Our Next Wave of Digital Fund Launches

Head of Digital Assets

12/14/2022

In September 2022, we announced the effectiveness of WisdomTree’s first Digital Fund, the WisdomTree Short-Term Treasury Digital Fund (WTSYX). Today, we are excited to announce the effectiveness of our next nine Digital Funds, covering a variety of different traditional exposures.

What is a digital fund?

Digital funds are open-ended and registered products under the 1940-Act—like traditional mutual funds. A transfer agent keeps the primary record of share ownership for the funds in its own books-and-records, but, unlike traditional mutual funds, the transfer agent also keeps a secondary record of the shares on either the Stellar or Ethereum blockchains. These funds can provide exposure to a range of investible assets. While the secondary record leverages blockchain infrastructure, unlike many crypto assets, these funds are registered (not bearer) instruments.

As discussed in our initial blog post on WTSYX, we believe these funds represent an exciting next step in investor-friendly innovation with potential for improved liquidity, transparency and standardization. While the full potential of the features will take time to unlock and may not come to fruition with respect to the funds, we are seeking to get there over time.

What are the new Funds?

The nine new WisdomTree Digital Funds reflect a variety of different exposures, and each Digital Fund will invest in traditional assets, including the WisdomTree Short-Duration Income Digital Fund (WTSIX) that was developed leveraging WisdomTree’s Model Portfolio capabilities and the WisdomTree 500 Digital Fund (SPXUX)—the firm’s first Digital Fund seeking to track performance in the U.S. equity market. The WisdomTree Floating Rate Treasury Digital Fund (FLTTX) is also notable as WisdomTree continues to serve as a leader in providing exposure to floating rate Treasuries, with the WisdomTree Floating Rate Treasury Fund (USFR) bringing in over $10 billion in net flows thus far in 2022. The nine new Digital Funds are:

WisdomTree 3-7 Year Treasury Digital Fund*

WisdomTree 7-10 Year Treasury Digital Fund*

WisdomTree Long Term Treasury Digital Fund*

WisdomTree Floating Rate Treasury Digital Fund*

WisdomTree TIPS Digital Fund*

WisdomTree 500 Digital Fund*

WisdomTree Technology and Innovation 100 Digital Fund

WisdomTree Short-Duration Income Digital Fund

WisdomTree S&P 500 Twitter Sentiment Digital Fund

Consistent with WTSYX, the starred Funds have no management fees. WisdomTree affiliates expect to charge other fees, such as fees for facilitating transactions.

Why would I consider investing in these Funds?

We have launched these Funds to provide investors with low-cost investment options across major asset classes that, through WisdomTree Prime^TM, are available in a digitally-native experience. Each Fund has its specifics in terms of its strategy and investment objective—please visit the prospectuses for more information on each one. As discussed above, over time, we believe this structure has the potential to provide investors with improved liquidity, transparency and standardization.

How can I invest in WisdomTree Digital Funds?

While the Funds are effective today, access is anticipated to be through the WisdomTree Prime digital wallet application, which is currently in beta. Stellar is the initial blockchain on which investors will receive their secondary record through the application. WisdomTree Prime is a digital wallet that allows users to save, invest and spend, including providing access to digital Funds via WisdomTree Securities, Inc.

Important Risks Related to this Article

Carefully consider the investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses of the Funds before investing. To obtain a prospectus containing this and other important information, please visit www.wisdomtree.com/investments for a prospectus. Read the prospectus carefully before investing.

There are risks associated with investing, including the possible loss of principal. Because each Digital Fund is new, it has no performance history. Blockchain technology is a relatively new and untested technology, with little regulation. Blockchain systems could be vulnerable to fraud, particularly if a significant minority of participants colluded to defraud the rest. Potential risks also include vulnerability to theft, or inaccessibility, and future regulatory developments could affect its viability. For the Digital Funds investing in U.S. Treasury obligations, such obligations may provide relatively lower returns than those of other securities. Changes to the financial condition or credit rating of the U.S. government may cause the value to decline. Fixed income securities are subject to interest rate, credit, inflation and reinvestment risks. As interest rates rise, the value of fixed-income securities fall. For the Digital Funds investing in U.S. equity securities, the trading prices of U.S. equity securities fluctuate in response to a variety of factors, such as economic, financial or political events that impact the entire market, market segments or specific issuers. The types of U.S. equity securities in which an applicable Digital Fund may provider relatively lower returns than those of other securities.

Cybersecurity attacks affecting a Digital Fund’s third-party service providers, the mobile phone application used to transact in Fund shares, blockchain network or the issuers of securities in which the Digital Fund invests may subject the Fund to many of the same risks associated with direct cybersecurity breaches.

WisdomTree Digital Funds are distributed by Foreside Fund Services, LLC. Foreside is not affiliated with WisdomTree nor any entity mentioned in the blog post.