MicroBit Lists Bitcoin and Gold Value ETF on HKEX

The actively managed fund combines bitcoin exposure with a gold strategy and began trading in Hong Kong on August 26, 2026.

MicroBit’s Bitcoin and Gold ETF began trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on August 26, giving investors access to a single listed fund designed to provide exposure to bitcoin and gold, according to official company and exchange records.

The product, formally called the MicroBit Bitcoin & Gold Value ETF, trades under stock code 3002 for its Hong Kong dollar counter and 9002 for its U.S. dollar counter. HKEX published trading arrangements for the fund on August 25, while Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company records show that the shares were admitted to CCASS as a multi-counter eligible security.

MicroBit says the fund is designed to seek long-term capital appreciation through diversified exposure to what it describes as digital and traditional store-of-value assets: bitcoin and gold. The fund’s official information states that it will primarily invest in assets providing exposure to the two markets and use an active rebalancing strategy targeting roughly equal notional exposure to its Bitcoin Strategy and Gold Strategy, excluding cash and cash equivalents.

The listing adds another product to Hong Kong’s growing regulated digital-asset investment market, but investors should note that the fund is not a simple equal-weight basket of physical bitcoin and physical gold.

MicroBit Bitcoin and Gold ETF Begins Trading

According to MicroBit’s official fund information, the fund’s inception date was August 25, 2026, and its SEHK listing date was August 26, 2026. Its base currency is the U.S. dollar, while investors can trade the listed shares through separate HKD and USD counters.

The official product page lists a 1.30% annual management fee and states that the ongoing charges figure over a year is 2.50%. It also identifies BOCI-Prudential Trustee Limited as custodian.

HKEX’s clearing and market notices independently corroborate the existence of the two trading counters. The exchange’s participant notices identify stock code 3002 as the HKD counter and 9002 as the USD counter.

MicroBit described the product as Hong Kong’s first ETF offering exposure to both bitcoin and gold in its August 26 announcement. That description is a company claim. While the product and its listing are independently supported by HKEX records, a comprehensive independent survey of every Hong Kong-listed investment product was not available in the sources reviewed for this article.

How the Fund’s Bitcoin and Gold Strategy Works

The product documentation makes an important distinction between the two sides of the strategy.

MicroBit’s official materials state that the fund seeks exposure to bitcoin and gold using complementary strategies and aims for approximately equal notional exposure to each. The fund is actively managed rather than structured as a passive vehicle tracking a single blended index.

Independent ETF information published by Hong Kong financial data provider etnet describes the underlying exposure as spot bitcoin and gold futures under an actively managed investment strategy. It also lists a board lot size of 50 shares and identifies China Merchants Securities (HK) Co. Limited as a market maker.

That structure matters because gold exposure through futures can behave differently from direct ownership of physical bullion. Futures contracts can introduce additional costs and risks, including the effect of rolling contracts as they approach expiration.

The fund’s official risk disclosures also specifically identify gold market risk, futures contracts risks, bitcoin and gold concentration risk, active investment management risk and virtual-asset-related risks among the considerations for investors.

MicroBit also states that the fund has been authorized by Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission. However, its product materials explicitly say that SFC authorization does not constitute an official recommendation of the fund.

Hong Kong Expands Its Regulated Crypto ETF Market

The launch comes after Hong Kong spent several years building a regulated exchange-traded product market around digital assets.

HKEX welcomed Asia’s first crypto-asset futures ETFs in December 2022, when products tracking CME bitcoin and ether futures began trading in Hong Kong.

MicroBit itself entered Hong Kong’s spot crypto ETF market in August 2025. Its Bitcoin Spot ETF and Ether Spot ETF began trading on HKEX on August 21, 2025, according to official HKEX records and MicroBit’s fund information.

HKEX fund information shows that MicroBit’s Bitcoin Spot ETF was authorized by the SFC on July 31, 2025.

The new Bitcoin and Gold Value ETF therefore represents a shift from offering exposure to a single digital asset toward packaging bitcoin alongside a traditional commodity commonly used in discussions of portfolio diversification and stores of value.

That does not mean the two assets necessarily provide consistent protection against the same market risks. Bitcoin has historically experienced substantially higher volatility than gold, while both assets can respond to changes in interest rates, currency expectations and broader risk sentiment.

Why the New Product Matters

The ETF offers Hong Kong investors a regulated listed structure for gaining exposure to two very different asset classes through one fund.

For the digital-asset industry, the product also illustrates how Hong Kong’s ETF market is moving beyond single-asset crypto exposure. Rather than creating another standalone bitcoin vehicle, MicroBit has combined a digital asset with a commodity strategy inside an actively managed structure.

The timing is notable because bitcoin and gold have both attracted investor attention during periods of currency uncertainty and changing expectations around interest rates. Reuters reported on August 25 that bitcoin had moved above $80,000 during a broader period of renewed interest in alternative assets, although asset-price movements should not be attributed to the MicroBit ETF launch without direct evidence of causation.

MemeBlock is not including a current bitcoin or gold spot price in this article because the available sources reviewed did not provide a single verified real-time price snapshot with a sufficiently precise timestamp suitable for publication under this article’s market-data standards.

Fees, Concentration and Other Risks

The fund’s launch does not remove the risks associated with either bitcoin or gold.

Bitcoin remains exposed to sharp price movements, regulatory developments, cybersecurity incidents and changes in liquidity across digital-asset markets. Gold can also decline, particularly when interest-rate expectations, currency movements or investor demand change.

The product adds a further layer of strategy risk because it is actively managed. Investors are therefore exposed not only to movements in the underlying markets but also to how the portfolio is implemented and rebalanced.

The 2.50% ongoing charges figure disclosed by MicroBit is another point investors may compare with lower-cost single-asset exchange-traded products. The stated 1.30% management fee and the broader ongoing charges figure are not interchangeable, as ongoing charges can reflect additional recurring fund expenses.

As a newly launched product, the fund also has limited trading and performance history. At the time of the latest product information indexed by MicroBit, historical portfolio holdings and performance data were not yet populated with a meaningful track record.

What Happens Next

The next indicators to monitor will be the ETF’s early trading volumes, assets under management, bid-ask spreads and any premium or discount to net asset value.

Investors and analysts will also watch how closely the fund’s actual exposures remain aligned with its stated strategy of maintaining roughly equal notional exposure to bitcoin and gold-related investments.

Another important development will be the publication of updated portfolio holdings and official fund data as the ETF builds an operating history.

For now, the most firmly established facts are the product’s official listing, its two HKEX trading counters and its stated investment framework. The broader claim that it is Hong Kong’s first ETF to combine bitcoin and gold exposure remains attributed to MicroBit pending a fuller independent product-history verification.