Neuberger Bermanski sklad za blago lahko vlaga 5% v terminske pogodbe BTC

Večmilijonsko podjetje za upravljanje premoženja Neuberger Berman lahko zdaj vloži majhen odstotek svojega premoženja v kriptovaluto. S pomočjo bitcoina (BTC) Terminske pogodbe, and BTC exchange traded funds (ETFs) based in Canada.

In an amended regulatory filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the company said that, effective immediately, its $164 million commodities mutual fund could reserve up to 5% of its assets for BTC investments “to gain indirect exposure to bitcoin.”

Dodatek, ki je bil 20. avgusta vložen pri SEC, določa tudi, da si lahko sklad "prizadeva za pridobitev naložbene izpostavljenosti do kriptovalut s terminskimi pogodbami bitcoinov, s katerimi se trguje na terminskih borzah, registriranih pri komisiji za trgovanje s terminskimi pogodbami, ali z naložbami v vrednostne papirje organiziranih skladov, s katerimi se trguje na borzi. in kotirajo na borzi v Kanadi, ki vlagajo v bitcoin. "

This development follows on from those made earlier this month. Neuberger Berman initially filed with the SEC avgusta 11, when they added cryptocurrency derivatives, BTC trusts, and ETFs to their list of permitted potential investments. In terms of derivatives, this initial filing pertained to Ether (ETH) as well as BTC. The later supplement from August 20 stated that it replaces the original; as such, ETH derivatives no longer appear part of Neuberger Berman’s investment options.

Glede na prejšnja poročila, Neuberger Berman said that the motivation behind their drive towards crypto was growing the fund’s use as an inflacija hedge. Meanwhile, the company also believed that price trends could serve as another potential source of revenue.

Sredstva ETH so se umaknila z mize

Neuberger Berman are not the only ones potentially reconsidering their strategy when it comes to ETH recently. Two investment firms, VanEck and ProShares, both se je umaknil their respective applications with the SEC to approve ETH futures ETFs. The withdrawals domnevno prišel le dva dni po vložitvi pri regulatorjih. 

Ko so se pojavile novice o umikih, je Eric Balchunas, višji analitik ETF pri Bloombergu, komentiral na Twitterju, ko je rekel, da je SEC "poklical [VanEcka] in je bil kot GTFOH (v toliko besedah)."

Po umiku ProSharesa je Balchunas tudi špekulirajo da je "SEC morda imel konfiguriran klic, v božjem slogu."

Analitik izdelano:

»Dokler bomo videli samo izmet eterjev, bi rekel, da je to dobra novica za Bitcoin ETF. Nekako tako, kot pravijo: "Poglejmo, naredimo to korak, samo bitcoin rn [sic]."