What Happened
The listings will represent the two cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Litecoin (LTC), which have market capitalizations of $4.2 billion and $2.8 billion, respectively.
Bitcoin Cash or BCash was created as a hard fork to the world’s apex cryptocurrency in 2017.
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This would be the first time ever that publicly listed securities have ever derived their value from these cryptocurrencies.
The Bitcoin Cash trust will trade under the symbol BCHG and the Litcoin Trust under LTCN on the otc markets.
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Why It Matters
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Greyscale’s shares trade on the OTCQX, which is overseen by FINRA and does not require registration with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Price Action
Bitcoin Cash traded nearly 0.2% lower at $169.67 at press time on Tuesday, according to CoinMarketCap data. Litecoin traded about 0.4% lower at $42.35.
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