BlackRock arkiverar för en Spot Ether ETF med SEC
- BlackRock and other major institutions have filed for a spot bitcoin ETF and are awaiting the SEC’s response.
- BlackRock’s ETF products are branded under the iShares name, and their Bitcoin ETF is known as the iShares Bitcoin Trust.
- Priserna på vissa kryptovalutor har reagerat starkt på ETF-relaterade nyheter.
Det största kapitalförvaltningsföretaget i världen, BlackRock, lämnade formellt in en ansökan till US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) den 15 november om en spot Ether-börshandlad fond (ETF).
According to the S-1 document submitted to the SEC, the goal of the Ether ETF, also known as the iShares Ethereum Trust, is to “reflect generally the performance of the price of Ether.” BlacRock named crypto exchange Coinbase as the custodian for its crypto holdings.
BlackRock’s arkivering kommer dagar efter det registrerad the iShares Ethereum Trust with Delaware’s Division of Corporations, and Nasdaq filed a 19b-4 request for approval of the spot ETF with the SEC. Interestingly, the price of Ether reacted to today’s news, with the cryptocurrency experiencing a quick surge of almost 2% to $2,080. However, ether has since stabilized at its pre-news level.
Processen att skicka in en spot-ETF omfattar två steg: först måste ETF-emittenten få SEC-godkännande från Trading and Markets-avdelningen för sin 19b-4-fil och sedan från Corporate Finance-avdelningen för sin S-1-anmälan.
BlackRock was the driving force behind most institutions’ cravings for a spot Bitcoin ETF. Many see these multiple requests as a sign that global institutions are more interested in the crypto space than they were a few years ago. BlackRock now joins the growing list of companies to file for a spot ETH ETF within the last six months.
SEC har hittills vägrat att godkänna någon ansökan om en spotbitcoin ETF. Tillsynsmyndigheten har gett flera förklaringar till sitt avslag. Till exempel ansökte flera stora institutionella aktörer om kryptospot-ETF:er under den tidigare tjurmarknaden, men deras ansökningar avslogs av SEC på grund av att kryptovalutamarknaden inte var tillräckligt stor för att stödja en sådan ETF.
Recently, the SEC cited concerns about market manipulations. However, the SEC has suffered several legal defeats that led to hopes it could approve a spot bitcoin ETF soon. Most institutions rushed to apply for a spot Ethereum ETF early this month after the SEC acknowledged Grayscale Investment’s proposal to turn its Ethereum trust into an ETF.
Dessutom tror de flesta ETF-forskare och marknadsexperter att det finns en 90% sannolikhet att en spot-ETF för Bitcoin kommer att godkännas i början av 2024. Och att SEC kan godkänna en spot-ETF efteråt.
The crypto market is currently recovering from a long bear market, and most experts claim that the SEC’s approval of any crypto-focused ETF will be a huge boost to the market.