{"id":36835,"date":"2021-02-22T15:44:34","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T13:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=36835"},"modified":"2025-08-29T08:22:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T05:22:22","slug":"21shares-assets-under-management-exceed-1-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/21shares-assets-under-management-exceed-1-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"21Shares assets under management exceed $1 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">The Swiss provider of crypto exchange-traded products 21Shares said assets under management (AUM) rose to $1 billion in two weeks.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">We are proud to announce that we have reached over $1 billion in assets under management! \ud83d\ude80 <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/spoFrzwssx\\\">pic.twitter.com\/spoFrzwssx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 21Shares (@21Shares_) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/21Shares_\/status\/1363812537574313984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">February 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">In August the metric<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/21shares-reaches-100-million-in-assets-under-management\"> exceeded $100 million<\/a>. On February 8 it <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/news-release\/2021\/02\/08\/2171032\/0\/en\/Swiss-Crypto-ETP-Issuer-21Shares-Breaks-USD-500-Million-in-Assets-Under-Management.html\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\"><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">reached $500 million<\/span><\/a><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">. In two years, the company has demonstrated a 200-fold growth in AUM.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">21Shares explained this dynamic by the sharp rise in institutional investors&#8217; interest in digital assets, and the listing of exchange-traded products (ETP) on regulated European exchanges.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-embedded-content\\\" data-secret=\\\"7KbRlT4ACP\\\">\n<p>What is a cryptocurrency ETF?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\\\"lazy\\\" class=\\\"wp-embedded-content\\\" sandbox=\\\"allow-scripts\\\" security=\\\"restricted\\\" style=\\\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\\\" title=\\\"\u201c\u0427\u0442\u043e \u0442\u0430\u043a\u043e\u0435 ETF \u043d\u0430 \u043a\u0440\u0438\u043f\u0442\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043b\u044e\u0442\u044b?\u201d \u2014 ForkLog\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/cryptorium\/chto-takoe-bitkoin-etf\/embed#?secret=nVSetAHssW#?secret=7KbRlT4ACP\\\" data-secret=\\\"7KbRlT4ACP\\\" width=\\\"500\\\" height=\\\"282\\\" frameborder=\\\"0\\\" marginwidth=\\\"0\\\" marginheight=\\\"0\\\" scrolling=\\\"no\\\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">Hani Rashwan, the head of the company, noted that investors are attracted by the existence of <\/span><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">ISIN \u2014 the global identification standard for securities such as stocks and bonds.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><i><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">\u201cWe expect to see further growth in metrics, both in AUM at 21Shares and across the entire cryptocurrency ecosystem,\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">, Rashwan said.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">The company manages 12 ETPs based on various cryptocurrencies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">According to data as of February 18, the largest share in AUM is held by the Bitcoin ETP ABTC with $272 million. In second place with $214 million is the Binance Coin (BNB) based ETP ABNB. Much of its position is explained by <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/binance-coin-pushes-tether-from-third-place-in-the-market-cap-ranking-of-assets\"> price surge <\/a> in this coin recently.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\\\"attachment_125609\\\" style=\\\"width: 610px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption aligncenter\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" aria-describedby=\\\"caption-attachment-125609\\\" class=\\\"size-full wp-image-125609\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/21SharesPie.png\\\" alt=\\\"AUM under management by 21Shares exceeded $1 billion\\\" width=\\\"600\\\" height=\\\"549\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/21SharesPie.png 600w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/21SharesPie-300x275.png 300w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\\\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\\\"caption-attachment-125609\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\">Structure of AUM across 12 ETPs managed by 21Shares. Data: <a href=\\\"http:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Attachment\/DownloadAttachment?articleid=2179196&#038;fileId=936377&#038;filename=936377.png&#038;filetype=4&#038;islogo=0\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\">21Shares<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">In February 4, the Swiss crypto ETP issuer launched trading<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/21shares-to-launch-worlds-first-polkadot-based-etp\"> of a Polkadot-based ETP<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">In December 21Shares <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/21shares-excludes-ripple-token-from-its-etps\">delisted the XRP token<\/a> from Ripple from traded exchange-traded products.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">In January, ForkLog reported that rival CoinShares, the asset manager, has quadrupled its AUM since August 2020 \u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/coinshares-to-launch-a-physically-backed-bitcoin-etp-on-six\"> to $4 billion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog&#8217;s news on <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ForkLog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">Twitter<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Swiss provider of crypto exchange-traded products 21Shares said its assets under management (AUM) rose to $1 billion in two weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1372,1307,1156,1211,468],"class_list":["post-36835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-21shares","tag-bnb-chain","tag-institutional-investors-and-whales","tag-stock-market","tag-switzerland"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"20","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36835"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36837,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36835\/revisions\/36837"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}