Regulatory · May 23, 2024

SEC approves spot Ether ETFs

Price at event

$67,900

Today

$73,442

Since then

×1.1

19b-4 approvals for spot ETH ETFs, four months after BTC. The agency's de-facto recognition that ETH is not a security. Reverses years of regulatory ambiguity.

⸺ Sources ⸺

newsCoinDesk — Ether ETFs Clear Major Hurdle, Though SEC Hasn't Cleared Them for Trading Yet (May 23, 2024) ↗
newsReuters (via The Globe and Mail) — U.S. SEC approves exchange applications to list spot ether ETFs ↗

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