Ellington Financial (EFC) SC 13G Ellington Financial / INTEGRATED CORE STRATEGIES ownership change

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13G
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

ELLINGTON FINANCIAL INC.

(Name of Issuer)

COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.001 PER SHARE

(Title of Class of Securities)

28852N109

(CUSIP Number)

MAY 12, 2021

(Date of event which requires filing of this statement)

Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:

o Rule 13d-1(b)

þ Rule 13d-1(c)

o Rule 13d-1(d)

* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the notes).

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1	NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS    Integrated Core Strategies (US) LLC
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP  (a)   o  (b)   þ
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION  Delaware

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH	5	SOLE VOTING POWER  -0-
	6	SHARED VOTING POWER  184,357
	7	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER  -0-
	8	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER  184,357

9	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON  184,357
10	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES  o
11	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)  0.4%
12	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON  OO

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1	NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS    Integrated Assets II LLC
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP  (a)   o  (b)   þ
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION  Cayman Islands

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH	5	SOLE VOTING POWER  -0-
	6	SHARED VOTING POWER  64,553
	7	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER  -0-
	8	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER  64,553

9	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON  64,553
10	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES  o
11	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)  0.1%
12	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON  OO

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1	NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS    Millennium International Management LP
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP  (a)   o  (b)   þ
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION  Delaware

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH	5	SOLE VOTING POWER  -0-
	6	SHARED VOTING POWER  64,553
	7	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER  -0-
	8	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER  64,553

9	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON  64,553
10	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES  o
11	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)  0.1%
12	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON  PN

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1	NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS    Millennium Management LLC
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP  (a)   o  (b)   þ
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION  Delaware

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH	5	SOLE VOTING POWER  -0-
	6	SHARED VOTING POWER  248,910
	7	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER  -0-
	8	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER  248,910

9	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON  248,910
10	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES  o
11	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)  0.6%
12	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON  OO

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1	NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS    Millennium Group Management LLC
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP  (a)   o  (b)   þ
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION  Delaware

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH	5	SOLE VOTING POWER  -0-
	6	SHARED VOTING POWER  248,910
	7	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER  -0-
	8	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER  248,910

9	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON  248,910
10	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES  o
11	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)  0.6%
12	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON  OO

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1	NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS    Israel A. Englander
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP  (a)   o  (b)   þ
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION  United States

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH	5	SOLE VOTING POWER  -0-
	6	SHARED VOTING POWER  248,910
	7	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER  -0-
	8	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER  248,910

9	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON  248,910
10	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES  o
11	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)  0.6%
12	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON  IN

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Item 1.
	(a)	Name of Issuer:
		Ellington Financial Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Issuer").
	(b)	Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices:
		53 Forest Avenue Old Greenwich, Connecticut 06870
Item 2.	(a)	Name of Person Filing:
	(b)	Address of Principal Business Office:
	(c)	Citizenship:
		Integrated Core Strategies (US) LLC c/o Millennium Management LLC 399 Park Avenue New York, New York 10022 Citizenship: Delaware
		Integrated Assets II LLC c/o Millennium International Management LP 399 Park Avenue New York, New York 10022 Citizenship: Cayman Islands
		Millennium International Management LP 399 Park Avenue New York, New York 10022 Citizenship: Delaware
		Millennium Management LLC 399 Park Avenue New York, New York 10022 Citizenship: Delaware
		Millennium Group Management LLC 399 Park Avenue New York, New York 10022 Citizenship: Delaware
		Israel A. Englander c/o Millennium Management LLC 399 Park Avenue New York, New York 10022 Citizenship: United States
	(d)	Title of Class of Securities:
		common stock, par value $0.001 per share ("Common Stock")
	(e)	CUSIP Number:
		28852N109

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Item 3.  If this statement is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b), or 13d-2(b), check whether the person filing is a:

(a)	o	Broker or dealer registered under section 15 of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78o);
(b)	o	Bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c);
(c)	o	Insurance company as defined in section 3(a)(19) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c);
(d)	o	Investment company registered under section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-8);
(e)	o	An investment adviser in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E);

(f) o An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F);

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(g)	o	A parent holding company or control person in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G);
(h)	o	A savings association as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813);
(i)	o	A church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment company under section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3);
(j)	o	Group, in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J).

Item 4. Ownership

   Provide the following information regarding the aggregate number and percentage of the class of securities of the issuer identified in Item 1.

(a) Amount Beneficially Owned:

   Millennium International Management LP, a Delaware limited partnership ("Millennium International Management"), is the investment manager to Integrated Assets II and may be deemed to have shared voting control and investment discretion over securities owned by Integrated Assets II.

