According to InfoMoney, a financial market platform in Brazil, it was reported that starting from the 1st of March 2024 BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT39) will go under the list of stocks of B3, the stock market of Brazil.
This is an entry of BlackRock to the Brazilian Bitcoin market, which provides investors with qualified access to Bitcoin via exchange-traded receipts known as (BDRs).
Karina Saade who is the CEO of BlackRock in Brazil stated:
“Our digital asset journey has been underpinned by the goal of providing high-quality access vehicles to investors.”
Just as in the USA, IBIT39 is introduced offering a 0.25% management fee, which is going to be reduced for the first year only. Fees will continue to drop further, starting from 0.24%, and will ultimately settle at 0.12% for holdings valued at over $5 billion.
BlackRock, though recognizing the cryptocurrency’s growing significance as a class of asset, wants to make it clear that this ETF launch is not an endorsement of the cryptocurrency by itself. They stress that the products manufactured run on a strict safety-transparency and fair target-orientation regime.
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