The popularity of spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs is increasing investors' expectations. However, as the Teuncrium's XXRP ETF launch hype fades
The crypto community's focus has shifted significantly to the upcoming crypto exchange-traded funds approval, especially the spot XRP ETF. The popularity of spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs is increasing investors' expectations. However, as the Teuncrium’s XXRP ETF launch hype fades, there’s doubt on the spot ones’ performance. Let’s discuss.
After the popularity of cryptocurrencies, the exchange-traded funds also gained attention, as the firms listed many futures and two spot ones, i.e., Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs.
Investors are eagerly awaiting the approval of the first spot XRP ETF in the United States. Earlier this week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) decided to postpone its ruling on the ETF applications for another three weeks, aiming for a full onboarding of Paul Atkins.
Investing in spot ETFs is quite similar to investing in cryptos, but the risk is reduced. To invest in crypto, an individual needs to have a crypto wallet, which is quite prone to the risk of theft, hacks, etc. However, that risk is no longer a concern if they invest in an ETF, as the ETF issuer (company) will hold the asset, and the users can simply trade.
The way of holding is the difference between spot and futures, where if the firm actually owns the token, it is a spot ETF, but if they have contracts speculating on the token’s future price, then it’s a futures ETF. XXRP is the best example as it’s a 2x leverage futures XRP ETF, recently launched by Teucrium.
XXRP Futures ETF Sees Decline Amid Changing Trends
The XXRP ETF reached $67 million AUM under bullish performance, gaining a higher value than Ripple’s price. In its peak, it reached the price of $35.95 but has decreased since then, currently at $32.44 per NASDAQ stats.
This drop came with diverted trends around the Ripple ETF launch. The demand is higher for the spot XRP exchange-traded fund, which is due for launch. Another reason is the decline in the Ripple token’s price, currently trading at $2.17 after a 1.5% crash, which is contrasting with experts’ XRP price predictions based on exchange-traded funds.
Experts have been anticipating the spot launch based on the hype and demand for these futures ETFs. However, as the performance is declining, concerns are rising about how the actual spot XRP ETF post-launch would perform, especially as the performance of Ethereum ETFs is low compared to Bitcoin’s, signaling the demand for BTC only.
