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Grayscale officials had previously met with the US SEC representatives to the division of trading and markets to discuss the proposed rule to list and trade GBTC under NYSE Arca. After the United States Department of Treasury purged Binance Holdings Ltd’s operations in the country, the pathway for spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) was clear. Around the same time, Grayscale Investments, a digital asset management company owned by Digital Currency Group (DCG), was preparing to update...

Another bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) proposal is in the garbage. This time, the application came by way of two companies known as Wilshire Phoenix and NYSE Arca Inc., both of which wanted to “mix bitcoin and short-term treasuries.”Arca Is Pushed AsideThe proposal from both ventures was immediately dashed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), thereby removing another opportunity for crypto enthusiasts to trade professionally. A regulator commented in a statement:The Commission...

The Bitwise digital asset management is still very much interested in creating a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). On Wednesday, the firm sent a new letter to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), responding to the earlier published 112-page rejection letter it received from the SEC back in October.Published by the SEC on Friday, the new letter addressed the SEC’s manipulation fears. According to the SEC, one of the reasons the Bitcoin ETF could not be approved was the...

In a not-too-surprising turn off events, the SEC has rejected the Bitcoin ETF application filed by Bitwise Asset Management and NYSE Arca and stated that there were still too many unresolved issues regarding improper activity such as market manipulation, that could easily take place in the sector.The SEC’s publication is a 112-page document, which goes into specific details of the ETF and why it had chosen not to approve at this time. According to the Commission, the Bitwise and NYSE Arca...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) again delayed its decision about Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) proposed by New York-based investment-management firm Wilshire Phoenix.As per the public filing, SEC needs to assess the proposed rule change to allow NYSE Arca in order to deal with shares of Wilshire Phoenix’s Bitcoin and Treasury Investment Trust. Arca first started seeking regulatory approval from the SEC for a different type of stablecoin. Dubbed as the Arca UST Coins –...

Photo: Bitwise / TwitterBitwise has tapped into the experience of the Bank of New York Mellon. It has appointed the BNY Mellon to serve as the administrator and transfer agent for its forthcoming Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). Bitwise filed an amendment to its Bitwise Bitcoin ETF S-1 form on September 11. It then submitted the amendment to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the same day.The amendment lists Foreside Fund Services as the marketing agent, BNY...