Life In The Blockchain
Investors and companies are just starting to understand the transformational potential of blockchain technology to enhance the business processes of many industries and even permanently disrupt them.
Battle Of The Blockchain ETFs: BLOK Versus BLCN
Two new ETFs launched on Wednesday, January 17th, the Amplify Transformational Data Sharing ETF (BLOK) and Reality Shares NASDAQ Nextgen Economy ETF (BLCN). If those names seem less than intuitive to you, the SEC would not let any of the blockchain filings use the word blockchain in their names. But both of these ETFs share the mandate of providing exposure to companies involved in the blockchain ecosystem.
Blockchain Exposure Appears to Provide an Uncorrelated Source of Return
Advisors and investors are in a continual search for assets that are not correlated with the other assets in their portfolio. The EQM-Emerita Blockchain BLOK 50 Global Index appears to provide significant diversification on a correlation basis.