The Toronto Stock Exchange has listed ETF on their platform. ETF stands for Exchange Traded Fund which is a marketable security that tracks an index, a commodity, bonds, or a basket of funds. They trade like common stock on a stock exchange and go through rise and fall in prices as they are bought or sold through the day. They are a better choice for investors who are interested in investing in an infrastructure that supports the blockchain technologies. ETF’s Ark Web x.0 ETF (ARKW) and the Ark Innovation ETF (ARKK) were reported to be the top ETFs of 2017, giving the best performance.
The Winklevoss brothers tried to list Bitcoin ETFs in early 2017 but their proposal was rejected by the SEC. In December, ETFs were expected to get approval after the introduction of Bitcoin futures on two exchanges in the United States but they were then requested to withdraw their proposal. The Winklevoss brothers again proposed the acceptance of ETFs earlier in 2018 but rejected again saying “the rules of a national securities exchange be designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices and to protect investors and the public interest.” though now Winklevoss twins have been granted the patent for ETFs tied to cryptocurrencies
“We don’t know which individual blockchain companies are going to work, we have no idea what the extent of the blockchain applications will be, but we do know people will have to invest in the infrastructure to build out blockchain,” stated Steve Hawkins, co-chief executive officer of Horizons ETFs Management Canada Inc, in an interview with
Bloomberg.
ETFs from Harvest Portfolio Group Inc. and Evolve Funds Group Inc. will soon be joined by The Horizons Blockchain Technology and Hardware Index ETF and they are planning to back companies like Hive Blockchain Technologies Ltd., Nvidia Corp., Digital Realty Trust Inc. etc. which power the blockchain technology.