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BlackRock sets lower fee for spot bitcoin ETF compared to peers
REUTERS ^ | Jan 8, 2023

Posted on 01/08/2024 4:31:20 AM PST by McGruff

BlackRock (BLK.N) has set a fee of 0.30% for its planned spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund, which is notably lower than those charged by some peers.

The asset manager disclosed the fee for its iShares Bitcoin Trust on Monday. In comparison, Valkyrie Investments and Fidelity are charging fees of 0.80% and 0.39%, respectively, for their planned spot bitcoin ETFs.

The bitcoin ETF race has heated up with more than a dozen participants, including crypto natives such as Grayscale and traditional finance heavyweights including BlackRock (BLK.N), vying for a slice of the market share.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


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I don't know what this means but maybe some of you pros can comment.
1 posted on 01/08/2024 4:31:20 AM PST by McGruff
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To: McGruff

I wouldn’t do business with them for all the bitcoin in the world.


2 posted on 01/08/2024 4:32:39 AM PST by Sirius Lee (Next week on The Bickersons...)
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To: McGruff

Anyone who would buy a BTC ETF really doesn’t understand Bitcoin at all.


3 posted on 01/08/2024 4:33:12 AM PST by dinodino ( Cut it down anyway. )
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To: dinodino

Nobody understands Bitcoin because it’s a scam.

As are ETFs.

Anybody putting money in these grifts deserves to lose it.


4 posted on 01/08/2024 4:36:10 AM PST by oldbill
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To: oldbill
I would say Bitcoin is like tulips.

There is money to be made and "value" for some period of time.

At some point in time that "value" will go to zero.

That could be as you read this or many years from now.

Whenever people realize it is vapor with nothing tangible to back it up.

Sort of like the US dollar right now.

5 posted on 01/08/2024 4:44:27 AM PST by Mogger
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To: dinodino
"Anyone who would buy a BTC ETF really doesn’t understand Bitcoin at all."

Yeah, that's me alright..

6 posted on 01/08/2024 5:03:54 AM PST by unread (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the REPUBLIC..!)
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To: McGruff
To confuse the issue even more, this article was posted on: January 8, 2024, 4:51AM EST, where it state the following:

bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) is a financial product that allows investors to gain exposure to the price movements of bitcoin without actually holding the asset itself.

Shares of a bitcoin ETF are traded on traditional stock exchanges, making it easier for traditional investors to participate in the cryptocurrency market.

Bitcoin BTC +1.66%

ETFs have generated significant interest from both retail and institutional investors as they offer a more convenient and regulated way to invest in bitcoin. They can be particularly attractive to investors who are hesitant to directly purchase and manage cryptocurrencies due to concerns about security, regulatory issues or technical complexities.

Currently there are no spot bitcoin ETFs in the U.S., as the Securities and Exchanges Commission has frustrated efforts to launch them, but there are ETFs tied to bitcoin futures.

BTW, a bitcoin value for today is 45,081.50 and falling

What is a bitcoin ETF?

7 posted on 01/08/2024 5:05:29 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Robert DeLong

What is GBTC? It has been around for a while now.


8 posted on 01/08/2024 5:10:22 AM PST by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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To: McGruff

Its part of the ongoing war against Bitcoin. All the financiers and governments wanting to bring in CBDCs to have total control over people know they must first destroy crypto which is independent and beyond the control of any government.


9 posted on 01/08/2024 5:28:14 AM PST by FLT-bird
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To: McGruff

The reference is to the expense charged to the fund. The .30 percent means that for every $10,000 invested the fund will cost you $30 per year while the others would be about $80.


10 posted on 01/08/2024 5:31:10 AM PST by Raycpa
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To: oldbill
I understand it.

BTC is a decentralized secure block-chain network.

Decentralization means no one person or entity owns, manages or controls the network or structure. In other word, they are not controlled by a central bank.

A blockchain consists of blocks of encrypted data with information about transactions that is used to prove the validity of the next block.

An ETF is just an Exchange Traded Fund. This will create a way for anybody to hold BTC in a fund. It will bring stability to the price so that it cannot be manipulated in huge swings up and down by just a few big dogs.

Hope that helps. Personally, I own 1+ Bitcoin.

11 posted on 01/08/2024 9:06:16 AM PST by Tommy Revolts
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To: Tommy Revolts

Actually, you just proved you don’t understand it.

You give the standard gibberish of Bitcoin defenders - block chain, etc., etc.
There is no value behind a Bitcoin, other tha some geek promise to pay you back for it, and a transaction process that if it expands will tie up computers and the internet totally.

You don’t own a Bitcoin, you own a Dutch tulip.


12 posted on 01/08/2024 11:55:58 AM PST by oldbill
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To: oldbill
You might want to look which way the wind is blowing.
Trust the blockchain. It's the future of money. Keep your eye on DeFi.

Now I'm going to check on that Dutch tulip.

13 posted on 01/08/2024 1:17:43 PM PST by Tommy Revolts
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