- Canary Capital acted in response to Bitwise’s filing of its S-1 registration statement last week.
- The company is witnessing “encouraging signs of a more progressive regulatory environment coupled with growing demand,” according to Steven McClurg, the founder of Canary Capital.
Canary Capital, a cryptocurrency investment firm, became the second company to compete for a spot exchange-traded fund this month when it submitted a registration statement to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
According to the company’s S-1 registration statement, which was filed on Tuesday, the Canary XRP ETF allows investors to access the market for XRP through a standard brokerage account without the possible risks or entry hurdles associated with purchasing and holding XRP directly.
For the ETF, a custodian or administrator has not yet been assigned. We are seeing encouraging signs of a more progressive regulatory environment coupled with growing investor demand for sophisticated access to cryptocurrencies beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum—specifically, investors seeking access to enterprise-grade blockchain solutions and their native tokens like XRP—said Steven McClurg, the founder of Canary Capital, in a statement.
The other spot crypto ETF company, Valkyrie Funds, was also started by McClurg in the past.
Canary Capital has moved after Bitwise filed its S-1 registration statement last week. The SEC has never approved a spot XRP ETF, and even if it does, there may be obstacles in its way.
The SEC and Ripple are locked in a legal battle when the agency claimed that Ripple raised $1.3 billion by selling XRP, which it considers to be an unregistered security.
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