First Bitcoin ETF Posts Historically Worst Performance, Report Reveals

First Bitcoin ETF Posts Historically Worst Performance, Report Reveals

The ProShares Bitcoin ETF, known as ” BITO“, wrote history on October 19, 2021. Some two-plus years later, BITO is once again posting historic numbers, but they don’t appear to be very encouraging. BITO was the first exchange-traded fund in the U.S. market to track the price of BTC and marked an important step in […]


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