Following within the footsteps of VanEck earlier this month, Knowledge Tree has filed an utility for an Ether (ETH) exchange-traded fund submitted to america Securities and Change Fee.

In accordance with filings dated Could 27, the ETF’s shares can be listed on the Chicago Board Choices Change’s BZX Change.

On Could 7, rival ETF issuer, VanEck, additionally filed an utility for an Ether ETF to be traded on the identical trade.

Knowledge Tree’s utility comes because the SEC has begun its formal assessment of Bitcoin (BTC) ETF functions submitted by Constancy and SkyBridge respectively. The submitting is way from Knowledge Tree’s first rodeo, with the issuer having filed quite a few functions for Bitcoin ETFs in recent times.

Whereas U.S.-based buyers aren’t but in a position to entry an Ether ETF, three Ether funds have been authorized by monetary regulators in Canada on April 17.

The funds launched with a bang final month, with Galaxy Digital’s Ether ETF comprising the Eleventh-most traded asset on the Toronto Inventory Change after its first day of buying and selling, whereas the Objective Ether ETF ranked twentieth.

Senior ETF analyst at Bloomberg Eric Balchunas commented, “Sht is gonna get loopy once they approve this stuff within the US.”

Regardless of the shortage of an Ether ETF in america, U.S. institutional appetites for ETH seem like rising, with inflows to Ethereum funding merchandise outpacing these to BTC merchandise earlier this month.

Shares in Grayscale’s Ethereum Belief have additionally just lately spiked to commerce at a double-digit premium over the spot worth of its underlying asset, whereas shares within the agency’s Bitcoin Belief have traded at a reduction since March.