At the moment, Bloomberg ETF analysts Eric Balchunas and James Seyffart raised their odds of a spot Bitcoin ETF approval by the SEC to 75% by the top of this 12 months, and 95% by the top of 2024.
“The possibilities of the SEC approving spot Bitcoin ETFs this 12 months have risen from 75% from 65% following Grayscale’s court docket win, we consider, whereas the chances by the top of 2024 attain 95%,” mentioned the analysts. “The judges unanimously repudiated the SECs arguments, and the company will battle to justify additional denials because it faces deadlines, adverse PR and HashDex’s novel method.”
Yesterday, the DC Circuit court docket of appeals vacated the SEC’s denial of Grayscale’s $GBTC conversion right into a spot Bitcoin ETF. Whereas this didn’t lead to GBTC mechanically being transformed to a spot Bitcoin ETF, this victory was a giant step in direction of the approval of 1 sooner or later.
“The appeals court docket discovered the SEC to be arbitrary and capricious in its denial oder of GBTC’s conversion into an ETF and vacated the choice,” the analysts continued. “The written opinion from Choose Neomi Rao repudiated nearly each argument made by the SEC when evaluating the Bitcoin spot and futures markets.”
A SEC choice on a number of spot Bitcoin ETFs is due by the top of this week, with many believing the purposes will likely be additional delayed as these so near the Grayscale court docket end result that simply occurred. Though, Balchunas mentioned he is “undecided timelines will matter as a lot on this scenario,” and that what’s extra probably is that finally the SEC will give in and approve an imminent launch.
