Share this article

Ether ETF Fee Race Begins as Invesco Reveals 0.25% Charge, Slightly Higher Than VanEck

Asset manager VanEck previously disclosed that it would charge a 0.20% management fee for its fund.

Sign saying fee area ahead on a background of desert shrubland
Spot ether ETF issuers have started revealing their management fees on their proposed products. (Joseph Sohm/Shutterstock)

Asset managers Invesco and Galaxy will charge investors a 0.25% management fee on its proposed spot ether (ETH) exchange-traded fund (ETF) if and when it is rolled out.

This is just slightly higher than VanEck’s 0.20%, which was disclosed last month.

STORY CONTINUES BELOW
Don't miss another story.Subscribe to the Crypto Daybook Americas Newsletter today. See all newsletters

With eight issuers looking to launch an ether ETF at the same time, fees will play a critical role in differentiating a product from the others and appealing to investors. Grayscale’s higher-than-normal 1.5% fee on its bitcoin (BTC) trust caused it, among other reasons, to bleed billions of dollars while others saw mostly inflows.

Management fees are used by issuers to pay for the maintenance of a fund, such as for marketing costs, salaries and custodial services.

Most issuers for the spot bitcoin ETFs picked a fee between 0.19% and 0.30% which will likely be the case for their ether counterparts.

Read more: What ETF Approval Could Mean for Ethereum

Helene Braun

Helene is a New York-based markets reporter at CoinDesk, covering the latest news from Wall Street, the rise of the spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds and updates on crypto markets. She is a graduate of New York University's business and economic reporting program and has appeared on CBS News, YahooFinance and Nasdaq TradeTalks. She holds BTC and ETH.

Helene Braun