- VanEck looks ready to launch its bitcoin-futures
ETF next week under the ticker "XBTF," according to an SEC filing. - VanEck's Bitcoin Strategy ETF will begin trading after October 23, suggesting the launch could be on Monday, October 25.
VanEck's Bitcoin Strategy ETF will begin trading after October 23 on the Cboe BZX Exchange, according to a company $4. The fund will only invest in cash-settled bitcoin futures traded on exchanges registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, such as the $4.
The product will carry the ticker symbol "XBTF" and will begin trading "[as] soon as practicable after the effective date," of the registration statement. Since October 23 is a Saturday, that points to a potential start date of Monday, October 25.
Investors would then have another choice in a futures-based product after Tuesday's launch of the $4. The "BITO" ETF $4 contracts rather than the bitcoin, the world's most-traded $4.
Meanwhile, a filing on Monday by $4 indicates it's also set to soon launch its own
The new ETFs will follow a blockbuster debut by ProShares, which reportedly said its ETF brought in $570 million in assets on its launch day. It was the second-most heavily traded fund, landing $4 with more than 24 million shares exchanged, according to Bloomberg data.
Bitcoin on Wednesday soared to a new all-time record high of $66,930.39, $4.