Bitwise Acquires Ethereum Staking Service Attestant, What’s Next for ETH Price?

Bitwise Asset Management, a crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF) issuer, on Wednesday said that it has acquired Attestant, an Ethereum staking service. The move comes as the company plans to expand further outside core businesses amid various crypt-focused ETF launches by the firm, as per people familiar with the matter. Will ETH price hit a new all-time high this bull run?

Bitwise Deepens Crypto Push With Attestant’s Acquisition

Bitwise Asset Management has acquired Ethereum staking service Attestant as the largest crypto fund manager races to launch new ETF for various cryptocurrencies. The terms of the cash and equity transaction weren’t disclosed, reported Bloomberg on November 13.

London-based Attestant manages $3.7 billion in assets for its clients seeking to explore and earn yields with Ethereum staking. This has also helped them play a key part in validating transactions on the Ethereum blockchain.

As part of the acquisition, 11 employees from Attestant will join Bitwise. The crypto ETF issuer will now manage more than $10 billion in client’s net assets. Notably, one in five Bitwise clients want to stake their crypto to earn yields from staking. However, the company asserts the majority of its clients will want to invest with staking in a few years.

Bitwise Chief Executive Officer Hunter Horsley in an interview said:

“We are now entering a new chapter of the maturation of this space. I think in this chapter to be most useful for clients they want you to be at a certain scale and to offer broad capabilities.”

According to Staking Rewards, Ethereum staking offers 3.78% rewards. Also, nearly a third of all ETH, or $112 billion worth, has been staked. At the time of writing, 34,566,523 ETH is staked on the Beacon Chain, as per beaconcha.in data.

ETH Price Rallies Amid Rise in ETF Adoption and Open Interests

Bitwise’s Bitcoin ETF (BITB) is the sixth largest of the dozen available to US investors, with about $3.8 billion in assets under management. Also, the spot Bitcoin ETF has a net inflow of $2.38 billion.

Meanwhile, Bitwise spot Ethereum ETF (ETHW) has $360.58 million in assets under management. The ETHW has a net inflow of $360.4 million. It saw $17 million in inflow on Tuesday.

ETH price today fell 6% in the past 24 hours after the recent rally, with the price currently trading at $3,163. The 24-hour low and high are $3,121 and $3,444, respectively. Furthermore, the trading volume has decreased by 10% in the last 24 hours, indicating a decline in interest among traders.

Total ETH future open interest has climbed 1% in 4 hours and dropped 4% in 24 hours. The 5.52 million BTC futures OI are now valued at $17.46 billion, which signals support for a further upside move despite a decline from ATH.

As per an analysis by CoinGape, ETH price trends, historical patterns, and whale accumulation insights indicate Ethereum price can hit a new all-time high.