RIA Nicholas Wealth Management is beefing up its ETF portfolio with the launch of a fund that provides long Bitcoin exposure during overnight hours while allocating to short-term U.S. Treasuries and cash equivalents during daytime trading.
The actively-managed Nicholas Bitcoin and Treasuries AfterDark ETF (Ticker: NGHT) is being offered by Nicholas Wealth’s XFUNDS in partnership with Tidal Investments.
Nicholas Wealth is touting the ETF as a way to isolate Bitcoin’s overnight alpha while reducing exposure to global market volatility during trading hours. “Bitcoin trades 24/7, and its behavior is increasingly driven by global activity outside U.S. market hours,” said David Nicholas, CEO of XFUNDS by Nicholas Wealth, in a statement. The fund does not invest directly in Bitcoin or any other digital assets and does not invest in or seek direct exposure to the current "spot" or cash price of Bitcoin, according to Nicholas Wealth.
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