Data as of Oct 28, 2026.
ETHA vs ETHW: Tracking, Returns & Fees
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ETHA finished 0.25 of a percentage point behind Ether and ETHW 0.09 behind.
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Net assets: $7.5bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Ethereum Trust ETF, and $258m on Oct 28, 2026 for Bitwise Ethereum ETF.
ETHA over 1 year: fund −41.59%, Ether −41.34%, 0.25 pts behind Ether. Data to Oct 28, 2026.
Data to Oct 28, 2026.ETHW over 1 year: fund −41.43%, Ether −41.34%, 0.09 pts behind Ether. Data to Oct 28, 2026.
Data to Oct 28, 2026.Pair scorecard
ETHW costs 0.05 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.2 points; ETHA is far larger, $7.6bn against $253m.
| Measure | ETHA | ETHW |
|---|---|---|
| Return | ||
| Total return, 1 year | −41.6% | −41.4% |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| What it tracks | Ether | Ether |
| Against Ether, same days | 0.3% behind | 0.1% behind |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.25% | 0.20% |
| Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026 | $7.6bn | $253m |
| Reports to the SEC on | 10-K, not N-PORT | |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | not published | |
How much of its coin's move it captured, after costs, ranked against 26 spot crypto trusts with a full year. 100 is best. How it is computed
A percentile among the 26 spot crypto trusts with a full year. Share of the coin's own price growth a holder kept; funds on different coins are ranked together. All crypto ETFs ranked by it →
Side by side
As of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
Window by window
| Total return | The coin over the same days | Difference, percentage points | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | ETHA | ETHW | ETHA | ETHW | ETHA | ETHW |
| 1 month | −11.3% | −11.3% | −11.3% | −11.3% | 0.0 pts | 0.0 pts |
| 3 months | +25.5% | +25.6% | +25.6% | +25.6% | −0.2 pts | −0.1 pts |
| 6 months | +6.0% | +6.1% | +6.1% | +6.1% | −0.1 pts | 0.0 pts |
| 1 year | −41.6% | −41.4% | −41.3% | −41.3% | −0.3 pts | −0.1 pts |
| Since each listedETHA Jul 2024 · ETHW Jul 2024 | −31.9% | −31.8% | −31.5% | −31.5% | −0.4 pts | −0.3 pts |
The same coin, two trusts
ETHA and ETHW hold the same asset. Both are 1933 Act trusts holding Ether through a custodian, so neither has a portfolio to compare: the whole of each fund is one line. Over the same days, ETHA finished 0.25 of a percentage point behind Ether and ETHW 0.09 of a percentage point behind, so ETHW kept more of what holding the coin gave, by 0.16 of a percentage point. That gap is the fee, the custody, the creation and redemption friction and the market’s pricing of the shares, compounded into one number.
ETHA and ETHW are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?
- Size. ETHA has $7.6bn in net assets and ETHW $253m (net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026); ETHA is 30.0 times larger.
- What each follows (similar). Both follow Ether.
- One-year total return (similar). Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 ETHA returned −41.6% and ETHW −41.4% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 0.2 points.
Data as of Oct 28, 2026.
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ETHA’s own filings say it does not (424B3, Aug 6, 2026).
ETHA holds Ether through a custodian and trades on an exchange, so a holder gets the coin’s return inside a brokerage account rather than a wallet. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, Ether moved −41.3% and ETHA returned −41.6%. That leaves it 0.25 of a percentage point behind. That difference is the fee, the custody cost, the friction of creating and redeeming shares in blocks, and whatever the market paid for the shares rather than for the coin, all of it together. It is the only number on this page the sponsor does not publish itself. ETHA charges 0.25% a year and finished 0.3% behind Ether, so the fee is almost the whole of the difference. Ether is a proof of stake chain, so a fund holding it can stake. A spot trust is not a registered investment company. It files a 10-K rather than an N-PORT, and its holding is one line: the Ether it custodies.
ETHW’s own filings say it does not (10-K, Mar 12, 2026).
ETHW holds Ether through a custodian and trades on an exchange, so a holder gets the coin’s return inside a brokerage account rather than a wallet. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, Ether moved −41.3% and ETHW returned −41.4%. That leaves it 0.09 of a percentage point behind. ETHW charges 0.20% a year and finished 0.1% behind Ether, so the fee is almost the whole of the difference.
Questions people ask
- Which tracked Ether more closely, ETHA or ETHW?
- Over the window to Oct 28, 2026, ETHA finished 0.25 of a percentage point behind Ether and ETHW 0.09 of a percentage point behind, so ETHW tracked it more closely, by 0.16 of a percentage point. That difference is the fee, the custody cost, the friction of creating and redeeming shares in blocks and whatever the market paid for the shares rather than for the coin, all together.
- Do ETHA or ETHW pay a staking yield?
- Ether is a proof of stake chain, so staking is possible. Whether either trust stakes, and what the sponsor keeps of it, is a term in its own filings and is read from those rather than assumed.
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.
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