Middle East gets physical Bitcoin ETP listed on Nasdaq Dubai
The Middle East, one of the world’s fastest-growing crypto markets, now offers a new opportunity for direct investment in Bitcoin through the 21Shares Bitcoin ETP. 21Shares, a major global provider of cryptocurrency exchange-trading products (ETP), is debuting a physical Bitcoin (BTC) ETP in the United Arab Emirates.The new 21Shares Bitcoin ETP has started trading on the international financial exchange Nasdaq Dubai under the ticker ABTC, the firm announced on Oct. 12.The newly launched crypto product is physically backed, which means that it’s fully collateralized by the underlying....
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