CoinShares To Launch FTX Token ETP, Bullish Signal For FTT Prices?

CoinShares, Europe’s largest digital asset supervisor, stated on Thursday it’ll launch a brand new exchange-traded product instantly monitoring the FTX token (FTT). The launch is in partnership with world no. 3 crypto change FTX.

The ETP will launch on Germany’s Xetra change, and can initially start with seed capital of about $40 million.

The launch is the second ETP launched in partnership between CoinShares and FTX. Earlier this yr, the 2 launched a physically-backed Solana ETP, which gave traders publicity to SOL staking rewards.

FTT costs reacted positively to the transfer, rising about 1.7% instantly after the announcement. However the brand new ETP may point out extra features for FTT.

FTT set for giant institutional cash?

The brand new ETP makes investing in FTT accessible to all kinds of traders. Fairness-focussed traders can now acquire publicity to the crypto with out truly shopping for tokens. This might additionally entice a slew of institutional merchants trying to acquire publicity to the token.

FTT is the native token on the FTX crypto change, and is used to facilitate transactions on the change. Its value actions additionally present some context on FTX’s buying and selling volumes.

As such, traders trying to acquire publicity to FTX can even purchase the token, on condition that the change doesn’t have publicly listed shares.

Altcoins see rising institutional demand

Coinshares’ latest FTT product is its fifth crypto-related launch this yr. The transfer comes amid rising institutional curiosity in tokens past the stalwart Bitcoin and Ethereum.

The asset supervisor already presents ETPs overlaying Polkadot, Tezos, Cardano, and Litecoin. Nevertheless it hasn’t been alone in exploring altcoin-backed devices.

U.S.-based Grayscale had earlier this yr launched a wise contracts fund monitoring a number of altcoin tasks. Fund managers similar to Wisdomtree and 21Shares additionally provide quite a lot of altcoin-backed merchandise, whereas change operator CME lately launched indexes monitoring altcoin costs.

However ETPs that instantly monitor crypto costs are relegated to non-American international locations, on condition that america is but to approve a spot crypto product.

Nonetheless, ETFs and institutional merchandise are instrumental in attracting giant capital flows into crypto.

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