Swedish Bitcoin exchange-traded note operator XBT Provider has shelved plans to offer altcoin products due to market volatility, Bloomberg reported on Feb. 13.
Speaking to the publication, XBT's CEO Laurent Kssis revealed the company did not have an understanding of Bitcoin hard forks and related phenomena when Swedish regulators greenlighted its plans in May 2018.
XBT launched the world's first regulated Bitcoin tracker, Bitcoin Tracker One, in 2015, and has since added several related products.
According to Kssis, XBT needs to better its knowledge about hard forks and community politics in order to avoid listing a coin which would soon fall out of favor or disintegrate altogether.
"If we get it wrong, these assets will drop and if they're part of the basket we can't go back because it's in the final term-sheet."
2018 saw various low-key forks of Bitcoin, according to data released last month.
The vast majority of forks occurred around the time of BTC's all-time USD high in December 2017.
In November last year, Bitcoin Cash, perhaps the best-known fork of BTC, itself split into two separate blockchains, sparking a continuing publicity war.
Bloomberg notes that XBT intends to wait for the market to settle before revisiting its plans.
XBT Provider Admits Knowledge Gaps as It Postpones Launch Of Cryptocurrency Basket
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