Institutional investors appear to be flocking into DeFi assets, with a flurry of institutional investment products offering exposure to the decentralized finance sector being launched by major asset managers this year.
Valour Inc., a Switzerland-based issuer of digital asset-based exchange-traded products (ETPs), became the latest asset manager to embrace DeFi on Oct. 26 when it
launched the world’s first ETP tracking the governance token of leading decentralized exchange Uniswap (UNI). The product is trading on the German-based Börse Frankfurt Zertifikate exchange.
Valour CEO Diana Briggs said, “The future of financial services is being built on open, interoperable protocols.” She added that the firm is working hard to bring additional digital asset ETPs to market and offer exposure to DeFi assets “via mainstream investment channels.”