Ethereum (ETH) Shoots to $2550 As ETH Options Interest Hit Record High

Ethereum (ETH) rally looks limitless at this point as the ETH price surges all the way to $2550 hitting its new all-time high. At press time, ETH is trading at $2513 with a market cap of $289 billion. The ETH price rally comes amid bullish on-chain indicators and rising daily active addresses.

As per the latest data from Skew Analytics, the Ethereum (ETH) Options open interest has touched an all-time high of $3.5 billion. Meaning, more and more investors are willing to open new positions in anticipation of the further price rally.

courtesy: Skew

At the current price point, Ethereum (ETH) has surged more than 225% year-to-date once clouding Bitcoin’s performance as BTC gained over 100% gains since the beginning of 2021. In fact, the ETH price rally over the last month has been more astounding.

ETH has added nearly $100 billion to its market cap just in the last 30-days. Also, with the recent rally, the ETH/BTC pair is bouncing strongly at the moment.

ETH/BTC bouncing strong pic.twitter.com/L4LLnDZIVh

— skew (@skewdotcom) April 15, 2021

Rothschild Investment Corporation Scoops Massive ETHE Shares

In a recent SEC filing on Thursday, April 15, Chicago-based financial giant Rothschild Investment Corporation announced that it has acquired 265,302 shares of Grayscale ETH Trust (ETHE). Apart from this, Rothschild has also increased its position in the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) by over 20%.

In an SEC filing today, Rothschild Investment Corporation reported owning 38,346 shares of GBTC.

In January, it reported owning 30,454 shares.

Today's filing also reported 265,302 shares of Grayscale ETH Trust. This is a new position.

Filing:https://t.co/K4oeDanl3g https://t.co/SchgmtGzEd

— MacroScope (@MacroScope17) April 15, 2021

The Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETHE) now holds over $7.4 billion worth of ETH at the current price while the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) AUM is a massive $41 billion. The total assets under management of Grayscale Investments have surged past $50 billion.

04/14/21 UPDATE: Net Assets Under Management, Holdings per Share, and Market Price per Share for our Investment Products.

Total AUM: $50.6 billion$BTC $BCH $ETH $ETC $ZEN $LTC $XLM $ZEC $BAT $LINK $MANA $FIL $LPT pic.twitter.com/J87GOBPCBg

— Grayscale (@Grayscale) April 14, 2021

As per several market analysts and CoinGape report, the Ethereum rally isn’t stopping anytime soon. The ETH price is likely to surge further and move past $3000 and above. The odds are clearly in favor of Ethereum at this point and as we saw all on-chain indicators are clearly signaling a bullish trend ahead. Make the most of the ETH price rally!

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