Winklevosses to Submit Revised Bitcoin ETF to SEC

Winklevosses to Submit Revised Bitcoin ETF to SEC

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss are likely to submit a revised plan for their proposed bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) within the next two weeks, the brothers' lawyer Kathleen H. Moriarty told Bloomberg on 30th January. The first proposal for Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust was filed last July. Since then Moriarty says she's been "in dialogue" with regulators about altering the plan. The ETF has been styled as a way for the Winklevoss to convince more mainstream investors to enter the bitcoin market, without directly exposing their money to the....


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