Congressmen Emmer & Soto to SEC Chair Gensler: We want BTC Spot ETFs

Congressmen Emmer & Soto to SEC Chair Gensler: We want BTC Spot ETFs

The bipartisan pair sent a letter to the securities regulator demanding spot ETF approval. Congressmen Todd Emmer and Darren Soto sent a bipartisan letter to Securities & Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler on Wednesday, strongly questioning why the agency has denied approval for the creation of a Bitcoin spot ETF while allowing Bitcoin Futures ETFs to begin trading.In a spot ETF, the fund holds the actual commodity (in this case bitcoin) whereas in a futures ETF fund holds contracts to buy and sell the commodity at a future date at a specified price. In a press release announcing the....


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