If there’s one funding “Shark Tank” star Kevin O’Leary is out on, it is bitcoin ETFs.

Spot bitcoin ETFs safe a number of bitcoins in a digital vault, the aim of which is to reflect the present value of bitcoins available in the market.

The SEC authorized 11 totally different spot bitcoin ETFs for buying and selling within the U.S. on January 10.

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The O’Leary Ventures chairman spoke with Fox Enterprise about his points with the charges related to buying the cryptocurrency from totally different issuers.

“Should you’re a purist and also you’re simply holding bitcoin for the long run as a digital gold as I’m, I might by no means purchase an ETF,” he mentioned in a video interview with the outlet final Thursday. “Why would I pay these charges? It is fully pointless, and so they add no worth to me.”

O’Leary mentioned that he solely expects a number of of the 11 totally different functions to outlive and that sure “behemoths,” comparable to BlackRock and Constancy, will probably be those to make it by as a result of they’ve “large gross sales forces.”

O’Leary went on to say that whereas he would not see the worth in investing within the spot bitcoin ETFs now, the approval marks a serious step for the cryptocurrency market and may pave the best way for the way forward for digital funds.

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“Now, we have now this momentous event, which is nice,” he mentioned. “However we’re means early, we’re within the first inning.”

O’Leary’s estimated web price as of Monday morning was $400 million.