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New Planned ETF Targets NFT-related Stocks
Private label ETF issuer Exchange Traded Concepts is planning to launch an index-tracking ETF that targets NFT companies.
The ETF, which tracks a Fount Investment Company index, is designed to track the performance of businesses that develop, manufacture, distribute or sell products or services in token technology subindustries, according to a Thursday regulatory disclosure.
That includes arts and entertainment, gaming, blockchain technology and NFT (non-fungible token) infrastructure.
“Each token economy company’s one year forecasted revenue is reviewed and only companies that are expected to derive more than 50% of their revenue from a token technology sub-industry may be included in the index,” the filing states.
The disclosure notes that NFTs are a way for individuals to own, collect and sell digital works of art. But the firm predicts that these non-fungible tokens will also “significantly alter traditional business models operated within the gaming industry.”
Integrating NFTs into gaming introduces a play-to-earn model where gamers can earn one-of-a-kind assets, such as plots of land, characters and costumes, which can be traded or sold.
The future of NFTs
Executives at Pantera Capital, which has $1 billion in commitments for a blockchain fund, labeled gaming as “a huge sector for years to come,” saying NFTs will help make that happen.
Crypto exchange FTX last month unveiled a new gaming division to allow developers to launch tokens and build NFTs within their online worlds.
Blockchain software technology company ConsenSys said it’s looking to use NFTs to onboard the next tens of millions of users into its main product, Metamask, and is exploring collateralization, fractionalization, swapping, borrowing and lending.
Beyond collectibles, Johnna Powell, global co-head of ConsenSys NFTs, said a person’s resume, medical records or driver’s license could be NFTs.
“NFTs are at its core a structural innovation,” Upshot CEO Nick Emmons said during an ETHDenver panel last month. “As more exotic and esoteric financial instruments and vehicles come online, they will be represented as NFTs and will be able to fill in the rest of this picture of what a truly decentralized expressive financial system looks like.”
