Wall Street heavyweight Brian Kelly is starting a blockchain-based exchange-traded fund.
Kelly’s independent investment firm BKCM fund, which focuses on cryptocurrency and blockchain, will partner with ETF provider REX Shares.
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The author of “The Bitcoin Big Bang” had been asked by investors how to begin investing in blockchain technology without the hassle of storage, cybersecurity and other issues.
Blockchain acts a public ledger of data that records transactions across a network of computers. It is decentralized, meaning that there is no one person with the power to alter the records.
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“What excites me most is that this opportunity may be really early on in its investment cycle,” said Kelly in a statement.
The fund manager will work alongside REX Shares founder Greg King to manage a portfolio of 32 companies with the use of blockchain technology.
The ETF includes companies like Overstock.com Inc (NASDAQ:OSTK), SVB Financial Group (NASDAQ:SIVB), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (NYSE:TSM) and GMO Internet Inc (TYO:9449).
“BKC ETF really stands out because of the level of crypto industry connections and access that Brian has at the wheel,” said Fundstrat managing partner Thomas Lee in a statement.
There have been four blockchain ETFs established in the U.S. this year, including Innovation Shares NextGen Protocol ETF (KOIN) which uses artificial intelligence to choose stocks.