Franklin Templeton Launches Spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF (EZPZ)

Asset management firm Franklin Templeton has launched a spot ETF that provides investors with exposure to both Bitcoin and Ethereum.

Asset management giant Franklin Templeton has launched a spot ETF that offers investors exposure to both Bitcoin and Ethereum.

According to a recent tweet from ETF.com, asset management firm Franklin Templeton has launched a spot ETF that provides investors with exposure to both Bitcoin and Ethereum. The product is designed to invest in both cryptocurrencies based on their market cap weighting, which currently translates to an 82% allocation to Bitcoin and an 18% allocation to Ethereum. The fund will be custodied by Coinbase, and it may also include other crypto assets in the future.

This development highlights the potential of cryptocurrency ETFs to drive capital inflows into the crypto market. Instead of having to directly purchase both BTC and ETH and ensuring their safe storage, investors can now gain exposure to both crypto assets simply by buying shares in the ETF.

We will likely see multiple altcoin ETFs approved in 2025

ETFs such as the Franklin Crypto Index ETF will likely be able to add additional cryptocurrencies once the SEC approves ETFs tied to these assets. Currently, the most likely cryptocurrencies to receive ETFs are XRP, Solana, Litecoin and Dogecoin.

Bloomberg's ETF analysts are giving the highest chance of approval in 2025 to Litecoin ETFs, giving this scenario a 90% chance. However, even XRP ETFs, which were assigned the lowest chance of approval among the analyzed coins, still have a relatively high 65% chance of being approved this year.