The Latest Breaking News from ETF

Last week, BlackRock once again amended its S-1 form, this time naming JP Morgan and Jane Street Capital as the authorized participants.

More information about the SEC and the timeline of its possible announcement of spot Bitcoin ETF approvals surfaced online this week.

Interestingly, the latest SEC filing did not mention Jane Street or Virtu Financial, the market-making heavyweights that the firm had said it would work with if its Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) received SEC approval to be converted into an ETF.

The price of Bitcoin (^BTCUSD ) is up more than +3% today at a 21-month high as anticipation intensifies for SEC approval of an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that invests directly in Bitcoin. Bitcoin has rallied more than +20% in the past month as the January 10 deadline draws closer for...

Issuers including Fidelity and Galaxy are jockeying for position to gain an early advantage in the Bitcoin race.

Bitcion began the new year by breaking out to almost $46,000 after remaining stuck in a narrow band for most of the previous two weeks.

Big names like Fidelity listed the prices they will charge for their impending Bitcoin ETFs—and they are lower than expected.

One of the possible explanations behind the sudden surge in the value of Bitcoin may be linked to the swelling hype surrounding the imminent approval of some spot Bitcoin ETF proposals of several Wall Street giants, which is anticipated to be announced by the SEC this week.

It was reported last week that the SEC may inform hopeful issuers this Tuesday or Wednesday whether they are cleared to launch their spot Bitcoin ETF.

The naming of the AP could be tricky, according to an ETF analyst because the SEC not only wants them identified in the documents but requires issuers to make the AP the underwriter of the spot Bitcoin ETF.

Dimon made headlines last month when he vocally criticized Bitcoin, the world's largest crypto asset by market capitalization, saying he would "close down" BTC if he was the one running the U.S. government as the crypto asset, along with other cryptocurrencies, is used by criminals.