Brazil’s Hashdex to Launch DeFi ETF—The Sixth Crypto ETF in Brazilian Market
Following the successful launch of five other crypto ETFs in Brazil, investors in the South American nation will now be able to trade an ETF that tracks the most promising products in DeFi.
Crypto asset manager Hashdex today announced that it has received approval to launch what the company is describing as the “world's first” DeFiDeFi ETF.
Developed in collaboration with cryptocurrency index provider CF Benchmarks, Hashdex's new CF DeFi Index ETF—which will trade under the ticker DEFI11—will track the price of the CF Benchmark's DeFi Modified Composite Index. That index will itself track a basket of 12 tokenstokens linked to the DeFi market, with EthereumEthereum, Uniswap, AMP, and Curve making up more than half of the basket’s total value.
DeFi is a catch-all term used to describe a group of protocols, applications, and other tools, mostly available on the Ethereumblockchainblockchain, that can be used to borrow, lend, and trade crypto assets without third-party intermediaries. On Ethereum alone, more than $96 billion is currently flowing through DeFi applications, and the market cap for DeFi coins is currently $137 billion, per data from CoinGecko.
An ETF is a financial instrument that allows buyers to invest in shares that represent an asset, such as gold, without actually buying and holding the underlying asset. Cryptocurrency ETFs allow investors to gain exposure to a given coin or token without the need to buy crypto from an exchange or store it themselves in a digital walletwallet.
According to Hashdex, roughly 70% of its index is made up of DeFi protocols, 15% is in smart contractsmart contract network tokens, and the remaining allocation is distributed among "support" protocols and scalability solutions.
Crypto ETFs are popular in Brazil
DEFI11 is now the fourth cryptocurrency ETF offered by Hashdex. The company became a pioneer in the investment community after it received approval to launch the Hashdex Nasdaq Crypto Index FI, an ETF that tracks a basket of cryptocurrencies and the first cryptocurrency ETF in all of Latin America.
Besides HASH11 and the new DeFi ETF (DEFI11), Hashdex offers a purportedly “carbon neutral” Bitcoin ETF (BITH11), as well as an Ethereum ETF (ETHE11). In addition to Hashdex's products, Brazilans can also trade a Bitcoin ETF (QBTC11) and an Ethereum ETF (QETH11) managed by QR Asset Management. Hashdex's DeFi ETF would make the sixth crypto ETF to launch in Brazil.
According to Brazilian financial news site InfoMoney, cryptocurrency ETFs were among the most profitable products listed on Brazil's stock exchange last year. HASH11 has quickly become the second-most popular ETF in Brazil, surpassing BOVA11, which tracks the Ibovespa index, and just behind IVVB11, which tracks the S&P 500.
The DEFI11 ETF will be launched in February, but the reservation period to acquire the first shares will begin tomorrow, according to an announcement shared by Hashdex on its official Twitter account.
Este é um material publicitário. Hashdex recebe aprovação para o primeiro ETF de DeFi do mundo e é pauta no @valorinveste. O período de reserva do novo ETF da Hashdex, o Hashdex DeFi Index Fundo de Indice tem início amanhà e irá investir em finanças descentralizadas #DEFI#Cryptopic.twitter.com/Pnk8yzzFrS
According to Brazilian news site Valor Investe, the initial subscription price will be around 50 reals, or roughly $9. The offer will be coordinated by XP Investimentos (Brazil's largest broker), Itaú BBA (Brazil's largest private bank), and Banco Genial.
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