- The spot Ethereum ETFs will be approved throughout the summer, according to SEC Chair Gary Gensler.
- An important set of documents has already been approved by the SEC.
- On Polymarket, the odds of the ETFs debuting on July 4 have drastically decreased.
Exchange-traded funds based on spot Ethereum are probably going to debut this summer.
During a hearing on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s funding request for 2025, US senators were informed of this by the commission’s chair, Gary Gensler.
Gensler stated, I would envision sometime over this summer.
The SEC still has to finalize the S-1s, the second set of filings required for the launch of Ethereum ETFs, with potential ETF issuers. The SEC has already approved a batch of these 19b-4s.
The SEC can’t formally approve the ETFs and then introduce the products until both sets of documentation are finished.
According to Gensler, individual issuers are still completing the registration procedure. That is operating without a hitch.
Ether took the news with no grace. The second-largest cryptocurrency in terms of value is currently trading for $3,450, down 4.4% over the past day.
Expectations in the market
The likelihood that the ETFs will start trading on July 4 has dropped by 15% on the betting site Polymarket following Gensler’s remarks.
Currently, bettors estimate that there is a 29% probability the products will be released on July 4th.
Additionally, two weeks ago, Eric Balchunas, an analyst with Bloomberg Intelligence ETFs, stated that there was a genuine chance the ETFs would debut before the end of June, albeit he gave July 4 more possibilities.
Procedure for approval
The approval process for Ethereum ETFs is very different from that of Bitcoin ETFs.
Early on, the SEC began corresponding with potential issuers of Bitcoin ETFs in order to coordinate the completion of 19b-4 and S-1 filings. On January 10, the agency formally approved the funds, and the following day, they were operational.
But in the case of the Ethereum ETF, as the critical May 23 deadline for 19b-4s approached, potential issuers received virtually no response from the SEC, which left analysts to conclude that the ETFs would be denied.
On May 20, nevertheless, the SEC started hastily corresponding with ETF issuers in an attempt to get their 19b-4 filings completed before the deadline.
At the time, Mike Novogratz, CEO of Galaxy Digital, told CNBC that the SEC’s move was probably driven by politics.
However, the agency’s Corporate Finance division, which handles S-1 filings for potential ETFs, was probably taken aback by its sudden change of heart. Therefore, it’s possible that the S-1 procedure, which took four months for the Bitcoin ETFs, began just three weeks ago.
However, since many of the wrinkles for issuing spot crypto ETFs were already ironed out when the SEC took on the Bitcoin ETFs, the paperwork isn’t anticipated to take as long for Ethereum ETFs.
There will probably be the launch of nine distinct ETFs, distributed by VanEck, Invesco and Galaxy Digital, BlackRock, Hashdex, Franklin Templeton, Bitwise, ARK Invest and 21 Shares, and Fidelity Investments.
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