
KEY POINTS
- The SEC's postponement is "completely expected"
- SEC's ultimate deadline for spot ETH ETF is on May 23
- At 9:43 a.m. ET on Sunday, Ethereum was experiencing an upward trend, trading at $2,478.43
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) delayed its deadline to decide on American multinational financial services firm Fidelity's application for a spot Ethereum exchange-traded fund (ETF) until March 5, 2024. The SEC's announcement coincided with the submission of five additional leveraged Bitcoin ETFs from Direxion.