Summary
VanEck is tired of waiting on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm first proposed a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) more than two years ago. And the SEC (predictably) has been hemming and hawing and dragging its feet ever since. So now VanEck is taking a different tack: a not-quite-ETF product that will be offered only to institutional investors. Adam Sharp explains what the product is and how it’s a great sign for the crypto market.
Bakkt is almost here! The firm launched its bitcoin custody platform last week. And it’s set to launch its bitcoin trading platform on September 23. The trading platform will handle physically settled bitcoin daily and monthly futures. Adam and Vin Narayanan discuss what this means for the crypto market.
Franklin Templeton is joining the growing throng of investment firms getting into blockchain. The company has more than $700 billion under management. And it’s creating a money market fund whose shares will be tokenized on the Stellar network. Adam explains how this is a big win for Stellar and for blockchain in general.
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- VanEck aims to launch quasi-bitcoin ETF for institutions only (0:25)
- Franklin Templeton creating fund whose shares will be tokenized on the Stellar network (3:58)
- Bakkt’s bitcoin trading platform set to launch September 23 (6:52)
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