Hong Kong gives initial approval to first bitcoin, ether spot ETFs, say funds
At least three offshore Chinese asset managers will launch the virtual asset spot ETFs soon.
The Hong Kong units of Harvest Fund Management and Bosera Asset Management said in separate statements they had received conditional approvals from the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) to launch the ETFs.
Meanwhile, the Hong Kong unit of China Asset Management — ChinaAMC (HK), said it had received regulatory approval on Monday to provide virtual asset management services, and the firm was developing spot ETFs of bitcoin and ether.
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View Details» Replying to Reuters' questions, the SFC said it issues a conditional authorisation letter to an ETF application if it generally satisfies its requirements, subject to various conditions, including fee payments, filing of documents and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange's (HKEX) listing approval.
The regulator didn't comment on the details of virtual asset spot ETFs.
The step comes just three months after the U.S. launched its first ETFs to track spot bitcoin. Those ETFs have already
