✅Spot Ethereum ETFs approved by SEC after startling U-turn✅

After delays, the US SEC authorized spot ETH ETF applications Thursday.


Ethereum may reach a record high like Bitcoin following ETF certification.

After weeks of quiet, the SEC authorized spot ETH ETF 19b-4s registrations on Thursday.

SEC authorizes spot ETH ETF amendments
After requesting exchanges to alter files on Monday, the SEC authorized spot ETH ETF 19b-4s filings on Thursday. The decision follows weeks of SEC reticence on ETF applications.

Before ETFs debut, the SEC must approve S-1s applications, which may take weeks.

Many anticipated the SEC to allow spot ETH ETFs after it authorized spot Bitcoin ETFs in January. However, the SEC purportedly ignored issuers and repeatedly delayed applications. Unlike spot Bitcoin ETFs, where the SEC was in frequent touch with issuers, its quiet caused many to fear it wouldn't approve spot ETH ETFs. Thus, Bloomberg analysts Eric Balchunas and James Seyffart estimated 25% ETF approval probabilities.

The SEC was also contemplating labeling ETH a security after investigating Ethereum-related entities, according to Consensys court documents.

SEC suddenly started contacting issuers on Monday, requesting exchanges to submit revised 19b-4s filings. After Donald Trump's pro-crypto speech, Balchunas and Seyffart upped their approval chances to 75%, calling the move political and probably prompted by US President Joe Biden.

Van Eck Head of Digital Assets Matthew Sigel thinks that return across staking protocols will increase when ETH exits the ecosystem into ETFs. This may potentially affect Ethereum ecosystem security. Some experts expect spot ETH ETF inflows will be minimal compared to Bitcoin since investors won't want to lose out on staking rewards. CCData recently examined this view:

"Hypothetically, if you had opened a 1000 ETH position on January 1st, 2023 with an ETF provider, instead of holding native Ether, which accrues staking rewards, you would have missed out on gains of over $200,000."


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