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ProShares

Issuer of exchange-traded funds

ProShares is an American issuer of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), including inverse ETFs, and similar products.

01History

ProFunds Group was founded in 1997 by former Rydex employees Louis Mayberg and Michael Sapir for $100,000. That year, it introduced bear market inverse mutual funds.

In 2006, ProFunds Group launched ProShares and its first inverse ETF.

In October 2021, the company launched an exchange-traded fund that invests in Bitcoin futures contracts.

On October 2, 2023, ProShares launched 3 Ethereum Futures ETFs in the US, becoming one of the first companies to launch an Ethereum ETF in US history.

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