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Institutional Investors Preferring Ether Over Bitcoin Now: JPMorgan

The spread between futures prices and spot prices for the two cryptos is telling, analysts wrote.

By Nelson Wang
AccessTimeIconSep 23, 2021 at 6:25 p.m. UTC
Updated May 11, 2023 at 4:13 p.m. UTC
JPMorgan (Getty Images)
JPMorgan (Getty Images)

Institutional investors are showing more confidence in ether than bitcoin, according to an analysis of Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) futures buying activity by JPMorgan.

  • The analysis showed that the rolling average of the difference between bitcoin futures prices and spot prices had weakened and shifted from positive to negative in September.
  • By contrast, the difference between ether futures prices and spot prices remained positive and actually increased in September.
  • ”This points to a much healthier demand for [ether] vs. bitcoin by institutional investors,” JPMorgan wrote.
  • Bitcoin prices have fallen almost 10% over the last month, while ether prices have dropped about 5% over the same time period.
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