Bitwise Files for Approval to Publicly Trade Its Bitcoin Fund

On February 2, the crypto asset manager, Bitwise Asset Management, announced it had filed a Form 211 with the U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). If the proposal is approved Bitwise will be able to deploy its shares publicly via over-the-counter (OTC) desks and secondary markets. Bitwise Plans to Compete With Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust The popular cryptocurrency index fund provider, Bitwise Asset Management, hopes to get regulatory approval from America’s financial regulators in order to publicly list the Bitwise Bitcoin Fund on OTC markets. The Bitwise....

NYDIG, a subsidiary of Stone Ridge Asset Management, has filed for regulatory approval from the SEC to offer a bitcoin exchange-traded fund. The post NYDIG Files For Bitcoin ETF Approval appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.

A top ten crypto index by Bitwise has outperformed the assets themselves as FOMO takes hold. Leading crypto fund manager Bitwise Asset Management has announced that its 10 Crypto Index Fund is trading at a much higher premium than the underlying assets it represents.The BITW fund saw record initial trading volumes with shares in the crypto fund surging to 369% higher than the value of the Bitcoin, Ethereum, and eight other crypto assets, that it holds.Bloomberg reported that the divergence indicates that institutional investors, hedge funds, and retail traders, are happy to pay a premium....

A recent SEC filing by Bitwise reveals plans to launch a new crypto innovators fund. Bitwise, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency fund managers, has filed a new prospectus with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, to launch an exchange-traded fund for so-called “crypto innovators.” The fund manager filed Form N-1A with the securities regulator on Feb. 5, where it outlined its intent to offer the Bitwise Crypto Innovators ETF. The proposed ETF will track the performance of the Bitwise Crypto Innovators Index. The proposed Index will be comprised primarily of....

The investment firm withdrew its application for a physically-backed Bitcoin ETF in 2020, but has already received approval for a fund offering investors exposure to companies in the blockchain and crypto industry. After almost two years, Bitwise Asset Management has once again applied with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to create a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund. In an Oct. 14 Twitter announcement from Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Hougan, the investment firm will be pursuing a Bitcoin (BTC) ETF with NYSE Arca that holds “actual BTC,” and not derivatives or other....