{"id":95188,"date":"2026-03-13T10:15:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T07:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=95188"},"modified":"2026-03-16T10:44:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T07:44:15","slug":"blackrock-launches-ethereum-etf-with-staking-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/blackrock-launches-ethereum-etf-with-staking-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"BlackRock Launches Ethereum ETF with Staking Feature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On March 12, trading commenced on Nasdaq for BlackRock&#8217;s income-generating Ethereum-<a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-cryptocurrency-etf\">ETF<\/a>. The turnover reached $15.5 million, noted Bloomberg analyst James Seyffart.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: BlackRock is launching their Ethereum Staking ETF today \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ETHB&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$ETHB<\/a>. It will have the same fee as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ETHA&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$ETHA<\/a> at 0.25% bps but has a fee waiver down to 0.12% for the first year or first $2.5 billion in assets. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aR3FVRChPz\">pic.twitter.com\/aR3FVRChPz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James Seyffart (@JSeyff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JSeyff\/status\/2032070513330188429?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasdaq.com\/market-activity\/stocks\/ethb\">platform<\/a>, investors purchased 621,705 shares of iShares Staked Ethereum Trust (ETHB). At launch, the assets under management reached $100 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Seyffart described these figures as &#8220;a very respectable result for the first day.&#8221; However, previously launched <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bitwise-launches-sol-etf-on-nyse\">BSOL<\/a> by Bitwise and <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/solana-staking-etf-debuts-with-12-million-inflow\">SSK<\/a> by REX-Osprey based on <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-solana-sol\">Solana<\/a> showed stronger results: $55.4 million and $33.7 million, respectively.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How ETHB Works<\/h2>\n<p>This new instrument differs from other BlackRock exchange-traded funds, which merely track the price of the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. ETHB generates returns through <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-staking-and-how-to-make-money-from-it\">staking<\/a> the coin, locking between 70% and 95% of reserves depending on market conditions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Approximately 82% of the rewards earned will be paid to investors monthly, akin to dividend ETFs. The remaining 18% is distributed among the trust, custodians, and service providers.<\/p>\n<p>The sponsor fee is 0.25%. To attract early capital, a reduced rate of 0.12% applies to the first $2.5 billion in assets.<\/p>\n<p>Simultaneously, BlackRock <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EricBalchunas\/status\/1971313780090077277\">is preparing<\/a> to launch a Bitcoin Premium Income ETF. The fund will sell covered call options on bitcoin futures, allowing it to collect premiums and provide investors with additional income.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs<\/h2>\n<p>By the end of trading on March 12, spot exchange-traded funds based on bitcoin attracted $53.8 million. Positive momentum has been maintained for four consecutive days. These products manage a total of $90.4 billion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-c3528d3a25b109b1-8602373890167221-1024x522.png\" alt=\"image\" class=\"wp-image-276708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-c3528d3a25b109b1-8602373890167221-1024x522.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-c3528d3a25b109b1-8602373890167221-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-c3528d3a25b109b1-8602373890167221-768x391.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-c3528d3a25b109b1-8602373890167221-1536x782.png 1536w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-c3528d3a25b109b1-8602373890167221.png 1818w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/sosovalue.com\/assets\/etf\/us-btc-spot\">SoSoValue<\/a>.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The IBIT fund by BlackRock led in fund inflows with $46.1 million. FBTC by Fidelity and BTC by Grayscale accounted for $15 million and $4.9 million, respectively. Outflows were recorded by GBTC from Grayscale (-$9.8 million) and BITB from Bitwise (-$5.7 million).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Inflows into Ethereum ETFs amounted to $72.3 million. Since launch, the funds have received $11.8 billion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"523\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-9fa03e4a8c6d637f-8602386702867998-1024x523.png\" alt=\"image\" class=\"wp-image-276709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-9fa03e4a8c6d637f-8602386702867998-1024x523.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-9fa03e4a8c6d637f-8602386702867998-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-9fa03e4a8c6d637f-8602386702867998-768x392.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-9fa03e4a8c6d637f-8602386702867998-1536x785.png 1536w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-9fa03e4a8c6d637f-8602386702867998.png 1832w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/sosovalue.com\/assets\/etf\/us-eth-spot\">SoSoValue<\/a>.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>FETH by Fidelity attracted $52 million \u2014 the highest figure in the segment. ETHA by BlackRock received $18.6 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in March, investment bank Morgan Stanley, with assets of $1.9 trillion, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/morgan-stanley-seeks-approval-for-bitcoin-etf-launch\">filed<\/a> an application to launch a spot bitcoin ETF.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 12, trading commenced on Nasdaq for BlackRock&#8217;s income-generating Ethereum-ETF. The turnover reached $15.5 million, noted Bloomberg analyst James Seyffart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":95189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Debut trading volume exceeded $15 million.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18,865,569,46],"class_list":["post-95188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitcoin","tag-blackrock","tag-etf","tag-ethereum"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"283","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Debut trading volume exceeded $15 million.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95188"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95190,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95188\/revisions\/95190"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}