ETFs operate in a similar fashion to mutual funds, but can be bought and sold throughout the daily trading period on exchanges like stocks.
Balchunas labeled the demand from investors as “insane.” Within the first two days of trading of Purpose Investment’s ETF, Canada’s first crypto ETF, the fund collected over $420 million in assets under management.
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