21Shares Debuts Cronos ETP in Europe Amid Altcoin Fund Frenzy

The Switzerland-based issuer is offering a fund tracking the price of Cronos to investors via Euronext Paris and Amsterdam.

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May 6, 2025

Investment firm 21Shares debuted an exchange-traded product on Tuesday tracking the price of Cronos (CRO) in Europe, according to the company’s public statement.

The ETP gives investors exposure to Cronos, without requiring them to directly hold the asset, with the goal of facilitating investments into a blockchain ecosystem that aims to drive real-world crypto adoption, 21Shares said Tuesday in its statement. The ETP is listed on Euronext Paris and Euronext Amsterdam.

Cronos is the native token of Crypto.com, which allows traders to interact with decentralised finance platforms, NFTs, and Web3 applications. It is compatible with both the Ethereum and Cosmos networks.

Cronos was recently trading at $0.08636, down 1.54% in the past day, according to data provider CoinMarketCap.

“By launching a Cronos ETP, we are offering investors easy, regulated exposure to a blockchain ecosystem that is driving real-world adoption and pioneering the future of Web3,” 21Shares financial products development head Mandy Chiu said in the statement.

The debut of 21Shares’ Cronos ETP in Europe comes as issuers flood federal regulators in the U.S. with applications for a variety of altcoin-based funds amid evidence of widening investor appetite for investment vehicles tracking the prices of popular cryptocurrencies.

Approved last year, spot Bitcoin ETFs now manage more than $100 billion in assets, while funds based on Ethereum control over $7 billion in AUM, according to data provider CoinGlass. With the Securities and Exchange Commission warming to the crypto industry, issuers are hoping to replicate those successes with several other digital asset-based funds such as those tracking Solana and other altcoins, including AVAX and Sui.

It also comes as Cronos gains traction with asset managers. In March, U.S. President Donald Trump’s financial-technology company Trump Media and Technology Group announced its plans to create ETFs tracking the prices of tokens such as Cronos and Bitcoin in partnership with centralized crypto exchange Crypto.com. The altcoin’s price jumped 30% to $0.10 following Trump Media’s announcement, CoinGecko data shows.

Edited by James Rubin

Editor's note: This story was corrected after publication to note that the Cronos ETP was launched on Euronext Paris and Amsterdam, not in the U.S.

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