Hashdex has announced the approval of the world’s first decentralized finance (DeFi) ETF.
The ETF seeks to offer investors diversified, secure, and regulated exposure in all segments of the DeFi ecosystem and will be listed on the Brazilian stock exchange, B3, under the ticker symbol DEFI11 on February 17, 2022.
“As the largest crypto asset manager in Latin America, Hashdex continues to deliver on our mission of helping people around the world better understand and gain diversified exposure to the crypto asset class,” said Marcelo Sampaio, CEO of Hashdex. “We are confident that DeFi, through its innovative and disruptive technology, will exponentially grow and play a vital role in the financial sector of the future. By offering the first DeFi ETF in the world, we are providing our global investors with the ability to play a part in the next evolution of the crypto ecosystem.”
DeFi leverages blockchain and smart contracts to enable the creation of a new infrastructure for traditional financial services, such as loans, insurance and value transactions. In partnership with CF Benchmarks, a leading global crypto index provider, DEFI11 will mirror the “CF DeFi Composite Index” (BLOOMBERG: CFDFMCUB), an index that follows strict eligibility criteria to obtain the best representation of the DeFi phenomenon.
“CF Benchmarks is very proud that the CF DeFi Composite Index will be the world’s first DeFi Index to be tracked by an ETF. That our partner, Hashdex, is a pioneer in Digital Asset Management, with a strong multi-year track record, makes it doubly satisfying. The CF DeFi Composite index is the first to be driven by the CF Digital Asset Classification Structure (DACS) and we are very excited to be able to bring these methodologies to the investment community to further their understanding of the blockchain economy and enable smarter allocation decisions to a greater range of digital assets,” said Sui Chung, CEO of CF Benchmarks.
The index has a total of 12 assets, divided into three sub-portfolios to accurately reflect the entire value chain underpinning DeFi services:
- DeFi dApps, protocols that offer practical and modern solutions for financial services (Uniswap, AAVE, Compound, Maker, Yearn, Curve, Synthetix, and AMP);
- Service Protocols, which support DeFi protocols with data query services, often referred to as “Oracle” providers, and scalability solutions (Chainlink, The Graph, and Polygon); and
- Settlement Networks, blockchain on which transactions are validated and recorded (Ethereum network).
