首档期货ETF纽约上市，助推比特币价格再创新高

随着首个比特币期货ETF上市，比特币价格站上史上高点。周三，比特币价格一度达到66974.77美元，相距4月所创记录64888.99美元高出近2000美元。

With the first Bitcoin futures ETF on the market, Bitcoin prices were historically high. On Wednesday, Bitcoin prices amounted to $66,974.77, nearly $2,000 more than the record of $64,888.99 in April.

周二，基金管理公司Prosharese的比特币策略ETF（ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF）刚在纽约证券交易所（NYSE）挂牌交易，代码为BITO，首日价格跃升4.9%，来到41.94美元；这场加密货币市场引颈企盼的盛事，推升比特币攀涨。

On Tuesday, ProSharese’s Bitcoin Strategy ETF just traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) with the first-day price hike of 4.9 per cent to $41.94; this encrypt currency market gave rise to a boom in Bitcoin.

不同于共同基金（mutual funds）每天只交易一次，ETF则是在交易日内可随时买进卖出，比较像是个股，更受一般投资人欢迎。

Unlike mutual funds, which are traded only once a day, ETFs can be bought and sold at any time during the day of the transaction, more like a share and more popular with ordinary investors.

ProShares公司表示，BITO并不直接投资比特币本身，主要是投资比特币期货。

ProShares stated that BITO did not invest directly in Bitcoin itself, mainly in Bitcoin futures.

BITO 上市首日便吸引不少兴趣，彭博汇编数据显示，BITO 周二有超过2400 万股易手，交易额甚至接近10 亿美元，就上市首日表现来看，仅次于贝莱德旗下的美国碳转型准备基金(BlackRock US Carbon Transition Readiness ETF)。

BITO attracted a lot of interest on its first day on the market, and Bloomberg compiled data showing that BITO had more than 24 million hands-on shares on Tuesday, with transactions close to $1 billion, after the United States Carbon Transition Reserve Fund under the Beled flag.

此外，传奇基金经理人Paul Tudor Jones 的看多言论也帮助提振市场情绪。

In addition, the rhetoric of Paul Tudor Jones, the manager of the legendary fund, helped to boost market sentiment.

Paul Tudor Jones 周三于CNBC 节目表示，相较于黄金，比特币对他来说是一项更好的通膨避险工具。

According to Paul Tudor Jones on CNBC on Wednesday, Bitcoin is a better inflation-avoidance tool for him than gold.

摩根大通的首席执行官Jamie Dimon近期则在持续批评这种加密虚拟货币，称比特币毫无价值，但仍有众多投资人期望着从比特币中获得更高回报。

Jamie Dimon, Chief Executive Officer of Morgan Chase, has recently continued to criticize this encrypted virtual currency, claiming that bitcoins are worthless, but many investors still expect higher returns from bitcoins.

AvaTrade 首席市场分析师 Naeem Aslam 就在一份报告中表示：“鉴于我们在比特币 ETF 的支持下看到的价格增长势头，我们相信到今年年底比特币可以轻松一路攀升至 10万美元。”

Avatrade Chief Market Analyst Naeem Aslam said in a report: “In view of the price growth momentum we have seen with the support of Bitcoin ETF, we believe that Bitcoin can easily climb to $100,000 by the end of this year.”

未来两周内将有更多类似基金推出，美国证券交易委员会正在审核资管公司Valkyrie Investments和VanEck 8月份提出的向投资者发售比特币ETF的申请。

A similar fund will be launched in the next two weeks, and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission is in the process of reviewing applications from the financial management companies Valkyrie Investments and Van Eck for the sale of Bitcoin ETF to investors in August.

据熟悉这两家公司情况的知情人士称，二者均预计其申请不会被驳回。

According to sources familiar with both companies, their applications are not expected to be rejected.

目前，VanEck推出的比特币期货ETF已获美国证券交易委员会批准，SEC已允许该公司在10月23日之后推出该基金，交易将在生效日期后尽快开始，或就将于下周开始交易。该ETF为继ProShares推出的比特币期货ETF之后第二个被SEC批准上市的比特币期货ETF。

Currently, the Bitcoin Futures ETF introduced by VanEck has been approved by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, which has allowed the company to launch the fund after 23 October, and the transaction will commence as soon as possible after the effective date, or next week. The ETF is the second to be approved by the SEC for listing of the Bitcoins Futures ETF after ProShares.

文章综合编译自彭博社、华尔街日报等。

The article was synthesized from Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, etc.

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