Friday morning, the Securities and Change Fee (SEC) solicited feedback on 21 Shares and Cathie Wooden’s ARK Make investments’s spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) software, additional delaying the method.
That is the second delay within the itemizing course of for this ETF, with the primary delay occurring earlier this 12 months. The third deadline for the SEC’s determination is scheduled for later this 12 months for November 11. If the SEC delays the applying once more, it is going to go to its fourth and ultimate deadline on January 10, 2024.
The race for approval for a spot Bitcoin ETF in the USA gained enormous momentum earlier this 12 months when the worlds largest asset supervisor, BlackRock, filed for one in every of their very own. After that, large establishments together with Constancy, VanEck and WisdomTree amongst others, piled in and filed for their very own spot Bitcoin ETFs.
The primary mover benefit of being the primary to have its Bitcoin ETF accepted and listed might show to be important in its efficiency. Galaxy Digital CEO and billionaire Mike Novogratz mentioned in an earnings name earlier this week, “The information of each BlackRock submitting ETF and fairly frankly, Invesco plus Galaxy, we will combat like cats and canine to win market share there as soon as it will get accepted. It is a large, large deal.”
Earlier this 12 months on July 27, the SEC accepted a leveraged, 2x Bitcoin futures ETF, which leaves many scratching their heads as to how that’s protected for buyers, however not a spot ETF. Grayscale, who’s at present in a authorized battle with the SEC over the denial of its spot Bitcoin ETF software, despatched a letter to the U.S. Court docket of Appeals protesting precisely this.
Extra data on the spot Bitcoin ETF race may be discovered right here.
