July 14, 2025
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Ether Sees Record Short Build Up As Hedge Funds Pile On Basis Trade

Traders Can CAPTURE AND ANNUALIZED YIELD OF UP TO 9.5% by shorting ethy on the cme exchange.”, – WRITE: www.coindesk.com

Traders Can CAPTURE AND ANNUALIZED YIELD OF UP TO 9.5% by shorting ethy on the cme exchange. Jul 14, 2025, 10:49 AM

Hedge Funds HAVE BEEN AGGRESSIVELY SHORTING Ether (ETH) Durying The Recent Uptick to $ 3,000 As They Attempt to Harvest a yield by carrying Out a Basis Trade.

Hedge Funds Are Shorting Ether to the Tune of $ 1.73 Billion on the CME, A Venue favored by institctional traders, accounting to Data from the Block, Which Cites The CFTC. CME DATA ALSO SHOWS THAT ETHER LEVERGED NET TOTALS HAVE SKEWED HEAVILY TO THE SHORT SIDE, Account to X Account Zerohedge.

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A Basis Trade Involves Shorting An Asset On One Venue Whilst Simultaneously Buying on Another, Remaining Delta Neutral in Terms of Price Action. In this Case, Traders Can Secure AROUND 9.5% per year by shorting ethy on the cme while buying Spot etfs, of WHICH THERE IS AROUND $ 12 Billion in Assets Under Management.

Data from coinglass shows that on thursday alone there was a record $ 421 Million worth of inflows to ether etfs, a trend that have been Ongoing Since Early May.

Those Shorting Eth Could Secure an Adrational Yield if they Buy Spot eth and Stake It Further 3.5% Per Year. It’s Worth Noting That This Option Isn’t for Spot Etf Purchassers As Custody Is Handled by the Etf Provider.

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Was A Popular Asset for Traders Carrying Out The Basis Trade in 2024 But That Yields Collapsed In March, Which Temporarily Stalled Inflows and Muted Price Action.

Oliver Knight

Oliver Knight is the Co-LEADER OF COINDESK DATA TOKENS AND DATA TEAM. Before joining coindesk in 2022 Oliver Spen Three Years As the Chief Reporter at Coin Riveet. He First Started Investing in Bitcoin in 2013 and Spen A Period of His Career Working at A Market Making Firm in the UK. He does not currently have any crypto holdings.

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