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A bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) has finally made its way to the middle of North America. The United States has long awaited the introduction of a bitcoin ETF after many years have gone by of companies submitting applications only to have them rejected ungraciously. A Bitcoin ETF Has Made Its Way to the U.S. This new product is being offered by Pro Shares and is being traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). It trades under the ticker BITO, and investors...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is once again delaying its decision-making process regarding new bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) applications. The SEC Cannot Seem to Make a Decision for Anything This has been going on for years now. The SEC does not seem capable of making a choice regarding such a product. It just delays, delays, and delays some more, and right when you think a final decision is going to be made, the agency puts things off again....

Bitcoin is recuperating from the recent losses it incurred thanks to China. The nation has become the biggest as of late to rock the crypto world by ending all bitcoin transactions and declaring the digital currency and all its counterparts illegal. Bitcoin Is Headed for the Stars However, it looks like bitcoin has survived the aftermath and after falling to about $42,000 per unit, the currency is trading once again above $43K. In addition, smaller coins – such as...

Fidelity Digital Assets – the cryptocurrency division of Fidelity Investments – has recently sent representatives of the firm to secretly meet with agents of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a means of pushing its new crypto-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) further along the way. Fidelity Wants the SEC to Move Quickly Fidelity believes that the cryptocurrency industry is now large enough to push such a product, which has been making its way across SEC...

Accelerate Financial Technologies Inc. is planning to unveil a new bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) soon, and in return, the company has stated that it will plant more than 3,000 young trees as a means of fighting the carbon footprint that mining bitcoin is alleged to leave behind. Accelerate Financial Technologies Is Trying to Offset Bitcoin’s Negativity Over the past several months, there have been many arguments that mining cryptocurrency is somehow hazardous...

It’s been a rather big year for crypto thus far, but what will the future bring? Many analysts are weighing in where bitcoin and its altcoin cousins will be standing in the next five to ten years. Where Will Crypto Be in the Next Few Years? Dave Abner – head of global development at Gemini – said in a statement: There’s tremendous focus and attention being paid to [the crypto industry]. One of the big focuses we have been seeing over the past few months is on regulation....

Hester Pierce – playfully known as the “Crypto Mom” thanks to her loose attitude towards digital currencies – has had it with the government agency she works with – the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) – and all the people in it working to prevent a bitcoin or crypto-based exchange-traded fund (ETF). Hester Pierce: The SEC Is Too Slow Bitcoin ETFs have been all the rage for several years amongst crypto heads. They all think an ETF will be the next revolutionary...

Cathie Wood of Ark Invest fame has filed an application with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) through her business. Another Bitcoin ETF Is Headed to the SEC Per official paperwork, the point of the ETF would be to track the price of bitcoin. It would also trade under the ticker “ARKB” should it garner approval. Ark is working hand in hand with a firm known as 21 Shares to unveil the ETF. While this is all fine...

We are back at it again, folks. The bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) game is in play all over again in the United States as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is now reviewing bitcoin ETF applications submitted by companies such as Fidelity and Sky Bridge Capital, led by Anthony Scaramucci. There Are Still Questions Surrounding a Bitcoin ETF The big question is not whether these products are good or useful in some way, but rather if the SEC finally has...

Not too long ago, Canada – the United States’ neighbor to the north – introduced its respective continent to the first ever bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF). The product has experienced solid popularity in this short period and is now valued at more than $1 billion in total assets. A Bitcoin ETF Is Truly as Popular as They Said It Would Be This past year’s cryptocurrency boom has arguably caused many people to swiftly jump into the cryptocurrency space. It has...