Carbon neutral crypto spot ETFs to launch in Canada

Canada is set to be the first developed country in the world to offer low-cost, transparent and efficient trading of carbon emissions. The coming introduction of Carbon Neutral Crypto Spot ETFs will make it easier for holders of these securities to participate in the new market while also not having any impact on their personal finances.

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Two carbon-neutral cryptocurrency-backed exchange-traded funds are set to debut in Canada, providing institutional investors with a greener option.

Purpose Investments, a Canadian asset manager, is preparing to launch two new crypto-based ETFs on the Toronto Stock Exchange on Nov. 9, both of which will provide investors with a carbon offset.

Purpose will issue Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs with the tickers BTCC.J and ETHH.J, respectively. Unlike the previously created futures contract-backed funds in the United States, these funds will be backed and paid using BTC as the underlying asset.

$BTCC and $ETHH are new share classes for @PurposeInvest’s #Bitcoin and #Ethereum ETFs, which will be available tomorrow. They’ll be “Carbon Offset” share classes with a “/J” suffix. Pages are listed below. pic.twitter.com/W9QYS4232U

November 8, 2021 — James Seyffart (@JSeyff)

The Toronto-based business has teamed up with Patch, a company that will assist it in calculating the carbon footprint of crypto portfolios and providing carbon-reduction solutions. Because there are so many variables, measuring the carbon impact of crypto mining is difficult, but the business has described its efforts and the math in a whitepaper.

Purpose will then invest in approved carbon offsetting projects in order to provide customers with carbon-neutral BTC exposure. Direct air capture, biomass, mineralization or carbon dioxide removal, forestry, ocean fertilization, and soil management are some of the projects it will fund.

Purpose’s new BTC fund has 24,167 BTC (about $US1.6 billion) as of Nov. 8, according to the firm’s prospectus, while the Ether fund had 86,906 ETH (approximately $US417 million) as of Nov. 8.

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In February, the Purpose Bitcoin ETF (BTCC-B.TO) became North America’s first Bitcoin fund. According to Yahoo! Finance, it presently has over a million dollars in volume and has returned about 20% in the last month.

With just $210,000 in daily trading, the Purpose Ethereum ETF (ETHH.TO) is less popular, but it has returned 38 percent in the last 30 days.

In June, the business also created the first ETF in Europe that includes carbon offsets. The S&P Global Clean Energy Select Index is tracked by the fund, which trades on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker ZERO.

The “new etfs” is a new type of ETF that will be launched in Canada. The new ETFTs are carbon-neutral and the company behind them plans to invest in sustainable companies.

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