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, exchange-traded fund (ETF) issuer ProShares is looking to launch a new metaverse-focused ETF.

ProShares on Tuesday

to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)Submit an application for the ProShares Metaverse Theme ETF, which will track the performance of the Solactive Metaverse Theme Index (symbol SOMETAV).。

The index constituents include publicly traded companies that provide or use technologies that underpin Metaverse-related products and services, such as data processing and related hardware, such as virtual reality (VR) headsets.

The index's top three heavyweights include Apple, Nvidia and social media platform Meta (formerly Facebook).

Earlier this year, ProShares became the first firm to launch a bitcoin futures ETF,The VergeThe transaction volume on the first day is close to 1 billion US dollars

Metaverse has become a major buzzword this year. It seeks to merge virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and physical reality (PR) into a unified environment, providing a wide range of functions, such as games, social experiences, NFT transactions and more.The concept has also attracted the attention of some big companies, including Facebook, which rebranded its parent company as Meta in October."I think we've basically shifted from a Facebook-first company to a Metaverse-first (strategy). I think it's sort of like Microsoft's strategy going from Windows-first to cloud-first," he said.

he

stated in the open letter

, "This means that over time, you won't need a Facebook account to use our other services. As our new branding starts appearing in products, I hope people around the world learn about the Meta brand and what we're all about. represent the future."

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Investors Flock to the Metaverse