NYDIG Files for Bitcoin ETF, Adding to Firms Hoping 2021 Is When SEC Finally Says 'Yes'
The filing comes on the same day as bitcoin hit $50,000 for the first time ever.
Feb 16, 2021 at 2:30 p.m. UTCUpdated Aug 19, 2021 at 7:16 a.m. UTC
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NYDIG, Stone Ridge Asset Management’s bitcoin spin-off firm, has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF).
- So far the SEC has considered many applications for bitcoin-based ETFs and rejected them all. In August 2018, it rejected nine such proposals on the same day.
- An ETF is seen as advantageous because it trades on the stock market in much the same way as shares in popular companies such as Apple and Microsoft and thus would make cryptocurrencies more mainstream and broaden acceptance of them.
- NYDIG's filing lists Morgan Stanley as the initial authorized participant in the ETF, making it the financial giant's latest potential foray into cryptocurrency.
- The filing comes on the same day as the leading cryptocurrency hit $50,000 for the first time ever.
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