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European digital asset supervisor CoinShares is increasing the attain of its physically-backed exchange-traded product (ETP) portfolio with a brand new itemizing in Germany.

Based on an announcement on Monday, CoinShares Bodily Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), and Litecoin (LTC) ETPs have cross-listed on main German trade Deutsche Boerse Xetra.

The digital asset supervisor began the yr by launching a Bitcoin ETP named CoinShares Bodily Bitcoin (BITC) in January. Listed on Switzerland’s SIX Swiss Trade, every ETP is bodily backed by 0.001 Bitcoin.

Since then, the CoinShares Bodily platform noticed the launch of Ether and Litecoin ETPs. CoinShares Bodily Ethereum (ETHE) was backed with 0.03 ETH at launch, whereas CoinShares Bodily Litecoin (LITE) was backed with 0.2 LTC.

CoinShares’ chief income officer Frank Spiteri stated that the CoinShares Bodily platform now has over $380 million in belongings underneath administration and operates in eleven nations.

The itemizing of CoinShares Bodily Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin ETPs on Boerse Xetra follows approval from regulators to distribute the ETPs throughout the European Union, the announcement reads.

CoinShares’ passporting to Germany enabled CoinShares Bodily ETPs’ entrance into Germany, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Spain, France, Denmark, Finland and Norway.

“Focussing on market demand, we launched earlier this yr, our institutional platform CoinShares Bodily first in Switzerland and now in Europe,” CoinShares CEO Jean-Marie Mognetti stated. The Boerse Xetra itemizing gives European institutional buyers an entry level into digital belongings with the credibility of CoinShares, he added.

Deutsche Boerse Xetra isn’t any stranger to cryptocurrency ETPs. Final yr, London-based ETC Group introduced the itemizing of its Bitcoin Trade Traded Crypto (BTCE) on the trade. It was additionally certainly one of two European exchanges together with SIX to listing New York-based asset supervisor WisdomTree’s physically-backed Ether ETP.