Hashdex has submitted a proposal to the Securities and Alternate Fee to create an exchange-traded fund that would come with each Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH). The proposed ETF, named Hashdex Nasdaq Crypto Index US ETF, goals to supply traders publicity to the 2 main cryptocurrencies, reflecting their distribution within the Nasdaq Crypto Index.
The ETF can be composed of roughly 70.54% Bitcoin and 29.46% Ethereum, adhering to a market-cap-weighted technique that mirrors the broader cryptocurrency market as represented by the Nasdaq Crypto Index.
This initiative marks a big development in integrating digital belongings into standard monetary devices, doubtlessly broadening the accessibility of cryptocurrencies to a wider vary of traders. The fund will probably be backed by custodians Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) Custody Belief Firm and BitGo Belief Firm and can preserve money reserves.
Whereas initially specializing in Bitcoin and Ethereum, the ETF might think about together with further digital belongings sooner or later, pending SEC approval. This proposal arrives throughout a good regulatory local weather, following the SEC’s approval of Bitcoin spot ETFs and the anticipated introduction of Ethereum ETFs within the U.S. market.
SEC Chair Gary Gensler just lately indicated to a Senate committee that Ethereum ETFs would possibly start buying and selling by this summer time.
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