   Millennium Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Millennium Management"), is the general partner of the managing member of Integrated Core Strategies and may be deemed to have shared voting control and investment discretion over securities owned by Integrated Core Strategies. Millennium Management is also the general partner of the 100% owner of Integrated Assets II and may also be deemed to have shared voting control and investment discretion over securities owned by Integrated Assets II.

   Millennium Group Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Millennium Group Management"), is the managing member of Millennium Management and may also be deemed to have shared voting control and investment discretion over securities owned by Integrated Core Strategies. Millennium Group Management is also the general partner of Millennium International Management and may also be deemed to have shared voting control and investment discretion over securities owned by Integrated Assets II.

   The managing member of Millennium Group Management is a trust of which Israel A. Englander, a United States citizen ("Mr. Englander"), currently serves as the sole voting trustee. Therefore, Mr. Englander may also be deemed to have shared voting control and investment discretion over securities owned by Integrated Core Strategies and Integrated Assets II.

   The foregoing should not be construed in and of itself as an admission by Millennium International Management, Millennium Management, Millennium Group Management or Mr. Englander as to beneficial ownership of the securities owned by Integrated Core Strategies or Integrated Assets II, as the case may be.

(b) Percent of Class:   

   As of the close of business on May 19, 2021, Millennium Management, Millennium Group Management and Mr. Englander may be deemed to have beneficially owned 248,910 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock or 0.6% of the Issuer’s Common Stock outstanding (see Item 4(a) above), which percentage was calculated based on 43,781,684 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock outstanding as of May 7, 2021, as reported in the Issuer’s Form 10-Q filed on May 10, 2021.

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 (c) Number of shares as to which such person has:

(i) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote

   -0-

(ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote

   248,910 (See Item 4(b))

 (iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of

   -0-

(iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of

   248,910 (See Item 4(b))

Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class

   If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following þ.

Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.

    Not applicable.

Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company.

    Not applicable.

Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group

    See Exhibit I.

Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group

    Not applicable.

Item 10. Certification 

   By signing below each of the undersigned certifies that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.

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Exhibits:

Exhibit I: Joint Filing Agreement, dated as of May 19, 2021, by and among Integrated Core Strategies (US) LLC, Integrated Assets II LLC, Millennium International Management LP, Millennium Management LLC, Millennium Group Management LLC and Israel A. Englander

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		SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of its knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information with respect to it set forth in this statement is true, complete, and correct.

Dated: May 19, 2021

INTEGRATED CORE STRATEGIES (US) LLC

By: Integrated Holding Group LP,
       its Managing Member

By: Millennium Management LLC,
       its General Partner

By: /s/Gil Raviv

Name: Gil Raviv
Title:  Global General Counsel

INTEGRATED ASSETS II LLC

By: Millennium International Management LP,
       its Investment Manager

By: /s/ Gil Raviv

Name: Gil Raviv
Title:  Global General Counsel

MILLENNIUM INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT LP

By: /s/Gil Raviv

Name: Gil Raviv
Title:  Global General Counsel

MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC

By: /s/Gil Raviv

Name: Gil Raviv
Title:  Global General Counsel

MILLENNIUM GROUP MANAGEMENT LLC

By: /s/Gil Raviv

Name: Gil Raviv
Title:  Global General Counsel

/s/ Israel A. Englander

Israel A. Englander

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		EXHIBIT I
		JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

This will confirm the agreement by and among the undersigned that the Schedule 13G filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about the date hereof with respect to the beneficial ownership by the undersigned of the Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Ellington Financial Inc., a Delaware corporation, will be filed on behalf of each of the persons and entities named below in accordance with Rule 13d-1(k) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

Dated: May 19, 2021

INTEGRATED CORE STRATEGIES (US) LLC

By: Integrated Holding Group LP,
       its Managing Member

By: Millennium Management LLC,
       its General Partner

By: /s/ Gil Raviv

Name: Gil Raviv
Title:  Global General Counsel

INTEGRATED ASSETS II LLC

By: Millennium International Management LP,
       its Investment Manager

By: /s/ Gil Raviv

Name: Gil Raviv
Title:  Global General Counsel

MILLENNIUM INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT LP

By: /s/Gil Raviv

Name: Gil Raviv
Title:  Global General Counsel

MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC

By: /s/Gil Raviv

Name: Gil Raviv
Title:  Global General Counsel

MILLENNIUM GROUP MANAGEMENT LLC

By: /s/Gil Raviv

Name: Gil Raviv
Title:  Global General Counsel

/s/ Israel A. Englander

Israel A. Englander