{"id":82829,"date":"2023-08-09T14:05:52","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T11:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=82829"},"modified":"2025-09-12T07:26:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T04:26:40","slug":"novogratz-says-sec-could-approve-spot-bitcoin-etf-by-february-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/novogratz-says-sec-could-approve-spot-bitcoin-etf-by-february-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Novogratz Says SEC Could Approve Spot Bitcoin ETF by February 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first spot-based Bitcoin ETF (<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-cryptocurrency-etf\">ETF<\/a>) could win approval in the United States by around February 2024. Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz said this, citing sources at BlackRock and Invesco.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/rGxcrjHu9YFGTlz9YVZ3xYazM_MZl9-q7FvUSlIGiehi0k68lID8g2mZTiqpSBCUf1jE60yA3GMVt1d0BY2IZ9NIH_ee_qNQg-5e9CsbalDBVBNuV--PYONoEXWej9JH67daz4lXLZCPbRoaQL_YdqU\" alt=\"\u041c\u0430\u0439\u043a \u041d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0433\u0440\u0430\u0446 \u043d\u0430\u0437\u0432\u0430\u043b \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043f\u043e\u043b\u0430\u0433\u0430\u0435\u043c\u044b\u0439 \u0441\u0440\u043e\u043a \u043e\u0434\u043e\u0431\u0440\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f SEC \u0441\u043f\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0431\u0438\u0442\u043a\u043e\u0438\u043d-ETF\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Data: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricBalchunas\/status\/1688916620473946114\">X<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During a second-quarter earnings conference call, Galaxy Digital founder Mike Novogratz told shareholders:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;This is a very important moment, because our contacts at Invesco and BlackRock give you the ability to suppose that this is a matter of when, not if. The window is likely six months.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In his view, the SEC will approve a Bitcoin ETF within four to six months.<\/p>\n<p>In June BlackRock <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/blackrock-files-for-bitcoin-etf-launch\">filed an application<\/a> to launch a spot Bitcoin ETF. Following this, Galaxy, in partnership with the asset manager Invesco (which manages WisdomTree assets), as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/valkyrie-seeks-to-register-a-spot-bitcoin-etf\">Valkyrie Investments<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/fidelity-investments-files-for-spot-bitcoin-etf\">Fidelity Investments<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/wisdomtree-and-invesco-file-applications-to-launch-bitcoin-etfs\">did the same<\/a>. Since April, the regulator has been reviewing <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/ark-and-21shares-file-another-bid-for-bitcoin-etf-approval\">a similar request<\/a> from ARK Invest and 21Shares.<\/p>\n<p>So far the SEC has not granted any approvals for launching spot Bitcoin ETFs. The Commission has granted an exception for futures-based products on the first cryptocurrency from <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/sec-quietly-approves-first-futures-based-bitcoin-etf\">ProShares<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/sec-approves-futures-based-bitcoin-etfs-from-vaneck-and-valkyrie-investments\">Valkyrie Investments<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/bernstein-sees-high-odds-of-spot-bitcoin-etf-approval\">Bernstein analysts<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/jay-clayton-steps-down-as-head-of-the-u-s-sec\">former SEC chairman<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/ex-sec-chief-sees-chances-for-bitcoin-etf-approval\">Jay Clayton<\/a> assessed the odds of a new wave of contenders as high.<\/p>\n<p>In early August, Bloomberg analyst James Seiffart <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/bloomberg-analyst-raises-odds-of-bitcoin-etf-approval-to-2-to-1\">raised the odds<\/a> of regulator approval for a spot Bitcoin fund to 65%. A few months earlier, the analyst believed it would not exceed 1%.<\/p>\n<p>ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/cathie-wood-predicts-approval-of-several-bitcoin-etfs\">predicted<\/a> a positive SEC ruling on several applications at once.<\/p>\n<p>Regulators have also <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/six-firms-file-applications-to-launch-an-ethereum-etf\">received six requests<\/a> to launch Ethereum futures-based ETFs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first spot-based Bitcoin ETF could receive approval in the United States by around February 2024, according to Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz, citing sources at BlackRock and Invesco.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1303,1138,1211],"class_list":["post-82829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-mike-novogratz","tag-opinions","tag-stock-market"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"16","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82829"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82831,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82829\/revisions\/82831"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}