Look, up North, it's a bird, its' a plane, it's.........innovation. Yes, leaving the US one more step behind, Canada has allowed First Block Capital (a Canadian crypto investment firm) to launch a bitcoin trust. That trust has achieved mutual fund status allowing investors to put Tax Free Savings Accounts and Retirement Plans into a 'bitcoin mutual fund'. The fund trades with the same ease as an ETF. Gosh, how did that happen? Take a read at this article and think "what are our regulators doing"? (Answer...nothing)
(By Bill Taylor/ Fintek Capital)
"First Block Capital Inc., a Canadian cryptocurrency and blockchain investment company, has announced that its bitcoin trust, FBC Bitcoin Trust, has achieved mutual fund status in Canada, allowing investors to place funds in registered accounts such as a Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA) or Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP).
The trust is available on NEO Connect, a fund distribution platform, under the ticker FBCBT, and is available to accredited investors only. Advisors can trade the fund with the same efficiency and ease as trading ETFs.
NEO Connect allows daily settlements, removing the previous 30-day redemption clause.
Simplifying Market Exposure
“At First Block, we provide investment exposure to bitcoin by removing the complicated barriers to investing directly in the cryptocurrency,” Sean Clark, CEO and co-founder of First Block, said in a prepared statement. “As the market leader in providing investment vehicles based on blockchain and cryptocurrency in Canada, we are very happy to make our fund more accessible to the accredited investor community. In this fast-changing world, NEO is the perfect partner with whom we have seized the opportunity to grow our fund within their proven and rapidly expanding fund distribution network"...
Full Story at CCN.com