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Wednesday, January 10, 2024 4:53:58 PM
By Hannah Lang and Suzanne McGee
January 10, 202410:47 PM GMT+1 Updated 3 min ago
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, Jan 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. securities regulator on Wednesday approved the first U.S-listed exchange traded funds (ETFs) to track bitcoin, its Chair Gary Gensler said, in a watershed for the world's largest cryptocurrency and the broader crypto industry.
The agency approved applications, including from BlackRock (BLK.N), Ark Investments and 21Shares (ABTC.S), Fidelity, Invesco (IVZ.N), and VanEck, among others, according to a notice on its website. Some products are expected to begin trading as early as Thursday.
The products - a decade in the making - would be a game-changer for bitcoin, offering institutional and retail investors exposure to the world's largest cryptocurrency without directly holding it, and a major boost for a crypto industry beset by a string of scandals.
Standard Chartered analysts this week said the ETFs could draw $50 billion to $100 billion this year alone, driving the price of bitcoin as high as $100,000. Other analysts have said inflows will be closer to $55 billion over five years.
"It's a huge positive for the institutionalization of bitcoin as an asset class," said Andrew Bond, managing director and senior fintech analyst at Rosenblatt Securities. "The ETF approval will further legitimize bitcoin."
Bitcoin has gained more than 70% in recent months on the expectation ETFs for the asset would be approved.
Reporting by Hannah Lang in Washington and Suzanne McGee; additional reporting Chris Prentice and Douglas Gillison in Washington and Laura Matthews in New York; Editing by Michelle Price, Louise Heavens, David Evans and Jonathan Oatis
Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Link: https://www.reuters.com/technology/bitcoin-etf-hopefuls-still-expect-sec-approval-despite-social-media-hack-2024-01-10/
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