SEC Opens Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust Filing for Public Comment
Investors Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss are another step closer to offering the first Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulated bitcoin investment product following a request for comment published Friday. Last month, BATS proposed a rule change that would result in the listing and trading of the Winklevoss Bitcoin Shares issued by the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust. Now, in response to that request, SEC assistant secretary Jill Peterson has opened the proposal for comment from the public. Peterson wrote: "In its filing with the Commission, the Exchange included statements concerning....
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State Street has been tapped to help launch the first bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). In a new SEC filing, State Street is now listed as the administrator and transfer agent for the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust, a proposed bitcoin ETF backed by investors Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the founders of the Gemini bitcoin exchange. According to the filing, State Street would be responsible for the "day-to-day administration of the Trust" when it is launched, as well as maintaining its books of account and calculating the Trust’s net-asset value (NAV), or the value per share of the....
A new regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) indicates that Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss are planning to have their Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust exchange traded fund (ETF) listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange. If the SEC gives its final approval, investors will be able to buy into the fund and participate by owning "shares" of bitcoins. The filing is an amendment to a series of documents that the ETF has submitted to the SEC in order to get the fund off the ground. It was initially registered with the SEC last July. Math-Based Asset Services. The Winklevoss Bitcoin....
Earlier today, the Winklevoss Bitcoin Fund, an exchange-traded fund (ETF) founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss formally filed for shares on Nasdaq. The Bitcoin Trust filed with the Securities Exchange Commission to apply to sell 1 million shares. Astute observers have read between the lines and noted that a lack of a specific launch date and/or expense ratio indicates that the ETF is still months away from seeing the public light. Also read: SEC Receptive to Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust ETF. Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust ETF. The Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust is officially sponsored by Math-Based....
According to an SEC document filed yesterday, the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust has filed to switch the listing from Nasdaq to BATS Global Markets and has filed for a maximum offer of $65 million. Having listed their first application to list on Nasdaq, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) three years ago, the brothers are now looking to list the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust, their bitcoin exchange-traded fund [ETF] to BATS Global Markets. The filing reveals that the size of the offering will be a listing of 1 million shares, at $65 each. That figure is up from the list price of $20.09....
As competition heats up amongst Bitcoin ETF providers SolidX and the Winklevoss Twins, another contender emerged to establish an exchange-traded fund based on a digital currency. Recently found company called EtherIndex LLC officially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 15 to offer the public and conventional investors opportunities to invest in Ether, the underlying currency of smart contract-based decentralized platform known as Ethereum. Similar to existing public digital asset trade and investment tools such as Grayscale Investments’ Bitcoin Investment Trust and....