VanEck, SolidX Withdraw Bitcoin ETF Proposal From SEC Review

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Cboe BZX Exchange withdrew its VanEck/SolidX bitcoin exchange-traded fund proposal on Tuesday.

According to a filing dated Sept. 17, a proposed rule change to publicly list shares of the VanEck SolidX Bitcoin Trust was withdrawn on Sept. 13.

A decision on the proposal had already been delayed a number of times, and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission faced a final deadline of Oct. 18 to determine whether to approve or reject what could have been one of the first bitcoin ETFs in the country.

The news comes just weeks after VanEck and SolidX began offering shares of the Trust to qualified institutional buyers under a Rule 144A exemption.

In the nearly three weeks since first announcing the product, one "Basket" of four bitcoin was tktk.

"We still strongly believe the marketplace and many investors would be better served to have a regulated product out there and this is just one small step towards that and right now it happens to be only available to institutions."

Tuesday's filing marks the second time VanEck and SolidX withdrew the proposed ETF. The companies withdrew the same ETF proposal in January, after a prolonged government shutdown threatened to force a rejection.

The SEC is still reviewing two other bitcoin ETF proposals.

One, filed by Wilshire Phoenix, would include both bitcoin and U.S. treasury bonds in the Trust, and faces an initial deadline at the end of September, while the other, filed by Bitwise Asset Management with NYSE Arca, will be approved or rejected on Oct. 13.

Bitwise most recently announced that BNY Mellon would act as the transfer agent for its ETF. VanEck director of digital asset strategies Gabor Gurbacs image via CoinDesk archives.

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