Crypto Asset Manager Grayscale Launches ‘Future of Finance’ ETF in Partnership With Bloomberg

Grayscale Investments has launched its archetypal exchange-traded money (ETF). The Grayscale Future of Finance ETF “seeks to put successful the companies and technologies shaping the ‘future of finance.'”

Grayscale’s First ETF

Grayscale Investments, the world’s largest integer currency plus manager, announced Wednesday the motorboat of its archetypal exchange-traded money (ETF) called Grayscale Future of Finance ETF (symbol: GFOF).

The institution explained that its caller ETF “seeks to put successful the companies and technologies shaping the ‘future of finance.'” In addition, it is “the archetypal equity ETF to way the concern show of the Bloomberg Grayscale Future of Finance Index.”

David LaValle, planetary caput of ETFs astatine Grayscale Investments, opined:

Through GFOF, investors present person the accidental to person vulnerability to the companies that are pivotal to the improvement of the planetary fiscal system.

22 Holdings but No Microstrategy

The money has 22 holdings arsenic of Feb. 2. The apical holdings are Paypal Holdings, Coinbase Global, Silvergate Capital, Robinhood Markets, Block (formerly Square), Plus500, Argo Blockchain, Hut 8 Mining, Bitfarms, and Hive Blockchain Technologies.

Grayscale’s caller ETF’s holdings arsenic of Feb. 1. Source: Grayscale Investments

The Nasdaq-listed Microstrategy, however, is not successful the components of the ETF. Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein explained connected CNBC Wednesday that “the mode we designed this merchandise was to exclude companies that are holding bitcoin connected the equilibrium sheet.” Microstrategy bought 660 much BTC connected Tuesday, raising the company’s bitcoin holdings to astir 125,051 BTC.

Grayscale has selected U.S. Bank arsenic the head and work supplier for the ETF. Foreside volition service arsenic the ETF’s distributor.

Dave Gedeon, planetary caput of Multi-Asset Indices astatine Bloomberg, noted that the caller ETF merchandise is backed by proprietary information and “robust probe from Bloomberg Intelligence,” elaborating:

The Bloomberg Grayscale Future of Finance Index is primed to go the cardinal equity benchmark for our ever-evolving integer economy.

Grayscale presently has $34.6 cardinal successful assets nether absorption (AUM). The institution offers 16 crypto concern products. The largest is Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) which has $24.8 cardinal successful assets. The latest summation was the Solana trust which was launched successful November past year.

In January, Grayscale said it is considering 25 much crypto assets for concern products, bringing the full fig of assets nether information to 43.

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