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China May Soon Have Its First Blockchain Exchange-Traded Fund
China Securities Regulatory Commission has recently received an application for listing a blockchain-based exchange-traded fund.
By Wolfie Zhao
Updated May 9, 2023, 3:05 a.m. Published Dec 30, 2019, 6:00 a.m.
China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), the country's financial watchdog, has recently received an application for listing an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that will track blockchain-related stocks as underlying assets.
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Dubbed Penghua Shenzhen Stocks Blockchain ETF, the application was filed by Shenzhen-based asset management firm Penghua Fund and was accepted by the CSRC on Dec. 24, according to the regulator's disclosure.
The proposed ETF aims to track and reflect the performance of Shenzhen-listed public stocks that have businesses in the blockchain industry.
Based on a report from Shanghai Securities News on Thursday, if the application received final approval by the CSRC it would be the country's first completely blockchain-themed ETF open to public investors.
The application was received at the same time the Shenzhen Stock Exchange rolled out a Blockchain 50 Index comprised of 50 stocks listed on the exchange that have entered the blockchain space.
The Shenzhen exchange said in an announcement on Dec. 24 the index tracks those that are involved in different aspects of the blockchain ecosystem and selects the top 50 by market capitalization.
The current index list includes software companies, banks including Ping An Bank, as well as internet companies that entered cryptocurrency mining such as Wholeasy, which invested $80 million in bitcoin miners in 2018.
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