The difference bewteen an ETF and an ETP...

Last week, after the Bitcon Spot ETF approval, I heard someone refer to it as the Bitcoin ETP. Is that so? I had never heard about an ETP, so I quickly did som research and here I will share the differences and the similarities between an ETF and an ETP.

Sure, let's break it down in simple terms:

ETF (Exchange-Traded Fund):

• An ETF is like a basket that holds a mix of different investments, such as stocks, bonds, or commodities.
• You can buy and sell shares of this basket on the stock market, just like you would buy or sell shares of a company.
• ETFs are designed to track the performance of a specific group of assets, like stocks in a particular industry or a whole market index.

ETP (Exchange-Traded Product):

• ETP is a broader term that includes different kinds of investment products traded on the stock exchange, and ETF is one of them.
• Apart from ETFs, ETPs also include other things like ETNs (Exchange-Traded Notes) and ETCs (Exchange-Traded Commodities).
• So, while all ETFs are a type of ETP, not everything labeled as an ETP is necessarily an ETF.

In short, an ETF is a specific type of investment fund that falls under the broader category of ETPs, which includes various investment products traded on the stock exchange.