ETF database firm ETFGI reports that crypto ETPs listed globally suffered net outflows of USD83 million during August, bringing year-to-date net inflows to USD712 million, which is much lower than the USD4.17 billion gathered at this point last year.
Crypto ETP issuer Hashdex has announced the launch of the Hashdex Bitcoin Futures ETF (ticker: DEFI), the world’s first Bitcoin Futures ETF registered solely under the Securities Act of 1933 (“’33 Act”).
ETP sponsor WisdomTree has announced the launch of WisdomTree Blockchain UCITS ETF (WBLK). Listed on Börse Xetra and Borsa Italiana, WBLK seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the WisdomTree Blockchain UCITS Index (the ‘Index’) and has a total expense ratio of 0.45 per cent. WBLK will list on the London Stock Exchange on 14 September 2022.
News came this week of the expansion of Brazil-headquartered Hashdex to offer its flagship product, the Hashdex Nasdaq Crypto Index Europe ETP on the Euronext Paris and Euronext Amsterdam under the ticker symbols HASH FP and HASH NA, respectively, and on Xetra under the ticker symbol HDX1 GY.
HANetf research reveals three out of four wealth managers and IFAs expect to increase their exposure to cryptocurrencies
European white label ETP platform HANetf has published its first Digital Assets & Crypto Review, covering the first half of 2022.
Crypto asset manager Hashdex has announced its Hashdex Nasdaq Crypto Index Europe ETP is now tradable on the Euronext Paris and Euronext Amsterdam under the ticker symbols HASH FP and HASH NA, respectively, and on Xetra under the ticker symbol HDX1 GY.
Swiss-based crypto firm, 21.co, has announced a USD25 million round led by Marshall Wace. The firm writes that this round of funding values the business at USD2 billion, making 21.co Switzerland’s largest crypto unicorn.
Young British adults haven’t been put off from investing in cryptocurrencies despite the prices crash seen this year, finds a survey commissioned by WisdomTree, the ETP sponsor.
April saw the launch of BOLD, a product from 21Shares, based on an index that comprises bitcoin and gold, created by ByteTree Asset Management. Charlie Morris, Founder of ByteTree Asset Management, explains that his firm launched in 2014, as a research project into the blockchain. “We were trying to figure out whether bitcoin was valuable or not, to see whether it was real or a scam,” he says.
HANetf, Europe’s first full services ‘white label’ UCITS ETF issuer, plans to extend its white label product platform capabilities to cryptocurrency ETCs.