[멕시코=심영재 특파원] Valour, a subsidiary of DeFi Technologies, received approval from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and began offering Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH)-based staking exchange-traded products (ETPs) to UK individual investors.
On the 26th (local time), Valor announced that it had officially launched “1Valour Bitcoin Physical Staking” and “1Valour Ethereum Physical Staking” products in Toronto, Canada.
With this approval, Valor has expanded its ETP product, which was previously exclusive to professional investors, to the general individual investor channel. UK individual investors can also receive staking profits along with exposure to physically collateralized Bitcoin and Ethereum through traditional brokerage accounts.
Valor’s parent company, DeFi Technologies, evaluated this approval as a major turning point for the company. “This approval is an important milestone for both Valor and DeFi Technologies,” said CEO Johan Wattenström. “It provides new revenue opportunities for individual investors in a regulated environment.”
Valor’s Bitcoin/Ethereum staking ETP is currently trading on the London Stock Exchange and is subject to investor regulations and jurisdictional requirements in the UK. There is an evaluation that the FCA approval has expanded the investment channel for regulated digital assets (virtual assets) in the UK.
With this move, UK individual investors will also be able to access a product that combines physically backed and staking profits (yield-bearing). This is expected to serve as an opportunity to expand the digital asset exchange-traded product market, centered on institutional and professional investors in Europe, to the individual investor market.
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