The 21Shares Bitcoin ETP is listing on the official market of Deutsche Börse’s Xetra electronic venue from Thursday 2 July 2020. 

March saw the rebranding of Amun AG into 21Shares as the company sought to separate its technology products from its financial business – and also to produce a more financially appropriate name for a Swiss-based company with four spoken languages within its offices. There is a crypto hint in the new name too as it is a homage to the total maximum supply of bitcoin, as only 21 million bitcoin will ever be in circulation.

The BTCetc Bitcoin Exchange Traded Crypto issued by ETC Issuance, a centrally cleared bitcoin tracker, has listed on Xetra.

ETC Group is to list the world’s first centrally cleared Bitcoin Exchange Traded Cryptocurrency, BTCetc Bitcoin Exchange Traded Crypto - (BTCE), on Deutsche Börse’s XETRA platform later this month. 

CoinShares has launched the CoinShares Gold and Cryptoassets Index (CGCI), the first EU Benchmark Regulations (EU BMR) compliant index for the digital asset industry that combines digital assets and gold. 

News came last week that Swiss-based Amun had launched the 21Shares Short Bitcoin ETP (SBTC) on the Swiss Stock Exchange (SIX). This is an ETP which tracks the opposite performance of bitcoin to give investors access to hedging and trading potentials within bitcoin price movements, whichever direction they are going.

Amun AG has launched the 21Shares Short Bitcoin ETP (SBTC) on the Swiss Stock Exchange (SIX), which tracks the opposite performance of bitcoin to give investors an easy, cost effective and convenient way to gain exposure in both directions of the Bitcoin price movements.

WisdomTree, the largest independent ETF issuer in the world, has stepped up its commitment to blockchain technology by leading a fundraising round for Securrency, Inc, a developer of institutional-grade blockchain-based financial and regulatory technology. 

WisdomTree Investments (WETF), an exchange-traded fund (ETF) and exchange-traded product (ETP) sponsor and asset manager, has made a strategic investment in Securrency, a developer of institutional-grade blockchain-based financial and regulatory technology. 

As part of a wide ranging 2020 industry trend outlook, a survey of US asset managers and asset owners conducted by State Street Corporation predicts continued prevalence of digital assets as well as a bigger role in the industry for semi-transparent active ETFs.