First Ethereum exchange traded product (ETP) to list on Deutsche Börse’s XETRA after success of BTCE Bitcoin ETP
- ETC Group to list the ETC Group Physical Ethereum
ETC (Ticker: ZETH) on Tuesday 9th March, the first time an Ethereum
exchange traded product (ETP) will be listed on the Deutsche Borse
- This product follows the huge success of the company’s
first listing, BTCetc - Bitcoin Exchange Traded Crypto - (BTCE), which
listed on Deutsche Börse’s XETRA in June 2020 and which has amassed over $1 billion in AUM. It was the most traded product on the
exchange’s ETN segment in the second half of 2020[1], displacing front runner
products like Xetra Gold
- The new Physical Ethereum ETC will be a central
counterparty cleared exchange traded product and will track the price of
Ethereum’s Ether cryptocurrency, with the
security, safety, and liquidity of trading on regulated markets
- The Bitcoin and Ethereum products by ETC Group are distributed
on the HANetf platform alongside its existing range of innovative ETFs &
ETPs
ETC Group, the specialist provider of innovative, digital asset-backed
securities, has announced that it will list ETHetc – ETC
Group Physical Ethereum ETC (ticker: ZETH) on Deutsche Börse’s XETRA platform on
Tuesday 9th March 2021. The exchange traded cryptocurrency is
structured as an asset-backed debt security issued in Germany, marketed and
distributed across Europe by HANetf.
ETC Group´s Physical Ethereum ETC (Ticker: ZETH) will track the price of Ether and
will be listed on Xetra, one of the largest exchanges in Europe, providing
investors with a secure and liquid way to gain exposure to the Ether
cryptocurrency. ZETH will be the first time an Ethereum product will be listed
on Xetra and will be central counterparty cleared[2].
The announcement follows the huge success of ETC
Group’s first product -BTCetc Bitcoin Exchange Traded Crypto (ticker
BTCE) – which was the first
cryptocurrency product to launch on XETRA last June, and which has seen its
assets under management grow to over $1 billion in just seven months[3]. BTCE was the most traded product on
the exchange’s ETN segment in the second half of 20201, displacing
the highly successful Xetra Gold[4]. In the last 10 days the bid-ask spreads
averaged just 13bps[5].
High on-exchange liquidity and tight spreads are important to investors because
it greatly reduces market impact when trading in size.
The crypto ETCs provide investors with several benefits over investing
directly in the cryptocurrencies they track. Traded on regulated markets,
investors can buy and sell the ETCs in the same way they would when trading
conventional shares, with the identical regulatory protections in place. ZETH will
be central counterparty cleared (CCP). Central clearing, is absent in
underlying crypto currency markets, but is a feature that investors expect when
trading an ETP on a regulated exchange, as it greatly reduces counterparty risk
when trading. ZETH has a management fee of 1.49%.
Bradley Duke, CEO of ETC Group said: “The last 6 months have
been pivotal for digital assets. The Coronavirus crisis helped illustrate the
many benefits of these assets, and their attractiveness to investors. They offer great diversification from
traditional assets such as equities and bonds, and strong hedging qualities
against inflation.
We have worked really hard to engineer our physically backed Bitcoin
ETC (BTCE) to offer investors a safer and more transparent way to gain exposure
to Bitcoin and we are now able to offer the same benefits to Ethereum with the
listing of ETC Group Physical Ethereum ETC (ZETH). Institutional investors are demanding
regulated crypto products that are secure, liquid and central counterparty
cleared and ETC Group is building products that adhere to the complex and
exacting standards of the institutional investor.
Ethereum and Bitcoin have increased by 430% and
530% respectively in the last 12 months[6],
and we expect valuations to continue to rise over the long term. Traditional markets will remain volatile for
some time, fuelling demand for alternatives such as cryptocurrencies. In
contrast to previous rallies in cryptocurrencies, the current one is the first
to be supported by both retail and institutional investors, making this the
ideal time to launch ZETH”
Past performance is no guarantee of future performance. Cryptocurrencies are highly volatile and your capital is at
risk.
Hector McNeil, co-Founder and co-CEO at HANetf, said “We are
proud to be supporting ETC Group in the listing of ETC Group Physical Ethereum
ETC. ETC Group is clearly at the
forefront of offering market leading investment products focusing on
cryptocurrencies. They address the
concerns investors have around the infrastructure of investing in crypto
assets, evidence of which is the huge growth in assets under management in their
first product, BTCE, which reached over $1 billion in assets in just
over seven months since listing.”