What Is a Bitcoin ETF, and Why Does Everyone from Blackrock to Fidelity Want One?

 What Is a Bitcoin ETF, and Why Does Everyone from Blackrock to Fidelity Want One?

A Bitcoin ETF creates a simple, legally compliant way to trade the price of Bitcoin, accessible on markets that investors are already familiar with.

In brief

  • An ETF, or exchange-traded fund, is a publicly-traded investment vehicle that tracks the value of its underlying assetsuch as Bitcoin.
  • Shares in a Bitcoin ETF would be trada…