
KEY POINTS
- Wood expressed optimism of a likely approval announcement by the SEC by Jan. 10
- Wood said Bitcoin is a hedge against inflation and deflation and within five years, it will be treated like an investment in physical gold
- Bitcoin was trading in the red zone at $42,468.92 as of 3:55 a.m. ET on Wednesday
Cathie Wood, the founder and CEO of ARK Invest, has expressed optimism over the approval of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) applications by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). She predicted that the potential approval would have a short-term impact on the price of the world's largest crypto asset by market cap.