High profile Australian investors will soon be able to
get exposure to cryptocurrency in a way more familiar to them than currently available.
You need to decide on what instrument you would like to trade in order to
get exposure to the cryptocurrency market.
ETFs would give investors a more transparent and accessible way to
get exposure to cryptocurrencies than the spot market, CBOE believes.
Storonsky said the new integrations could help introduce more users to cryptocurrencies, adding that «despite being one of the hottest trends in the world right now,
getting exposure to cryptocurrency has notoriously been time - consuming and expensive.»
Both CME Group and CBOE will provide cash - settled futures contracts that will allow investors to
get exposure to cryptocurrencies without having to own the digital assets.
Not exact matches
Wood said her fund can't own the
cryptocurrency directly, so it bought shares of Bitcoin Investment Trust (GBTC) in 2015 when bitcoin traded below $ 250
to get exposure.
Coinbase is not the first
to offer a
cryptocurrency index fund, which passively invests in a basket of digital assets the same way stock market investors can buy a broad S&P 500 fund, allowing investors
to get exposure to the asset class without directly owning Bitcoin and its peers.
For those of you who have not had any
exposure to cryptocurrencies, here is a guide
to show you how
to get your hands on some.
They mostly hold bitcoin and ether, but I think they could be much easier way for most investors
to get a 1 - 2 %
exposure in
cryptocurrencies.
On other note, you can actually reduce your risks with
cryptocurrency pairs as well, and
get exposure only
to the relative performance of two coins, and remove the generally huge volatility of coins versus fiat currencies, like Ethereum's swings against the Dollar on the chart above
For those of you who have not had any
exposure to cryptocurrencies, here is a guide
to show you how
to get your hands on some.
Coinbase is not the first
to offer a
cryptocurrency index fund, which passively invests in a basket of digital assets the same way stock market investors can buy a broad S&P 500 fund, allowing investors
to get exposure to the asset class without directly owning Bitcoin and its peers.
Spread betting / CFD brokers allow traders
to get cryptocurrency exposure in a regulated environment where you know your funds will be safe.
Asset
cryptocurrencies provide them with an attractive alternative
to getting the same
exposure while saving costs of conversion from crypto
to fiat.
And while he's
got exposure to the main digital coins, he likens the digital tokens being issued in upcoming ICOs
to small - cap stocks — high growth potential coupled with high risk — making them an interesting way
to play the
cryptocurrency markets.
Most of these investors don't know that there are many ways
to get involved with
cryptocurrency without seeing real
exposure to the
cryptocurrency market that is often extremely volatile.
I think this
cryptocurrency is poised for massive gains, not least because it's just
getting exposure to a wider audience.