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The countdown for a bitcoin ETF decision is on and It is approaching a critical deadline
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The countdown for a bitcoin ETF decision is on and It is approaching a critical deadline

[ad_1] There's likely fewer than 30 days left before the crypto world's inevitable leap into traditional finance offers digital-money proponents a path to redemption post-FTX. That's the bullish narrative in virtual-currency land as the clock ticks down to Jan. 10 – when US regulators must finally decide whether to greenlight a physically-backed Bitcoin ETF. The Securities and Exchange Commission will by that time be required to either accept or deny an application from Cathie Wood's ARK Investment and 21Shares, who were the first to file during this year's batch of applicants. It could at that time also rule on other similar filings. More than 10 companies are working toward getting these ETFs — which would directly hold Bitcoin - green-lit.Should approval finally happen, it would mark...
Spot Bitcoin ETFs Are Coming. Beware the Risk
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Spot Bitcoin ETFs Are Coming. Beware the Risk

[ad_1] Last month, BlackRock Inc., the world's biggest money manager, asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to approve a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund — a fund that would invest in the digital currency directly rather than through futures markets. BlackRock joins tens of other smaller ETF providers with the same request, so far without success. But with BlackRock's heft behind growing demands for a spot Bitcoin fund, it's only a matter of time before the SEC relents.And it should. A spot ETF would allow investors to buy, sell and hold Bitcoin more easily, cheaply and securely than they can today. In a crypto industry awash with scams, regulatory oversight would also give investors and money managers confidence that they're buying a bona fide financial product, particularly if...