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Summary
Digital assets mining companies pose a unique investment opportunity as valuations continue to grow from price appreciation of listed securities and new listings.
Digital assets applications, technology, and use-cases have exploded in recent years, supported by both retail and institutional participants. Digital assets miners have emerged as a crucial part of this burgeoning ecosystem, and play a critical role in the validating and processing of blockchain transactions. Miners now represent the largest group of companies within the broader digital assets ecosystem and have seen their valuations grow significantly in recent years. The VanEck Digital Assets Mining ETF (DAM) provides exposure to companies participating in the digital assets mining ecosystem.
Digital Assets Mining is Critical to Blockchain Technology
Mining is the process by which new units of cryptocurrency are created. Miners use specialized computer chips in conjunction with software to solve complex math problems. In solving these problems, transactions that exist in…