What's in a name? Musings on VanEck's plan to offer a new way for investors to buy bitcoin

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Quick Take
- On Tuesday, VanEck announced it would launch a new product for folks to get exposure to bitcoin
- But make no mistake, it is not an ETF
- In some respects it resembles Grayscale’s GBTC product, but it’s more expensive
- The move likely indicates an ETF isn’t coming any time soon
What’s in a name? In covering the crypto space, this Shakespearean prose sits top of mind as semantic games swirl unabated. Take yesterday’s announcement that VanEck would launch a so-called “limited ETF.” Indeed, The Block fell victim to the positioning of the new product, which will offer a certain type of sophisticated investor a way […]
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