Bitwise filed a prospectus on Sept. 16 for a stablecoin and tokenization exchange-traded fund (ETF) structured as a 40 Act fund, positioning for potential launch round Thanksgiving.
The proposed fund tracks the Bitwise Stablecoin and Tokenization Index via two equally weighted sleeves focusing on firms and property poised to profit from stablecoin adoption and asset tokenization progress.
The fairness sleeve allocates as much as 50% in firms throughout 5 classes: stablecoin issuers, infrastructure suppliers, cost processors, tokenization exchanges, and stablecoin-oriented retailers.
Tiered restrictions
Firms face tiered weight restrictions based mostly on enterprise publicity ranges. Tier 1 companies with substantial stablecoin enterprise obtain 15% caps, Tier 2 firms with materials publicity get 8% limits, and Tier 3 entities with restricted involvement face 3% restrictions.
The fund selects 20 firms from the highest two tiers and, if essential, provides as much as 10 Tier 3 firms. The crypto asset sleeve invests in exchange-traded merchandise that present blockchain infrastructure publicity. The property should symbolize at the least 1% market share in stablecoins or tokenization.
The fund reserves 5% for oracle tokens that join blockchains to exterior techniques, with the most important constituent capped at 22.5% of the index. The fund rebalances quarterly and concentrates primarily in data expertise firms.
The preliminary submitting doesn’t disclose administration charges. As of Sept. 16, Bitwise operated $15 billion in crypto property throughout 30 funding merchandise, together with spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs.
Quick-tracking approval via the 40 Act
Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas famous that the prospectus submitting used the Investment Company Act of 1940.
The 40 Act filings usually face shorter regulatory assessment intervals, doubtlessly permitting launches inside months moderately than years, which is why Balchunas’ prediction concerning a brief approval window is believable.
The construction mirrors filings from REX-Osprey, akin to their Dogecoin and XRP ETFs set to launch this week, together with merchandise tied to TRUMP, BONK, and Bitcoin.
The submitting displays firms attempting to seize the rising institutional curiosity within the tokenization of real-world property. This consists of stablecoins, which just lately reached $287 billion in provide.
