Canada’s First Bitcoin ETF Hits $421.8M AUM in Two Days

The first publicly traded bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) in North America has collected $421.8 million in assets under management (AUM) in two days.

Purpose Investmentâs bitcoin ETF officially started trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the ticker âBTCCâ on Thursday.
The fund has seen huge interest, trading well over $100 million shares on its first day, and by the end of Friday it had collected $421.8 million AUM.
Bloomberg Intelligence ETFs analyst Eric Balchunas tweeted the Purpose Investmentâs bitcoin ETF could reach $1 billion in assets by the end of next week.Â
On Friday, another bitcoin ETF, the Evolve ETF, started trading on the TSX under the ticker âEBITâ and has $1.271 million AUM.
Both Evolve and Purpose Investmentâs bitcoin ETFs have a management fee of 1%.

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