1月17日，Reality Shares Advisors以及Amplify Trust ETF分別在納斯達(dá)克以及紐約證券交易所Arca平臺(tái)推出了首支基于區(qū)塊鏈的交易所交易基金（ETF）。
據(jù)悉，這兩支基金在美國(guó)東部時(shí)間9:30 分別上市，其中Reality Shares在納斯達(dá)克的NextGen Economy ETF開盤價(jià)為24.20美元，而Amplify的轉(zhuǎn)型數(shù)據(jù)共享ETF（BLOK）的開盤價(jià)則接近20美元。
根據(jù)官方透露，兩支ETF基金將專注于投資區(qū)塊鏈公司。在2017年11月，兩家公司首次提交招股說明書時(shí)指出，投資區(qū)塊鏈創(chuàng)業(yè)公司可能是有風(fēng)險(xiǎn)的，因?yàn)楫?dāng)前對(duì)于這一技術(shù)的監(jiān)管還是很少的，且公司未必能夠獲利。
不過，招股說明書中還提到，基金只會(huì)投資那些市值超過2億美元的公司，并且要求公司在6個(gè)月的交易日中，每天的交易量至少達(dá)到100萬美元。
Reality Shares的分析師Kian Salehizadeh表示，該公司已與納斯達(dá)克合作開發(fā)了一個(gè)指數(shù)，用于追蹤該基金將投資的區(qū)塊鏈創(chuàng)業(yè)公司。其中，納斯達(dá)克的區(qū)塊鏈研究團(tuán)隊(duì)為該指數(shù)貢獻(xiàn)了一部分力量，而Reality Shares則提供了進(jìn)一步的算法支持。
Salehizadeh繼續(xù)表示：
我們想做一支與區(qū)塊鏈技術(shù)相關(guān)的ETF，它不是另一支比特幣基金，而是利用區(qū)塊鏈底層生態(tài)的一支基金。所以，我們開發(fā)了一種內(nèi)部方法，它測(cè)量了七個(gè)數(shù)量因素，并將這些因素運(yùn)行在一個(gè)公開交易的數(shù)據(jù)宇宙當(dāng)中。
此外，他還告訴記者，這家公司的ETF基金最初包含了區(qū)塊鏈這一單詞，但遭到了美國(guó)證券交易委員會(huì)（SEC）的否決。
目前，SEC尚未正式批準(zhǔn)這一ETF，但根據(jù)現(xiàn)行法律，如果SEC沒有正式反對(duì)，意味著這些ETF會(huì)自動(dòng)被批準(zhǔn)。目前，SEC有75天的時(shí)間，可對(duì)這一ETF文件提出異議或反對(duì)。如果沒有反對(duì)，基金就可正式上市。
英文原文
Reality Shares Advisors and Amplify Trust ETF launched the first blockchain-based exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange Arca today.
Both funds went live on their respective exchanges at 9:30 a.m. EST. Reality Shares' Nasdaq NextGen Economy ETF (BLCN) opened at $24.20, while Amplify's Transformational Data Sharing ETF (BLOK) started closer to $20.
Both ETFs will exclusively invest in blockchain-based companies, according to a previous CoinDesk article. When the prospectuses were first filed in November 2017, the companies noted that investing in blockchain startups could be risky, as there are few regulations on the technology and companies may not necessarily turn a profit.
However, the prospectuses also noted that the funds would only invest in companies with a market capitalization of greater than $200 million and which had a six-month daily trading average of at least $1 million.
Reality Shares has developed an index with Nasdaq to track blockchain startups which the ETF will utilize, said Kian Salehizadeh, an analyst with Reality Shares. Nasdaq's blockchain research team forms part of the index's contributors. The index is further supported by an algorithm developed by Reality Shares.
Salehizadeh continued:
We wanted to do a blockchain technology-related ETF, so not another bitcoin fund but something that takes advantage of the underlying ecosystem. So we developed a methodology in-house which measures seven quantitative factors and we run those factors on a universe of publicly traded [data].
He further told CoinDesk that the company's ETF originally contained the word "blockchain" in its name, but the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had his company remove the term.
While the SEC has not formally issued an approval of the ETFs, the lack of a formal disapproval means the ETFs were automatically approved under current law, Salehizadeh explained. At present, the SEC has 75 days to issue a disapproval or objection to an ETF filing. If no such disapproval or objection is stated, the funds can be listed.
Companies have previously filed for blockchain-based ETFs, but none had made it as far as listing prior to Reality Shares and Amplify Trust. Most recently, Horizons ETFs Management filed for a blockchain ETF in November.
譯者：隔夜的粥
來源：巴比特資訊
