European digital asset supervisor CoinShares is increasing the attain of its physically-backed exchange-traded product (ETP) portfolio with a brand
European digital asset supervisor CoinShares is increasing the attain of its physically-backed exchange-traded product (ETP) portfolio with a brand new itemizing in Germany.
Based on an announcement on Monday, CoinShares Bodily Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), and Litecoin (LTC) ETPs have cross-listed on main German trade Deutsche Boerse Xetra.
The digital asset supervisor began the 12 months by launching a Bitcoin ETP named CoinShares Bodily Bitcoin (BITC) in January. Listed on Switzerland’s SIX Swiss Change, every ETP is bodily backed by 0.001 Bitcoin.
Since then, the CoinShares Bodily platform noticed the launch of Ether and Litecoin ETPs. CoinShares Bodily Ethereum (ETHE) was backed with 0.03 ETH at launch, whereas CoinShares Bodily Litecoin (LITE) was backed with 0.2 LTC.
CoinShares’ chief income officer Frank Spiteri stated that the CoinShares Bodily platform now has over $380 million in belongings below administration and operates in eleven international locations.
The itemizing of CoinShares Bodily Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin ETPs on Boerse Xetra follows approval from regulators to distribute the ETPs throughout the European Union, the announcement reads.
CoinShares’ passporting to Germany enabled CoinShares Bodily ETPs’ entrance into Germany, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Spain, France, Denmark, Finland and Norway.
“Focussing on market demand, we launched earlier this 12 months, our institutional platform CoinShares Bodily first in Switzerland and now in Europe,” CoinShares CEO Jean-Marie Mognetti stated. The Boerse Xetra itemizing gives European institutional buyers an entry level into digital belongings with the credibility of CoinShares, he added.
Deutsche Boerse Xetra is not any stranger to cryptocurrency ETPs. Final 12 months, London-based ETC Group introduced the itemizing of its Bitcoin Change Traded Crypto (BTCE) on the trade. It was additionally one in every of two European exchanges together with SIX to record New York-based asset supervisor WisdomTree’s physically-backed Ether ETP.