SEC delays decisions on Bitwise and Grayscale’s Bitcoin ETFs

Dec 17, 2021

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The US Securities and Change Fee (SEC) continues to delay choices on Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETF), issuing two recent deadline extension notices.

On Dec. 15, the SEC postponed two main Bitcoin exchange-traded providing proposals, together with NYSE Arca’s “precise” Bitcoin ETF, named Bitwise Bitcoin ETP Belief, and Grayscale Bitcoin Belief’s Bitcoin ETF.

The SEC now expects to resolve whether or not to approve or disapprove, or “institute proceedings to find out whether or not to disapprove” Bitwise’s BTC ETF and Grayscale’s BTC ETF on Feb. 1 and Feb. 6, respectively.

“The Fee finds that it’s acceptable to designate an extended interval inside which to take motion on the proposed rule change in order that it has ample time to contemplate the proposed rule change and any feedback acquired,” the SEC wrote in each notices.

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