If approved, the ETF would trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker “ETHX.”
The world’s first Ethereum exchange-traded fund (ETF) may be on the way, after CI Global Asset Management filed a preliminary prospectus in Canada on Thursday.
In an announcement, the firm said its proposed “CI Galaxy Ethereum ETF” would be the first ETF in the world to invest directly in ether (ETH, -0.89%), the native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum network.
If approved, the ETF would trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the ticker “ETHX.”
Galaxy Digital Capital Management LP will act as the ether sub-advisor and execute trading on behalf of the ETF.
ETHX will invest directly in ether with its holdings priced using the Bloomberg Galaxy Ethereum Index, owned by Bloomberg Index Services.
“Ethereum is the leading candidate to be the base layer of Web 3.0, and Ether is a growth asset that provides investors exposure to the explosion of decentralized applications,” said Mike Novogratz, chairman and CEO of Galaxy Digital, in the announcement.
The ether ETF may have a reasonable chance of being approved. Last week, two bitcoin ETFs were listed in Canada.
CI Global also recently filed a preliminary prospectus for a bitcoin (BTC, +2.74%) ETF, which would also be in in partnership with Galaxy Digital.
Source: CoinDesk Canada’s CI Global Files for What Would Be World’s First Ether ETF.
