• The Samsung Bitcoin Futures Active ETF will be listed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) for interested traders.
• Bitcoin price has gained over 4.4 percent in the past 24 hours to trade around $18,184 on Thursday.

Samsung Asset Management has unveiled the Samsung Bitcoin Futures Active ETF dubbed the Sub-Fund, which is a subsidiary of the Samsung ETFs Trust III. The launch of Samsung Bitcoin Futures Active ETF by the South Korean tech giant is a huge boost to the crypto market, not only in the Asian market but also globally. Moreover, Bitcoin futures are institutional investors’ favorites to get exposure to the nascent industry.

The Samsung Bitcoin Futures Active ETF will be listed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) for interested traders. The announcement reads. 

The investment objective of the Sub-Fund is to seek to provide economic exposure to the value of bitcoin by investing predominately in front-month bitcoin futures contracts and/or micro bitcoin futures contracts traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (“CME”),

However, Samsung has warned interested investors to take extra caution as Bitcoin is highly volatile despite its long-term prospects. Mind you, Bitcoin price moved from trading close to $70k to as low as $15,550 in less than a year. As such, liquidations in the crypto market are over $2.2 trillion in 2022. 

Nonetheless, Samsung is optimistic the Bitcoin futures market will gain traction in the coming years despite the increased risks involved. Samsung noted.

The Sub-Fund is an actively managed futures-based ETF investing directly in Bitcoin Futures on CME. The novelty of such an ETF and the fact that the Sub-Fund is one of the first few virtual asset futures-based ETFs in Hong Kong makes the Sub-Fund potentially riskier than traditional ETFs investing in equity securities,

Will Samsung’s Bitcoin ETF Push Price to $20k?

The Bitcoin market is more heavily affected by macroeconomic factors now than it was ten years ago. The collapse of FTX and Alameda, which has caused financial crises to firms like BlockFi and Gemini, has significantly suppressed Bitcoin prices. Moreover, over 1 million FTX traders and investors were directly affected by the implosion.

The launch of the Samsung Bitcoin Futures Active ETF will significantly increase crypto traders’ confidence despite the risks of a prolonged bear market.

According to our latest crypto price oracles, Bitcoin is exchanging at around $18k, having gained approximately 7.9 percent in the past seven days. The Bitcoin market has a valuation of approximately $350,448,819,798 and a 24-hour trading volume of around $34,075,153,157.

According to popular crypto analyst Rekt Capital, the Bitcoin market is highly bullish in 2023 with the bottom expected in the first half of the year.

A push towards $20k is plausible in the Bitcoin market but could be followed by a correction and near-term consolidation.