Is it worth it to invest on ETF on the air instead of Ethereum

It has been exactly one year since the start of trading in the soldering exchange funds on the air. For 365 days, Eth-ETF experienced ups and falls. Was it worth it on ETF on the air or was it better to just purchase ETH?

Who and what launched

What funds were admitted to the auction on July 23, 2024? There were nine of them:

ISHARES EThereum Trust ETF (ETHA). Grayscale Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHE). Grayscale Ethereum Mini Trust ETF (ETH). InVesco Galaxy Ethereum ETF (QETH). Fidelity Ethereum Fund. BitWise Ethereum ETF (ETHW). Vaneck Ethereum ETF (ETHV). Franklin Ethereum ETF (Ezet). 21Shares Core Ethereum ETF (CETH).

Behind each fund stood a specific company, and sometimes several. ETHA – product BlackRock, Ethe and ETH – Grayscale, Qeth – InVesco and Galaxy Digital, Feth – Fidelity, EthW – BitWise, EthV – Vaneck, Ezet – Franklin Templeton, Ceth – 21Shares. Almost all of them are from the USA. Only 21shares is registered in Switzerland.

Spota ETF on the air is traded at three American venues: five on the Chicago Exchange Exchange (CBOE), three on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and one on NASDAQ.

Let’s go directly to what happened to the price quotes of the papers of each particular fund.

ISHARES EThereum Trust ETF

ETHA shares (PAI) were added over the year, from July 23 to July 23, 4.59%, rising in price from $ 26.59 to $ 27.81. At their minimum for twelve months they sank to $ 10.99 or 58.67%. The maximum price of ETHA for the period under consideration amounted to $ 31.18, which equivalently increased 17.26% relative to the opening in July 2024.

Grayscale Ethereum Trust ETF

Grayscale Ethereum Trust ETF shares for a year increased by $ 0.82 or 2.78%. The maximum increase in a given period of time was 16.97%, when the price reached $ 34.53. The minimum cost in April 2025 – $ 12.11 was caused by a subsidence by 58.98%.

Grayscale Ethereum Mini Trust

Grayscale Ethereum Mini Trust price quotes rose from $ 33 to $ 34.59 or 4.82%per year. The maximum subsidence took place in April 2025 – 58.52%. The minimum price was $ 13.69. The historical maximum of the papers of the fund was reached in December – $ 38.78 (an increase of 17.52% relative to the beginning of trading in July 2024).

Fidelity Ethereum Fund

FIDELITY – FITH fund increased over a year from $ 35.05 to $ 36.71 or 4.74%. The maximum subsidence during this period amounted to 58.57%, when the shares of this ETF fell to $ 14.52. The maximum increase was recorded in December – 17.35%. The share of the fund then traded at $ 41,13.

BitWise Ethereum ETF

ETHW shares for the period from July 23 to July 23 grew by 4.53%, from $ 25.17 to $ 26.31. The maximum increase was observed in December 2024 – 17.28%. Then the shares cost $ 29.52. The minimum was reached in April 2025-$ 10.42, and the drawdown amounted to 58.66%.

Vaneck Ethereum ETF

ETHV for a year of trading showed an increase of 4.14%, from $ 51.66 to $ 53.8. The maximum subsidence amounted to 58.79%, when the price dropped to $ 21.29. The maximum cost, which managed to achieve ETHV shares, is $ 60.29 or, the same, the increase was 16.71%.

Franklin Ethereum ETF

Franklin Templeton Ezet quotes of the Franklin Templeton company increased from $ 26.64 to $ 27.9, which is equivalent to 4.73%. At the same time, the maximum cost of shares (shares) of the fund reached $ 31.28, that is, 17.42% higher than at the opening of July 23, 2024. The largest drawdown amounted to 58.52% – in April 2025, when the price of Ezet papers fell to $ 11.05.

21Shares Core Ethereum ETF

CETH securities increased in price per year by 3.49%, from $ 17.74 to $ 18.36. The maximum subsidence was in April 2025 and amounted to 59.02% with a minimum share of $ 7.27. The fund of the fund’s shares reached the peak value of December 16 – $ 20.58, which is equivalent to 16.01% of the increase in relation to the discovery on July 23, 2024.

InVesco Galaxy Ethereum ETF

The growth of QITH shares has been made over the past year = 4.35% (from $ 35.16 to $ 36.69). The peak value at this time period was $ 41.01 – an increase of 16.64%. The minimum is $ 14.54, which is equivalent to a drop by 58.65%.

And what are the indicators of the air itself on the segment from July 23, 2024 to July 23, 2025?

Ethereum

The second in capitalization of cryptocurrency for the year went up by 7.28%, from $ 3,440.8 to $ 3,691.2. The maximum rise was 19.4%. The price reached $ 4,108.4 and the drawdown – 59.73%.

What conclusion can you come to?

Ethereum and ETF

The indicators of the broadcast and papers of its spotal ETF are not very different. If you take an increase in value, then it is higher for the air than the average of funds, but only by 3.11%: 7.28%versus 4.17%. The maximum increase in the price of the ETF paper is also inferior to the second cryptocurrency capitalization: 17.02% versus 19.4%. At the same time, a large subsidence was recorded at the air than on average in exchange spawning crypto funds: 59.73% versus 58.73%.

Conclusion

We can conclude that ETF really follow the price of ETH. In the first year of ETH-ETF papers, the ether would bring investors a little more money (a little more than $ 30 with each invested $ 1000). However, this does not prevent funds from attracting more and more investors. Now the cumulative influx of cash is over $ 8 billion, half of which was made from the beginning of July 2025.

This material and information in it is not an individual or other other investment recommendation. The view of the editorial office may not coincide with the opinions of analytical portals and experts.

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