Viridi Funds, a Seattle-based investment advisor focused on the crypto-asset industry, has introduced its inaugural ETF with the launch of the Viridi Cleaner Energy Crypto-Mining & Semiconductor ETF (RIGZ US).

Specialist crypto ETP provider ETC Group has announced that the BTCetc – ETC Group Physical Bitcoin (BTCE GY), Europe’s largest directly backed bitcoin ETP with $580 million AUM, is going carbon neutral.

Digital asset ETP specialist 21Shares has introduced the world’s first ETP providing exposure to SOL, the native token underpinning the Solana blockchain.

A niche ETF providing exposure to dry bulk shipping futures has had the wind firmly in its sails this year, notching up an unbeaten return of 192% as of the end of May, according to data from global ETF analytics platform Trackinsight.

Digital asset manager CoinShares has entered the German market by cross-listing three of its directly backed crypto ETPs on Deutsche Börse Xetra.

By Daniel Barrera, Senior Associate, MSCI Research, and Simon Minovitsky, Vice President, Equity Research Team, MSCI.

During inflationary periods, equity investors, historically, have turned to gold as a hedge and diversifier. As the issue of inflation becomes more pressing, we ask whether cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, could have played a similar role.

Crypto-asset investment manager Iconic Funds has introduced its first exchange-traded product with the launch of a directly backed bitcoin ETP in Germany.

Canadian alternative investment manager Ninepoint Partners has unveiled the Ninepoint Bitcoin ETF (BITC CN), a directly backed, carbon-neutral bitcoin ETF listed on Toronto Stock Exchange.

S&P Dow Jones Indices has unveiled a suite of proprietary benchmarks targeting the digital assets market.

WisdomTree has expanded its range of digital asset ETPs in Europe with the launch of the WisdomTree Ethereum ETP.