
KEY POINTS
- The SEC staff attorneys met with officials from major U.S. stock exchanges on Wednesday
- The commission is scheduled to make a decision on the spot Bitcoin ETF proposal of ARK Invest and 21Shares on Jan. 10
- Bitcoin was trading in the green zone at $44,412.11 as of 4:31 p.m. ET on Thursday.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reportedly set to initiate the process of notifying spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) issuers of its approval starting this Friday, and trading could potentially commence as early as next week.