WHAT IS BLOCKCHAIN
Blockchain technologies are quickly becoming one of the most exciting areas of interest for future-looking investors and companies. As the full public ledger of the entire network is always available and every asset is fully traceable, it is universally hypothesized to be the next generation of transaction security. Blockchain technology thus presents potentially significant opportunities for many business types and can have a far-reaching impact on the modernization of global business transactions.
“Blockchain is the first native digital medium for value, just as the Internet was the first native digital medium for information.”
– Harvard Business Review
The following video featuring Eric Ervin of Reality Shares and Fredrik Voss of Nasdaq highlights the importance of blockchain.
WHY CHINA?
Access to a market of unparalled recent growth
1. CHINA’S ECONOMIC MIRACLE HAS CREATED IMMENSE WEALTH
The BCNA ETF is designed to capitalize on the potential of continued growth in the Chinese economy
2. CHINA EXHIBITS FACTORS ATTRACTIVE TO MANY INVESTORS
These factors include P/E ratio, historical non-correlation to the US market, the size of its equity market, and strong credit quality
3. IN 2017, CHINA LED THE WORLD IN THE NUMBER OF FILED BLOCKCHAIN-RELATED PATENTS
Blockchain-related investments in China can span the infrastructure, financial services, manufacturing, and technology industries, and offer the potential for substantial return as well and to transform the world.
1 CoinTelegraph: “China Filed The Most Blockchain Patents In 2017”, Mar 25, 2018
INVESTING IN BLOCKCHAIN INNOVATION IN CHINA
| Many companies and organizations are innovative, but uncovering which companies may present real, actionable blockchain-related investment opportunities can be challenging. The Blockchain Score methodology is designed to identify the companies that may benefit most from blockchain technology and potentially pinpoint what could be the best of a growing segment of companies developing the underlying technologies behind blockchain innovation. The Blockchain Score methodology is a rules-based, quantitative process built to evaluate the highest-quality companies in various industries across the globe based on their blockchain-related innovative potential.
Our methodology, based on a series of quantitative factors, produces a Blockchain Score™ for each company evaluated for inclusion in the underlying Reality Shares Nasdaq Blockchain China Index. These factors relate to each company’s role in the blockchain technology ecosystem and its participation in industry groups, the degree to which the company’s blockchain technology is developed, innovative, economically impactful and publicly referenced, and the company’s general research and development expenditures. Index Methodology |
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As of March 29, 2019.
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Source: Bloomberg, Compustat, Reality Shares