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First bitcoin ETP launches on UK exchange

After listing in Europe, a bitcoin ETP has become the first to target London

UK investors to be able to trade bitcoin debt securities from early June
UK investors to be able to trade bitcoin debt securities from early June Photo: Getty Images/Science Photo Library RF

Crypto firm ETC Group has launched the first bitcoin exchange-traded product on a UK exchange. 

The launch of ETC Group’s ETP, BTCetc, comes as institutional interest in digital currencies surges and as the value of cryptocurrencies continues its volatile ride upwards since the beginning of the pandemic. 

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