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US court questions SEC's rejection of Grayscale's bitcoin fund proposal
U.S. federal appellate court judges questioned on Tuesday whether the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was correct to reject Grayscale Investment's application for a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund, since the agency had previously approved bitcoin futures products.
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The case's outcome could either vindicate the SEC's posture or pave the way for other companies to offer spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) if the judges rule in favor of Grayscale.
Other would-be issuers of spot bitcoin ETFs that the SEC rejected include FMR LLC's Fidelity, SkyBridge Capital and Valkyrie Investments Inc.
Grayscale's chief executive officer, Michael Sonnenshein, has said he expects a final ruling in the case this fall, and that he anticipates the court will rule in Grayscale's favor. He told Reuters in January that Grayscale would appeal the case if the court backed the SEC's decision to reject its bitcoin ETF proposal.
BlackRock got the juice. But I doubt the SEC will approve theirs.