Regulatory Series on Cryptocurrencies: Bitwise BTC ETF Goes Under the Scanner of US-SEC

The leading provider of crypto-asset index and beta funds, Bitwise Asset Management, has filed an initial registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to a new proposed physically held bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF).

The proposed Bitwise Bitcoin ETF would track the Bitwise Bitcoin Total Return Index, seeking to capture the full value of an investment in bitcoin, inclusive of meaningful hard forks. The index is produced by Bitwise Index Services, LLC.

It has been observed that the entire gamut of cryptocurrency struggling ever since the U.S. SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) declined the various attempts of launching a bitcoin ETF applications.

The U.S. SEC has always kept cautionary eye on the crypto regulation, the regulatory agency (SEC), has constantly shown its meticulous approach by constantly denying the approval of applications filed by various renowned crypto-players like VanEck-SolidX, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the reputed cryptocurrency investors and the founders of cryptocurrency exchange Gemini.

For now, Mr.Matt Hougan, the managing director of Bitwise, still reckons that his company has a competitive edge at striking a chord in Bitcoin ETF history, despite previous SEC rejections.

The ray of hope on SEC-approved ETF still appears to be intact as Bitwise Managing Director Matt Hougan, stated at CNBC that his investment firm is “closer than ever” to obtaining approval for his firm’s Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), he seemed to be quite assertive that it would be “exciting week,” as Bitwise has a Bitcoin ETF proposal lies on the table of the US-SEC, all eyes on whether the US-regulator comes up with a influential “yes” or depressing “no” by the October 13 deadline.

Hougan claimed that Bitcoin is now among the “most efficient institutional markets in the world” .

Apart from this, the subsidiary of Bitwise Asset Management, Bitwise Index Services, LLC, the index calculation and dissemination has licensed a new index to the Swiss-based fintech firm Amun AG that will be used as the benchmark index for a new Swiss-listed exchange-traded product (ETP) available only outside the United States