{"id":86899,"date":"2023-11-10T19:49:28","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T17:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=86899"},"modified":"2025-09-13T08:23:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T05:23:57","slug":"mike-novogratz-approval-of-a-spot-bitcoin-etf-only-a-matter-of-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/mike-novogratz-approval-of-a-spot-bitcoin-etf-only-a-matter-of-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Novogratz: Approval of a Spot Bitcoin ETF \u2014 Only a Matter of Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2024 is set to be the year of institutional adoption of cryptocurrencies, led first and foremost by a spot-price Bitcoin ETF (<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-cryptocurrency-etf\">ETF<\/a>) and, subsequently, Ethereum. Regarding this, <a href=\"https:\/\/investor.galaxy.com\/events-and-presentations\/events\/event-details\/2023\/Third-Quarter-2023-Investor-Call\/default.aspx\" title=\"\">\u0437\u0430\u044f\u0432\u0438\u043b<\/a> Mike Novogratz, CEO of Galaxy Digital.<\/p>\n<p>During discussions with investors following the third-quarter results, the businessman expressed confidence that approval of several ETFs is simply a matter of time. In his view, the instrument would provide not only institutional trust but also a significant inflow of investment into the cryptocurrency industry.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201eThis ETF gives us all a breather, reviving the system. It brings capital that allows everything else to flourish,\u201c he emphasised.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Novogratz also warned that approval of the Ethereum ETF could encounter difficulties because of the <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/what-is-staking-and-how-to-make-money-from-it\">staking<\/a> model.<\/p>\n<p>In August, Novogratz said the first spot Bitcoin ETF <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/novogratz-says-sec-could-approve-spot-bitcoin-etf-by-february-2024\">could receive<\/a> approval in the United States by around February 2024. A few months later he <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/mike-novogratz-sec-to-approve-bitcoin-etf-by-end-of-2023\">revised<\/a> his forecast to the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>According to analysts at QCP Capital, the decision to launch the instrument will be postponed until January 2024.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/js\/telegram-widget.js?22\" data-telegram-post=\"QCPbroadcast\/1100\" data-width=\"100%\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Galaxy Digital <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/sec-takes-up-review-of-spot-bitcoin-etf-applications\">filed a joint application with Invesco<\/a> to launch an exchange-traded fund based on digital gold back in July. In October the companies also <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/invesco-and-galaxy-submit-joint-ethereum-spot-etf-application\">sought<\/a> approval for a spot Ethereum ETF.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, ARK Invest and 21Shares <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/ark-and-21shares-file-another-bid-for-bitcoin-etf-approval\">filed<\/a> the Bitcoin ETF application, later BlackRock <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/blackrock-files-for-bitcoin-etf-launch\">joined<\/a> the race. Subsequently, similar filings with the SEC were received from asset manager WisdomTree, and also <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>.<\/p>\n<p>So far the SEC has not granted any approvals for spot Bitcoin ETFs. The Commission did, however, allow similar futures-based products for 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>On October 16 Cointelegraph <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-breaches-30000-on-rumors-of-blackrock-etf-approval\">published a false report<\/a> that the SEC had allegedly approved BlackRock&#8217;s instrument. Against this backdrop, Bitcoin&#8217;s price rose above $30,000, but then retraced to around $28,000.<\/p>\n<p>On November 9 the second-largest cryptocurrency <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/ethereum-price-breaks-through-the-2000-level\">broke through<\/a> the $2,000 level amid news of an application to register a spot Ethereum ETF from BlackRock. The next day Nasdaq <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/nasdaq-confirms-blackrocks-filing-to-launch-the-ishares-ethereum-trust-a-spot-ethereum-etf\">confirmed<\/a> the filing for the iShares Ethereum Trust.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/arthur-hayes-sees-threat-in-institutional-interest-in-bitcoin\">warned of a threat<\/a> in institutional interest in Bitcoin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024 is set to be the year of institutional adoption of cryptocurrencies, led first by a spot-based Bitcoin ETF and, later, by Ethereum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":86900,"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-86899","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":"18","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86899","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=86899"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86901,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86899\/revisions\/86901"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}