Bitwise Asset Administration has withdrawn its software with the Securities and Alternate Fee (SEC) for its proposed bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF).
The agency requested the withdrawal in a filing posted with the SEC on Tuesday.
Whereas the information could disappoint these within the funding neighborhood eager to see the primary ever bitcoin ETF within the U.S., the information is unsurprising. The proposal has already been rejected by the SEC in October, though the regulator stated quickly after that it was reviewing the rejection.
The proposal, filed along side NYSE Arca, didn’t meet authorized necessities to stop market manipulation or different illicit actions, the fee stated in its rejection announcement.
CoinDesk has reached out to Bitwise for extra info on the explanations for ETF withdrawal.
Nonetheless, it’s seemingly that the proposal can be revised after dialogue with the SEC and refiled going ahead.
With this motion, Bitwise leaves only one bitcoin ETF proposal earlier than the SEC.
The bitcoin and U.S. Treasury bond ETF deliberate by Wilshire Phoenix remains to be beneath evaluate and is expected to be ruled on by the SEC by Feb. 26. The agency has beforehand told CoinDesk that its ETF has been constructed with mechanisms to handle the SEC’s considerations over ETFs primarily based on digital belongings, and hopes it’s going to see approval.
The SEC has up to now rejected a minimum of a dozen bitcoin ETFs.
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