Swedish digital asset manager launches Avalanche, Cardano ETP on Nasdaq Helsinki

  • February 5, 2025

Swedish crypto asset manager Virtune has introduced new crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) for investors in Finland, offering portfolio exposure to Avalanche and Cardano.

The launch comes just weeks after the firm rolled out five other crypto-related ETPs.

The Virtune Avalanche ETP gives investors direct 1:1 exposure with Avalanche

AVAX$26.49
Avalanche
Change (24h)
1.48%
Market Cap $10.90B
Volume (24h) $217.11M
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, while the Virtune Staked Cardano
ADA$0.7586
Cardano
Change (24h)
0.90%
Market Cap $26.68B
Volume (24h) $568.12M
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ETP offers the same physical backing with Cardano, plus an additional 2% annual return from staking rewards, according to a Feb. 5 statement from Virtune.

AVAX and ADA offered as ETP products

Virtune CEO Christopher Kock said that the product offerings are “to meet the growing demand from Finnish investors.”

The assets will be securely stored in cold storage through its custodian, crypto exchange Coinbase, and available to institutional and retail investors.

Both ETPs began trading on Feb. 5 on Nasdaq Helsinki after being traded on Nasdaq Stockholm.

Avalanche and Cardano are the 12th and 9th largest cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, respectively, according to CoinMarketCap.

Veteran trader Peter Brandt said Cardano is ready for a “grand bull market” after bottoming out on the local chart on Jan. 16. This comes after Cardano surged by 88.8% between Nov. 18 and Dec. 3 , reaching its highest price in nearly three years at $1.33.

Swedish digital asset manager launches Avalanche, Cardano ETP on Nasdaq Helsinki

Virtune launched five crypto ETPs two weeks ago, marking the first of their kind on the Nasdaq Helsinki.

On Jan. 20, the asset management firm launched Virtune Bitcoin

BTC$98,135
Bitcoin
Change (24h)
0.33%
Market Cap $1.94T
Volume (24h) $36.47B
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ETP, Virtune Staked Ether
ETH$2,837
Ethereum
Change (24h)
2.39%
Market Cap $341.74B
Volume (24h) $18.05B
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ETP, Virtune Staked Solana
SOL$202.00
Solana
Change (24h)
1.76%
Market Cap $98.29B
Volume (24h) $3.09B
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ETP, Virtune XRP
XRP$2.44
XRP
Change (24h)
3.11%
Market Cap $140.70B
Volume (24h) $5.13B
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ETP, and Virtune Crypto Altcoin Index ETP.

The Crypto Altcoin Index ETP is rebalanced monthly. As of Jan. 31, it holds equal weightings of 14.29% for XRP, Litecoin

LTC$107.28
Litecoin
Change (24h)
4.22%
Market Cap $8.09B
Volume (24h) $1.01B
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, Solana, Chainlink
LINK$19.70
Chainlink
Change (24h)
0.04%
Market Cap $12.57B
Volume (24h) $380.46M
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, Cardano and Uniswap
UNI$9.33
Uniswap
Change (24h)
0.05%
Market Cap $5.60B
Volume (24h) $146.71M
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.

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Meanwhile, in recent news, BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, is preparing to launch a Bitcoin exchange-traded product (ETP) in Europe , which will reportedly be domiciled in Switzerland.

The asset manager plans to start marketing the fund as soon as this month, Bloomberg said , citing people familiar with the matter.

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