Major cryptocurrencies were seen trading mixed on Thursday evening with Ethereum (ETH) stealing the spotlight from Bitcoin (BTC) in terms of gains as BlackRock Inc's filing for a spot Ether ETF garnered investor attention.
Ethereum was trading significantly above the $2,000 mark at $2,110.40 at the time of publishing — for the day it rose nearly 11% outpacing Bitcoin's 2.1% gains in the period. Bitcoin was seen at $36,695.88.
BlackRock's spot ETH ETF is poised to be benchmarked against the CME CF Ether-Dollar Reference Rate — New York variant (ETHUSD_RR), according to Benzinga's previous report. The ETHUSD_RR is a daily benchmark that consolidates trading information from various Ether-USD markets managed by prominent cryptocurrency exchanges.
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