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The FCA covered everything it could with the ban, CoinShares' Townsend Lansing says. Following the definitive ban of cryptocurrency derivatives in the United Kingdom, cryptocurrency companies in the country shared their thoughts on the matter with Cointelegraph.Among the most affected is CoinShares, a U.K. company known for providing cryptocurrency exchange-traded notes, or ETNs. Unlike exchange-traded funds, ETNs do not necessarily own the underlying asset and are instead a way of tracking the returns of a particular index. When they mature, holders pay or receive the difference between....
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Digital asset manager CoinShares is listing its second cryptocurrency exchange-traded product on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Major European digital asset manager CoinShares is expanding its product portfolio with a new physically-backed Ether (ETH) exchange-traded product, or ETP.Called CoinShares Physical Ethereum (ETHE), the new investment product is launching with around $75 million in assets under management. Announcing the news Wednesday, CoinShares said that each unit of ETHE is backed with 0.03 ETH at launch.The news comes shortly after CoinShares launched its first cryptocurrency ETP,....
CoinShares' pleas last year went unheard as crypto futures and ETNs will be soon banned. In a landmark decision issued on Tuesday by the U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority, companies in the country will no longer be able to offer cryptocurrency derivatives products such as futures, options and exchange-traded notes (ETNs) to retail customers.The decision comes almost exactly one year after the regulator first proposed banning these products. In a statement released by the FCA, the regulators claim that cryptocurrency derivatives are “ill-suited for retail consumers due to the harm they....
CoinShares FTX Physical Staked Solana will be listed on Germany’s major digital market Xetra and is the fourth ETP rolled out by CoinShares this year. CoinShares, one of the largest crypto investment firms in Europe, and FTX crypto exchange have united forces to launch a new physically-backed Solana (SOL) exchange-traded product (ETP).The new product, titled CoinShares FTX Physical Staked Solana, is launching with 1 million SOL in seed capital, allowing investors to get 3% in staking rewards, CoinShares officially announced on Wednesday. The new cryptocurrency ETP is the first initiative....
Deutsche Boerse Xetra is listing CoinShares physical Bitcoin, Ether and Litecoin ETPs. European digital asset manager CoinShares is expanding the reach of its physically backed exchange-traded product (ETP) portfolio with a new listing in Germany.According to an announcement on Monday, CoinShares Physical Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH) and Litecoin (LTC) ETPs have cross-listed on major German exchange Deutsche Boerse Xetra.The digital asset manager started the year by launching a Bitcoin ETP named CoinShares Physical Bitcoin (BITC) in January. Listed on Switzerland’s SIX Swiss Exchange, each....
The St Helier, Jersey-based XBT provider Coinshares saw roughly $202 million in XBT certificates swap hands on the market’s first day of trading in 2021. Meanwhile, on the same day, the bitcoin exchange-traded product BTCE saw $100 million in trade volume. Coinshares Group is a European firm dedicated to crypto-finance and exchange-traded products. The bitcoin exchange-traded note (ETN) provider is approved by the Swedish FSA and the firm’s digital currency ETNs are traded on Nasdaq Nordic in Stockholm. On the market’s first day of trading in 2021, Coinshares says the....