Trading volume on the debut of Grayscale’s first US spot Dogecoin ETF came in under an analyst’s expectation, with Bitwise soon to launch its own fund.
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Debut trading volume for Grayscale’s spot Dogecoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) came in lower than expected, despite being the first spot product in the country tracking the cryptocurrency.
Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas on Tuesday that the Grayscale Dogecoin Trust ETF’s (GDOG) debut on Monday took in $1.4 million in volume, below his of $12 million, while still being “solid for an [average] launch but low for a ‘first-ever spot’ product.”
Grayscale’s ETF is set to be joined by a spot Dogecoin () ETF from Bitwise, after New York Stock Exchange subsidiary NYSE Arca with regulators on Tuesday to certify its approval and listing of the Bitwise Dogecoin ETF (BWOW), which Bitwise would begin trading on Wednesday.
The new Dogecoin funds come amid a flood of after the Securities and Exchange Commission in September, as asset managers look to test investor appetite for products linked to more speculative crypto tokens.
GDOG, BWOW directly hold Dogecoin
The REX Osprey DOGE ETF (DOJE) as the first in the US with exposure to Dogecoin; however, it took the approach of not being able to directly hold the cryptocurrency to get to market faster.
DOJE was filed under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which provides a 75-day approval window, but is limited to investing in an offshore subsidiary that holds Dogecoin and holding shares in European and Canadian Dogecoin ETFs.
Grayscale and Bitwise’s Dogecoin ETFs were filed under the Securities Act of 1933, meaning they can directly hold the token, but have a longer approval window of 240 days.
DOJE saw a more lively debut in September, as the ETF saw $17 million in volume traded on its debut day, exceeding analyst expectations of $2.5 million.
New XRP ETFs pull in nearly $130 million inflows on debut
Meanwhile, on Monday, Grayscale and Franklin Templeton both launched their own spot XRP () ETFs that took in combined of $129.95 million, to SoSoValue.
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The Franklin XRP ETF (XRPZ) saw $62.6 million in net inflows, while the Grayscale XRP Trust ETF (GXRP) took in $67.4 million, their rival, the Canary XRP ETF (XRPC), which took in $243 million on its Nov. 14 debut and Bitwise’s XRP ETF, which launched on Thursday and took in over $105 million on its first trading day.
Balchunas said on Monday that the recently launched DOGE and XRP ETFs are just the first in what he and fellow ETF analyst James Seyffart to be “likely over 100 in [the] next six months.”
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