ProShares to list first short bitcoin ETF on NYSE

moneycontrol.com:

ProShares is set to list the United States’ first exchange-traded fund (ETF) that will allow investors to bet against bitcoin (BTC) prices and hedge their crypto investments, news site CoinDesk, which specialises in digital currencies reported on June 20.

The ProShares Short Bitcoin Strategy is designed to deliver the inverse of bitcoin’s performance and will start trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) from June 21 under the ticket BITI, the company said. It may “prove pertinent” given the current crypto downslide, the report noted.

The company, a provider of bitcoin-linked ETFs, made the first move in the space earlier too, when in October 2021 it became the first to list a bitcoin futures ETF–coinciding with the crypto’s record $68,900 price.

ProShares and another ETF-provider Direxion applied for similar bitcoin hedge products in early April. The latter has, however, not released any status updates.

Worldwide, a short bitcoin ETF by Horizons ETFs is already listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Crypto today

Cryptocurrencies traded in the green early on June 21 as the global crypto market cap rose 2.86 percent to $904.57 billion over the last 24 hours. Total crypto market volumes on the other hand declined 8.78 percent to $71.92 billion during the period.

The total volume in DeFi stood at $6.65 billion, 9.24 percent of the total crypto market's 24-hour volume. While the volume of all stable coins was $62.73 billion, 87.23 percent of the crypto market's 24-hour volume.

Bitcoin hovered around Rs 17 lakh, with a dominance of 43.35 percent. This was a 0.08 percent increase over the day, data from CoinMarketCap shows.

Investors worry

The cryptocurrency industry is on edge as bitcoin struggles to stay above a key level,