币圈迎来关键时刻!现货以太坊ETF今夜会否获批?

jin10Published on 2024-05-23Last updated on 2024-05-23

加密货币市场越来越乐观地认为,美国证券监管机构可能会批准直接投资于以太坊的现货ETF,以太坊是仅次于比特币的第二大代币。外媒分析师预计,美国证交会将会在周五凌晨公布关于现货以太坊ETF的消息。

5月21日的一篇报道称,美国证交会官员周一出人意料地要求纳斯达克和芝加哥期权交易所(CBOE)迅速更新和修改其现货以太坊ETF上市申请文件,这通常是获批前提出的要求,暗示该机构可能准备批准这两家公司的申请。

目前,VanEck等发行商已经更新了19b-4文件,且大部分发行商已经取消了相关质押条款。质押对以太坊来说一直是一个敏感问题,因为它使持有者能够获得收益,这引发了有关该代币是否应被视为受美国证交会监管的证券的问题。

证交会即将做出重磅决定!

美国证交会必须在本周前决定是否批准CBOE提交的VanEck和ARK Investments和21Shares的现货以太坊ETF上市申请,交易所需美国证交会批准其修改后的规则才能上市产品,而发行人仍需要证交会批准ETF注册声明,才能开始交易。

与交易所提交的文件不同,美国证交会没有确定的决定时间框架,这意味着现货以太坊ETF可能还需要几个月的时间才能开始交易。也有猜测认为,美国证交会同时向所有发行商发出了文件更新要求,或许意味着数个现货以太坊ETF有望同时获批。

但这些申请获得批准并不会自动为新的现货基金打开大门。知情人士说,这绝不能保证绿灯。

在过去几个月推迟了对这些基金申请的决定后,美国证交会将在5月23日的最后期限前批准或拒绝VanEck的申请。VanEck是向美国证交会提交申请的发行人之一。

有消息称,美国证交会工作人员和现货以太坊ETF发行人之间进行了有关S-1文件的对话。目前他们得出的结论是,在这些问题上还有“一定工作要做”。

有一个关键问题

今年1月现货比特币ETF的问世被认为是一项突破,因为它们实际上持有比特币,并受到投资者的广泛欢迎。而之前投资者只能投资于比特币期货,一种在日后以特定价格买卖一种资产的衍生品合约。

根据流量和交易量等关键交易指标,现货比特币ETF的推出被认为是一个巨大的成功。比特币的价格飙升至两年多来的最高点。排名第一的是贝莱德的iShares比特币信托基金(IBIT)和富达智慧起源比特币基金(FBTC),它们在不到五天的时间里都突破了10亿美元规模的门槛,且是ETF领域中仅有的两只在头20天交易中吸引了超过30亿美元资金的基金。

对于现货以太坊ETF,有充分的理由相信它们会受到散户投资者的欢迎,富达投资和贝莱德等公司推出的近12只现货比特币ETF自推出以来已吸引了近130亿美元的净流入。

虽然散户是比特币的主要买家,但最新的13F报告显示,对冲基金、养老基金和银行也在投资于现货比特币ETF。最知名的买家是Millennium Management等对冲基金,以及史蒂文•科恩(Steven Cohen)的Point72资产管理公司和埃利奥特投资管理公司。Millennium Management甚至持有至少四只现货比特币ETF,总价值约20亿美元。

由于人们越来越乐观地认为美国证交会将在最后期限前批准至少一只现货以太坊ETFTF,以太坊价格在过去三天上涨了约20%。

不过,质押一直是以太坊的一个热门问题,因为它允许持有者可以持续获取收益,这引发了人们的疑问:该代币是否应该被视为属于证交会职权范围内的证券。一些市场参与者认为,如果ETF不会将持有的以太坊进行质押,那么这些基金对投资者的吸引力将低于直接在加密货币市场购买以太坊。

数字资产公司GSR的高级策略师Brian Rudick表示,“通过ETF持有以太坊会因放弃质押奖励而立即产生机会成本。”

不过,与此同时,许多行业倡导者认为,取消ETF发行人的质押计划实际上对行业来说是一件好事,因为行业的目标是建立一个去中心化的金融体系,而不是依赖于少数中介机构。

去中心化金融机构资产管理公司Hashnote的创始人Leo Mizuhara表示,“质押的以太坊成为ETF的一部分,可能会成为一股巨大的中心化力量。例如,由于现货比特币ETF,Coinbase目前托管的比特币数量非常庞大,类似的事情也可能发生在以太坊质押上。”

不过,一些人预计ETF发行人最终将获得监管明确性来质押以太坊。Syncracy Capital联合创始人Ryan Watkins表示:

“我不认为这种情况会永远持续下去,随着未来几年监管更加明确,这些ETF最终将以质押为特色,因为激励措施实在是太诱人了。”

警惕买消息卖事实行情?花旗:别慌!

在美国证交会即将对现货以太坊ETF申请做出最后决定之时,投资者目前最想弄懂的莫过于以太坊会否重现现货比特币ETF获批时比特币的行情。由于炒作和杠杆押注,比特币在现货ETF获批后下跌了17%。

根据花旗最近的一份报告,该行认为,与比特币相比,以太坊出现“买消息卖事实”的可能性似乎更低。因为相比之下,现货以太坊ETF获得批准的可能性较小,导致市场定位并没有那么极端。

花旗的数据显示,以太坊未平仓合约和融资利率与前几个月相比有所下降。然而,未平仓合约已开始上升,表明市场对ETF可能获得批准的预期越来越高。

此外,花旗的历史数据显示,现货比特币ETF的净流入对加密货币的回报产生了重大影响。例如,截至5月20日,现货比特币ETF的净流入总额为129亿美元,也就是说,每10亿美元的流入就会推动比特币上涨约6%。假设以太坊也有类似的模式,估计资金流入可能在38亿至45亿美元之间,这可能推动以太坊价格上涨23-28%。

不过,有几个因素可能会影响这些估计,包括市场对以太坊和比特币的不同需求,现有ETF持有人从比特币到以太坊的轮换,信托转换成ETF后现有资金的流出等等。

花旗分析师表示,从长远来看,在宏观经济因素的推动下,比特币和以太坊预计将保持高度相关。尽管链上活动和潜在用例有所不同,例如比特币作为“数字黄金”的角色和以太坊的智能合约功能,但情绪和进一步的用例开发对这两种加密货币仍然至关重要。花旗总结道:

“我们预计主要代币将保持高度相关,并在长期内继续受到宏观力量的推动。”

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