We launched it here first! Europe’s long-established crypto ETP market, with ETC Group’s Chanchal Samadder

Recorded April 30, 2024. With so much mainstream attention on the launch of digital asset funds on US exchanges, it’s easy to overlook the fact regulated spot crypto exchange traded products (ETPs) have been around for far longer in Europe than in the States! This highly active and liquid market is typified by firms like ETC Group, one of the region’s largest crypto focused fund managers, in AuM terms. ETC recently listed its Core Bitcoin ETP (Ticker: BTC1) which offers a unique ‘Tri-NAV’ facility, based on CF Benchmarks’ three regulated Bitcoin Reference Rate variants. We were fortunate enough to sit down with ETC’s Head of Product, Chanchal Samadder, for what we believe is the most informed take on Europe’s crypto investment product market you’ll hear for some time. Get stuck into the latest episode of CFB Talks Digital Assets to hear:Details on that exclusive Tri-NAV: how it works, and why it provides primary market participants with the ultimate flexibility to transact Bitcoin, in a regulated wrapper, across the global trading day;What drove ETC Group’s decision to launch BTC1, even as it continues to manage its first Bitcoin ETP, which remains Europe’s most-traded spot Bitcoin fund;Chanchal’s insights on Europe’s institutional crypto investment landscape; the evolution of demand for large-caps, and why the region is likely to lead in the future, as demand for diversified digital asset index products grows.