{"id":447284,"date":"2023-10-12T11:49:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T11:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/?p=447284"},"modified":"2023-11-03T11:44:01","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T11:44:01","slug":"arks-amended-bitcoin-etf-filing-seen-as-hugely-positive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/arks-amended-bitcoin-etf-filing-seen-as-hugely-positive","title":{"rendered":"Ark&#8217;s Amended Bitcoin ETF Filing Seen As &#8221;Hugely Positive&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ARK Invest and 21Shares submitted an amendment to their spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) application that analysts say may nudge it closer to a landmark approval.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The amended application, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1869699\/000119312523254102\/d549524ds1a.htm\">filed<\/a> on Oct. 11,\u00a0 provides additional details that in particular focus on asset custody practices and asset valuation methods. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It means ARK got the SEC&#8217;s comments and has dealt with them all, and now put ball back in SEC court,&#8221; tweeted Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Eric Balchunas, referring to the Securities and Exchange Commission by its initials. &#8220;IMO good sign, solid progress.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There&#39;s 5 extra pages in new S-1 but the new stuff is sprinkled throughout like the two above egs. So what does this mean? It means ARK got the SEC&#39;s comments and has dealt with them all, and now put ball back in SEC&#39;s court. IMO good sign, solid progress.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eric Balchunas (@EricBalchunas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricBalchunas\/status\/1712197046206148728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ARK\u2019s Bitcoin ETF Application Changes<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The analyst said that the SEC emailed fund managers seeking to launch spot Bitcoin ETFs a few weeks ago with comments and questions that it wanted to be addressed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A notable change brought forward in the latest amendment relates to how ARK would calculate its fund\u2019s net asset value (NAV), which was not in line with the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) &#8211; a standard used by the SEC.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Agree w\/ Scott (who is a lawyer on this stuff btw). I also heard separately that none of the comments were that new or insurmountable, which is prob why ARK was able to address it all in two weeks flat. On lookout now for the rest of the pack to file their updates.. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y3ND79d9Tq\">https:\/\/t.co\/y3ND79d9Tq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eric Balchunas (@EricBalchunas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricBalchunas\/status\/1712198779728707735?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new filing also clarifies that the ETF\u2019s assets are held within segregated accounts by Coinbase Custody. Subsequently, ETF funds cannot be commingled with corporate or other customer assets, noted the analyst.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8221;Very possibly there will be a few back and forths with SEC on these small but imp details,&#8221; he said. &#8220;So I would not say approval imminent but I would say the fact that issuers are in a &#8216;back and forth&#8217; w SEC on this is hugely positive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pressure on the SEC to approve spot Bitcoin ETFs intensified after\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/grayscale-legal-win-indicates-sec-will-approve-spot-bitcoin-etfs-jpmorgan-says\">Grayscale Investments<\/a>\u00a0won a landmark court victory over the SEC, when a judge called the regulator\u2019s decision to approve Bitcoin Futures ETFs, but not spot Bitcoin ETFs, \u201darbitrary and capricious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Former <a href=\"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/former-blackrock-director-sees-spot-bitcoin-etf-approvals-as-early-as-january-bringing-up-to-200-billion-in-assets\">BlackRock<\/a> director Steven Schoenfield says spot Bitcoin ETFs may\u00a0 be approved by as early as January, and that they may attract as much as <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$200 billion to Bitcoin investment products.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Related<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/spot-bitcoin-etf-approval-to-trigger-enormous-inflows-reckless-not-to-aggressively-accumulate-btc-report-says\">Spot Bitcoin ETF Approval To Trigger \u2018Enormous Inflows,\u2019 Reckless Not To `Aggressively Accumulate BTC,\u2019 Report Says<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/grayscale-legal-win-indicates-sec-will-approve-spot-bitcoin-etfs-jpmorgan-says\">Grayscale Legal Win Indicates SEC More Likely To Approve Spot Bitcoin ETFs, JPMorgan Says<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/crypto-assets-slump-as-sec-delays-decision-on-spot-bitcoin-etfs\">Crypto Assets Slump as SEC Delays Decision on Spot Bitcoin ETFs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/btcetftoken.com\/en\">Bitcoin ETF Token Project<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fin-excerpt\">ARK Invest and 21Shares submitted an amendment to their spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) application that analysts say may nudge it closer to a landmark <a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/arks-amended-bitcoin-etf-filing-seen-as-hugely-positive\" title=\"Ark&#8217;s Amended Bitcoin ETF Filing Seen As &#8221;Hugely Positive&#8221;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1872,"featured_media":434865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7596],"tags":[734,5218,1513],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.0 (Yoast SEO v22.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ark&#039;s Amended Bitcoin ETF Filing Seen As &#039;&#039;Hugely Positive&#039;&#039; 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