First Australian spot Bitcoin, Ether Etfs, who go live next week

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21Shares, whose products are noted on 10 regulated European stock exchanges, will offer two spot crypto ETFs The company's ETF couple should be put on the same day as a fund proposed by Cosmos Asset Management, which wants to invest in shares of a Canadian Bitcoin ETF, the first Australian ETFs, which will be invested directly in Bitcoin and ether, will be on the market next week The issuers of US funds continue to debate overall listing. The company, which is based in Switzerland, 21shares, the world's largest issuer of stock exchange -traded crypto products (ETPs), has teamed up with ETF Securities to put up the funds. The ETFS 21Shares Bitcoin ETF (EBTC) ...

First Australian spot Bitcoin, Ether Etfs, who go live next week

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  • 21Shares, whose products are listed on 10 regulated European stock exchanges, will offer two spot crypto ETFs
  • The company's ETF couple is to be played on the same day as a fund proposed by Cosmos Asset Management, which wants to invest in shares of a Canadian Bitcoin ETF

The first Australian ETFs that invest directly in Bitcoin and Ether should come onto the market next week, while the issuers of US funds continue to debate overall.

The company, which is based in Switzerland, 21Shares, the world's largest issuer of stock exchange -traded crypto products (ETPS), has teamed up with ETF Securities to put on the funds.

The ETFS 21Shares Bitcoin ETF (EBTC) and the ETFS 21Shares Ethereum ETF (Eeth), which imitate the price of Bitcoin and Ether in Australian dollars, are fully secured by the respective asset, which are kept by COLDBASE in the cold storage.

Both ETFs are expected to be noted on April 27 at the CBOE Australia Exchange.

HANY Rashwan, CEO of 21shares, told Blockworks that the company has been working on enabling Australian investors for years easier access to crypto. With the longest running spot Bitcoin ETP in the world, which was introduced in Switzerland in 2019, the company managed everything "from controversial forks to stock splits", he added.

"This valuable experience and deep data are always of crucial importance in all of our regulatory conversations," said Rashwan. "Crypto is more than just Bitcoin and Ethereum, and we look forward to making the entire crypto world accessible and investable for everyone around the world."

While ETFs that invest directly in crypto systems have been introduced throughout Europe, Canada and elsewhere, the products break new ground for Australia, whose supervisory authorities have previously regarded the digital systems as volatile and unsuitable for the country's financial markets.

Some efforts by the country's political elite signal the willingness to work constructively with crypto supporters in order to compare a new age for Australian investors who are supported by appropriate legal framework.

These promises are underpinned by attempts to promote the future -oriented approach of the country in the direction of a stronger introduction of digital assets, including the experiments of the private sector with the aspiring asset class.

Last month, the Australian Anz Bank was the country's first major financial institution to spend a stable coin that is coupled to the country's US dollar and performed the payment. Green light from the country's most important clearing point marks another step on Australia's path to the introduction of crypto.

In fact, the Australian Financial Review on Tuesday reported that Cosmos Asset Management would put on the country's first Bitcoin ETF on April 27. Instead of direct spot engagement, the Cosmos fund is expected to invest through the Bitcoin ETF from Purpose Investments in Krypto-which was launched in the Canadian Toronto Börse in February 2021.

21Shares manages a wealth of around $ 2.5 billion. Its products are noted on 10 regulated European stock exchanges.

"After we decided to build a number of crypto ETFs for the Australian market, there was only one partner with whom we wanted to work with," said Graham Tuckwell, Executive Chairman from ETF Securities Australia. "[21shares'] The groundbreaking approach to the safe investment in cryptocurrency was imitated by other fund managers around the world."

21Shares has launched a handful of ETPs this year, including products with AAVE (AAVE), Chainlink (link) and uniswap (university) as their underlyings. Rashwan previously said Blockworks said that the company intends to support the 50 most important cryptocurrencies by the end of the year.

The upcoming market launches are made, since the SEC continues to reject suggestions for Spot-Bitcoin ETFs from issuers from US funds. Manufacturers of crypto companies are disagreed with when exactly such a product could be approved.


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