>
September's consumer prices rose faster than forecast, and futures traders priced in more Fed <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://coinmarketcap.com/academy/glossary/interest-rates">rate</a> hikes, CoinShares said. Crypto investment products saw outflows that week.
Bitcoin (<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoin/">BTC</a>) has also taken the lead among major assets, according to Glassnode, and its share of the crypto market has <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://coinmarketcap.com/academy/article/bitcoin-dominance-tops-60-altcoins-fall">climbed</a> as altcoins fell. Ethereum is down about 11% in October, against about 2% for Bitcoin, CoinMarketCap data show.
<h2 id="header-3">Who Is Still Buying? Stakers and Treasury Companies</h2>
<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://coinmarketcap.com/academy/glossary/staking">Staking</a> locks ETH up to help secure the network in return for rewards. Leaving means waiting in a queue that can run for weeks.
That exit line has shortened by about three-quarters since Oct. 17, while the entry line has grown, validatorqueue.com <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.validatorqueue.com/">data</a> show. About 36% of all ETH is now staked with <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://coinmarketcap.com/academy/glossary/validator">validators</a>.<tweet-embed url="https://x.com/Cointelegraph/status/2112650334040392047"></tweet-embed>
Bitmine, the NYSE-listed ETH treasury company, also kept buying. It bought more ETH in the week to Oct. 18 and has staked most of what it holds, it <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/bitmine-immersion-technologies-bmnr-announces-eth-holdings-reach-6-04-million-tokens-and-total-crypto-and-total-cash-amp-marketable-securities-holdings-of-15-1-billion-846427107.html">said</a> on Monday.
The company is close to its own <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://coinmarketcap.com/academy/article/ethereum-price-lowest-against-bitcoin-since-august">limit</a>. Chairman Tom Lee has said Bitmine will stop buying at 5% of supply, which is now about 66,000 ETH away, by CoinMarketCap's count.
“If prices remain under pressure, supply will not be the cause,” CryptoQuant contributor PelinayPA wrote on Wednesday.
<h2 id="header-4">What Would Turn Flows Around? Holding $2,300 as Redemptions Ease</h2>
Fund buyers carried Ethereum's 71% rise in the third quarter. A run of inflows would show them returning.
The $2,300 floor Ethereum has held since late August sits a short way below Thursday's price.
“For now, the clearest reading is that leverage has reset lower while US spot demand remains soft, and the next move remains open,” CryptoQuant contributor CryptoOnchain <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://cryptoquant.com/insights/quicktake/6ad911b194dc395f25447173-ETH-Leverage-Ratio-at-063-as-Exchange-ETH-Reserves-Fall-59-Over-30-Days">wrote</a> on Wednesday.
Further Reading: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://coinmarketcap.com/academy/article/bitcoin-chases-85k-etf-inflows-leverage">Bitcoin Chases $85K After Spot BTC ETF Inflows, Leverage Use Return</a>

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