Bitwise has launched a business for a spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) in obvious anticipation of the product’s regulatory approval.
Bitwise, the world’s largest crypto index fund supervisor, is one in every of a slew of companies which have filed for a spot BTC ETF with the U.S. Securities and Trade Fee (SEC).
The brand new Bitwise commercial stars Jonathan Goldsmith, the actor well-known for portraying “the Most Fascinating Man within the World” in Dos Equis beer advertisements, talking to the viewers and saying, “You recognize what’s fascinating as of late? Bitcoin.”
A phrase to the clever, from a person of few phrases. #bitcoinisinteresting https://t.co/wantGiAIqJ pic.twitter.com/x5MPbElEev
— Bitwise (@BitwiseInvest) December 18, 2023
James Seyffart, an ETF analysis analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, predicts that the primary spot BTC ETFs shall be authorised subsequent month.
SEC Chair Gary Gensler stated in an interview final week that the regulator is taking a brand new take a look at the ETFs in mild of latest court docket rulings.
“I’m a chair of a fee, I’m not [going] to pre-judge something that’s going by means of the method proper now. And as you would possibly know, we had previously denied plenty of these purposes, however the courts right here within the District of Columbia weighed in on that, and so we’re taking a brand new take a look at this based mostly upon these court docket rulings.”
Gensler was possible referring to digital asset supervisor Grayscale’s authorized victory earlier this yr. In August, a federal choose dominated that the SEC has to rethink Grayscale’s software to launch an ETF out of its Bitcoin Belief to keep away from arbitrariness and inconsistency. The regulator doesn’t plan on interesting the choice.
In an interview on the Unchained Podcast in October, Bitwise chief funding officer Matt Hougan predicted that $5 billion may move into spot Bitcoin ETFs of their first yr of existence.
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