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SEC Asks for Additional Comment on Rejected Bitcoin ETFs

The SEC is asking for further comment on nine different bitcoin exchange-traded fund rule change proposals currently under review. 

By Nikhilesh De
AccessTimeIconOct 5, 2018 at 5:27 p.m. UTC
Updated Mar 8, 2024 at 4:03 p.m. UTC
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is asking for further comment on nine different bitcoin exchange-traded fund rule change proposals that are currently under review after initially being rejected.

The SEC had previously rejected the proposals -- pursued by ProShares, GraniteShares and Direxion along with market providers NYSE Arca or Cboe -- while highlighting issues with the underlying bitcoin futures markets and the risk that the actual spot bitcoin market is at risk of manipulation.

A day after the nine rejections, the agency said that its leadership would review those decisions.

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new filings published Thursday, the SEC asked for public comment on all nine proposals, designating November 5 as the due date for any new comments that the general public wishes to make.

"It is further ordered that the order disapproving [the proposed rule changes] shall remain in effect pending the Commission's review," wrote assistant secretary Eduardo Aleman.

The SEC is also separately considering a bitcoin ETF proposed by crypto startup SolidX and money management firm VanEck. A decision on that proposal could come as early as December.

Editor's note: While the SEC originally announced an October 26 deadline for comments, this was later changed to November 5 to reflect a 30-day comment period. The article has been updated.

SEC logo image via Mark Van Scyoc / Shutterstock

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Nikhilesh De
Nikhilesh De

Nikhilesh De is CoinDesk's managing editor for global policy and regulation. He owns marginal amounts of bitcoin and ether.

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