Live: Eric Balchunas on The $ETH ETF Launch
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🗓️ 23 July 2024
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
The Ether spot ETF has officially started trading as of today July 23rd, 2024 marking a landmark day for Ethereum and crypto as a whole. We're going live today to discuss the magnitude of this moment and what it means for Ether the asset, and more broadly the entire crypto industry. This is a big deal and we're stoked to be sharing this moment live with the Bankless Nation.
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro To Eric
02:53 $1B Daily Inflows
06:17 Mini ETH
08:13 What To Look For Next
12:25 #2 Launch Of All Time?
19:12 Pitching ETH To The World
24:08 ETH As A Tech Platform
27:43 Winners of BTC vs Winners of ETH ETFs
30:32 What To Watch
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Eric Balchunas:
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to Squatbox this morning. |
| 0:01.5 | Spot Ethereum EDF set to begin trading today. |
| 0:04.3 | The SEC approved EDF applications from 21 shares, |
| 0:08.7 | Bitwise, Black Rock, Fidelity, I shares, |
| 0:12.4 | Benek and Franklin Templeton, along with the Invesco Galaxy. |
| 0:16.6 | Bigelization after a long chaotic roller coaster of drama, surprises, and plot twists. |
| 0:21.5 | We have arrived at Tuesday, the the 23rd the first day of the |
| 0:24.9 | spa ether ETS and at 4 30 p.m. Eastern time we have concluded the first day of |
| 0:30.9 | trading of the ETS. |
| 0:32.8 | That day is behind us. |
| 0:34.0 | Thank God that day is behind us. |
| 0:35.6 | We've got on the show today Eric Valchunis, |
| 0:37.6 | one of the Bloomberg ETS boys back for the crypto industries |
| 0:40.8 | second ETSF debut. Eric, welcome back to Bankless. |
| 0:45.2 | How did today go? |
| 0:47.0 | Were there any surprises? |
| 0:48.3 | Did we over-performed? |
| 0:49.3 | Did we under-perform? |
| 0:50.6 | What were their performance expectations at all? |
| 0:53.0 | Tell us, like, first thoughts, what stands out the most? |
| 0:56.0 | I'd solid is what I would go. |
| 0:59.0 | I would say a solid A, maybe not an A plus, you know, |
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