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Ethereum ETF holders still “diamond-handing” despite hurting more than their bitcoin counterparts

Holders of spot ethereum ETFs are in more pain than bitcoin investors. 

The price of ethereum stands around $1,940 as of Wednesday morning, representing about a 45% drop from $3,500, the average cost basis of spot ethereum ETF holders, according to Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart. 

The losses of ethereum ETF holders are larger than bitcoin fund investors based on available data. bitcoin is trading at $68,822, representing an 18% slide from the the cost basis for all its ETFs of $83,983, data from Glassnode shows

While facing larger losses than their bitcoin ETF peers, the vast majority of ethereum ETF buyers have stayed put. “The net inflows into the ETH ETFs have gone from about $15 billion down below $12 billion. This is a much worse selloff than the Bitcoin ETFs on a relative basis, but still fairly decent diamond hands in grand scheme (for now),” Seyffart said on Tuesday on X.

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Ethereum falls faster than bitcoin as crypto tape turns red

The second-largest cryptocurrency is nearing the $2,100 mark, declining more than 9% in the last seven days, a steeper decrease than its older sibling bitcoin, which is also suffering.

Ethereum ETFs have had five consecutive days of outflows combining for $255 million, data from SoSoValue shows.

Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs and Harvard University both filed 13Fs showing each pulled back their exposure to ethereum.

Goldman now holds nearly $178 million in BlackRocks iShares Ethereum Trust ETF, down from $679 million, according to its latest 13F filing. It also exited its $394 million position in the Fidelity Ethereum Fund as well as a smaller position in ETHZilla, while adding $67 million of the iShares Staked Ethereum Trust ETF.

Harvard completely trimmed its ethereum exposure. The endowment did not report any ethereum ETF holdings in its latest 13F filing, submitted Friday, but showed an $86.8 million position in BlackRocks iShares Ethereum Trust ETF in its previous 13F filing in February.

But ethereum bulls remain: treasury behemoth BitMine Immersion Technologies continued its accumlation of ethereum, albeit at a slower pace. Over the past week, we acquired 71,672 ETH, Chairman Tom Lee said in a Monday press release. We view the recent pullback of ETH to below $2,200 as an attractive opportunity. The firms unrealized loss now exceeds more than $7.3 billion.

Traders aren’t so bullish: prediction market-implied odds of ethereum breaking $2,500 in May stand at just 7%, a sharp drop-off from a week ago, when the probability was at 57%.

(Event contracts are offered through Robinhood Derivatives, LLC — probabilities referenced or sourced from KalshiEx LLC or ForecastEx LLC.)

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Crypto IPOs hit pause as “appetite has been sold to AI”

The rule of three means we can now declare 2026 will not be the year of crypto IPOs:

  • Ethereum development firm Consenys,

  • Security hardware company Ledger,

  • And crypto exchange Kraken are pausing plans to go public, according to reports from CoinDesk.

The companies have delayed their IPOs due to tough market conditions, the report said, including declined trading volume in digital assets, weak price performance of tokens, and investor interest in other sectors.

Kay Kyeongsik Woo, the founder of blockchain ride-hailing application Tada, told Sherwood News, “The market is cooled down and investors’ appetite has been sold to AI.”

Just today, AI chipmaker Cerebras Systems went public and is this year’s largest IPO so far, and investors are excited about potential IPOs for OpenAI and Anthropic as their valuations soar.

“It’s a fair decision on behalf of all the crypto firms,” according to Kairos Research cofounder Ian Unsworth. “For one thing, they will ultimately be dwarfed by some of the other massive IPOs coming up.”

Unsworth also pointed to how the CLARITY Act, if passed, could be a strong tailwind for these companies. “A better regulatory environment could make these companies more appealing to potential investors,” he said.

Consensys, Ledger, and Kraken did not confirm to Sherwood if they had put their IPO plans on hold. A Consensys spokesperson told Sherwood, “As a matter of policy, we do not comment on market speculation,” while a Ledger representative declined to comment on the story.

Meanwhile, Lauren Post, Kraken’s vice president of corporate communications, told Sherwood that the company did not put out any public statements on freezing IPO plans.

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