Day 1 of Spot Ether ETF Trading With BlackRock and Franklin Templeton | Markets Daily

Spot ether ETF products in the U.S. saw more than $1 billion worth of shares traded on their first day. David Mann, Head of ETF Product & Capital Markets at Franklin Templeton, joins BlackRock Head of Digital Assets Robert Mitchnick on "Markets Daily" to reflect on the first day of trading and discuss the road that led to the launch of the products. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:09 BlackRock Head of Digital Assets on Spot Ether ETF Launch 02:13 Buying the ETF Product vs. Buying Ether From Exchanges 04:08 Educating Clients on Ether and the ETF Product 06:01 Potential for Spot ETFs of Other Cryptocurrencies? 07:45 The Investment Case for Ether 09:20 Reaction to Trading Volume From Day 1 11:36 Allocating the Spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs in a Portfolio 14:13 How Franklin Templeton Plans to Remain Competitive Among the ETF Issuers #cryptocurrency #digitalfinance #finance #bitcoin #crypto Subscribe to CoinDesk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/CoinDesk?sub_confirmation=1 Site: https://www.coindesk.com Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/coindesk LinkedIn: https://www.din.com/company/coindesk/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coindesk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CoinDesk Newsletters: https://www.coindesk.com/newsletters CoinDesk Podcast Network: https://open.spotify.com/show/2jyIhkvAQhed8AWDZiPpSP Markets Daily Crypto Roundup: https://open.spotify.com/show/7sDXM8BlxsUqzL2IqmLqwE CoinDesk is the leading digital media, events and information services company for the crypto asset and blockchain technology community.