One River Digital Clients Embrace Carbon Neutral Bitcoin Investing
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GREENWICH, Conn., June 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ One River Digital Asset Management announced today that an overwhelming majority of assets in its existing institutional Bitcoin Fund have chosen to switch to One River s new carbon neutrality share class. Digital Assets are an emerging asset class with unique risks and opportunities, said Eric Peters, Chief Investment Officer and Founder of One River Asset Management. We believe that digital assets hold an incredible potential for good. To realize that potential, though, it is important to pro-actively address environmental impacts. Today s announcement, made possible by our clients, is an important step in the right direction. Their actions will provide a benchmark for institutional investor behavior going forward.
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GREENWICH, Conn., May 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ One River Digital Asset Management (together with its parent, One River Asset Management) announced the addition of two new members to the firm s Academic and Regulatory Advisory Council: Courtney Simmons Elwood and Harold Ford, Jr. They will join Jay Clayton, former Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Kevin Hassett, former Chairman of the White House s Council of Economic Advisers, and Jon Orszag, former Economic Policy Advisor on President Clinton s National Economic Council.
Ms. Elwood served as General Counsel of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency from June 2017 to January 2021. From 2001 to 2007, she held a number of senior positions in the federal government, including as Associate Counsel to the President, Deputy Counsel to the Vice President, and Deputy Chief of Staff and Counselor to the Attorney General. Before and after that stint in the government, Courtney
One River Files S-1 for Carbon Neutral Bitcoin Trust, ETF to Purchase Tokens Representing Carbon Credits
May 25, 2021 @ 2:58 pm By JD Alois
One River Digital Asset Management has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the
One River Carbon Neutral Bitcoin Trust.
According to the S-1 document, the seeks to be an ETF that trades on the New York Stock Exchange. The Trust’s goal is to track the performance of Bitcoin, as measured by the performance of the MVIS One River Carbon Neutral Bitcoin Index. The Index is designed to reflect the performance of Bitcoin in U.S. dollars on a “carbon-neutral basis.”
May 24, 2021, 9:34AM EDT
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One River, the digital asset hedge fund backed by billionaire investor Alan Howard, has officially filed to create bitcoin exchange-traded fund that incorporates the purchase of carbon credits in an effort to make the product carbon-neutral.
The firm s plans for the One River Carbon Neutral Bitcoin Trust were made public in April when it partnered with carbon credit platform MOSS. Bloomberg reported on One River s efforts earlier in April, with CEO Eric Peters telling the news outlet at the time that There’s a lot of talk about the carbon footprint,” Peters said. “We decided it’s time to stop talking and start doing something about it.