Russian bank Sber launches blockchain ETF tracking Coinbase, Galaxy Digital

Sber Asset Management officially announced the news on Thursday, stating that the new ETF is linked to various blockchain and crypto industry firms, including hardware and software providers for mining and issuing crypto assets.

Called “Sber — Blockchain Economy,” the fund is set to trade under the ticker SBBE and will track the eponymous index developed by Sber’s investment subsidiary SberCIB.

SBBE’s portfolio will include some of the world’s biggest crypto companies, including the United States’ largest exchange, Coinbase; Mike Novogratz’s investment company, Galaxy Digital; and blockchain software provider Digindex.

While SBBE’s currency is the U.S. dollar, investors will be able to buy shares with Russian rubles in the SberInvestor app or via “any other Russian broker.” The share price starts at 10 rubles ($0.013), the announcement notes.

According to the announcement, Sber’s blockchain ETF will be the “first ETF in Russia to allow investors to make money in the blockchain market without difficulties associated with direct development, buying, holding and selling digital currencies.”

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