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Fidelity Investments Asks U.S. SEC for Permission To Launch a Bitcoin ETF

March 26, 2021

Fidelity Investments, a financial giant with over $4.9 trillion in assets under management, has filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to list a new bitcoin exchange-traded fund (...

Hedge Fund Pushes Back on JPMorgan’s Claim That ETF Would Hurt Bitcoin

February 6, 2021

A UK-based hedge fund has refuted claims made by JPMorgan Chase that a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) would hurt the price in the short-term. In a client note distributed in January, JPMorgan strategists...

Crypto ETF Foiled: Cboe Withdraws Bitcoin ETF Proposal

January 23, 2019

The race to launch cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds stumbled once again as Cboe BZX Exchange shelved its proposal for a coveted bitcoin ETF license, a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (S...

Cryptocurrency ETF Gets Swiss Licence, Trading in Zurich

November 18, 2018

Amun AG, a startup in Zug, has received approval from the Swiss authorities to sell a cryptocurrency-based ETF. What is an ETF? An ETF, or an exchange-traded fund, is a pot of investments managed by a com...

Again?! SEC Postpones Decision on CBOE Application to list Bitcoin ETF

September 21, 2018

The SEC has published an official statement saying that it is postponing its decision on the approval of the CBOE’s application to be able to trade shares of the SolidX Van Eck Bitcoin ETF (Exchange Traded Fu...

Hope Remains: SEC to Review Rejected Bitcoin ETF Applications

August 24, 2018

FortuuneZ reported earlier this week that the SEC rejected another round of Bitcoin ETFs this past Wednesday. Now, the commission says that it will place the three applications (from Proshares, GraniteShares,...

CBOE Global Markets Applies for New Bitcoin ETF License

July 9, 2018

United States regulator, the Securities Exchange and Commission (SEC), has received an application for a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) license from Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) Global Markets. W...

SolidX Teams Up with VanEck to Launch Physically-Backed Bitcoin ETF

June 6, 2018

SolidX Partners Inc, a blockchain technology company, is giving its cryptocurrencies initiative another shot. SolidX, in collaboration with money management firm VanEck, today filed with the U.S. Securities a...

First Blockchain ETFs Begin Trading on NASDAQ, but Without Blockchain

January 17, 2018

Two exchange-traded funds that track and invest in the blockchain ‎ecosystem will make their debut later today, in a bid to offer investors ‎exposure to one of the most hotly-watched new technologies in years...

Bitcoin-Backed ETF Proposals Facing Regulatory Hurdles

January 10, 2018

After the successful launch of Bitcoin futures in the US market, many firms started to push for the approval of Bitcoin ETFs. But now it seems that these exchange-traded-funds will not see the light of day an...