On Thursday, Valkyrie Funds LLC announced that it had added Ethereum futures to its Bitcoin futures exchange-traded fund after receiving SEC approval.
Valkyrie’s chief investment officer, Steven McClurg, told Reuters that the renamed Valkyrie Bitcoin and Ether Strategy ETF (BTF.O) will launch on Monday.
Crypto market boost: Ethereum or “ether” contract futures would be available to investors via an exchange-traded fund for the first time.
SEC did not reply to inquiries for comment. Unlike Valkyrie’s hybrid ETF, VanEck and ProShares want to provide pure ether futures ETFs. MCCLURG SAID THAT the SEC advised VanEck and ProShares that they could debut on Monday.
On Thursday, VanEck stated its fund debut is “upcoming” but did not elaborate.
A ProShares spokeswoman told Reuters that “no one is in a position to launch ahead of us” but did not specify the timing.
The SEC’s decision to abandon long-held objections to ether futures ETFs is a boon for the crypto sector, which has pushed for more crypto ETFs. Many organizations have applied to establish spot bitcoin ETFs.
According to media rumors, the SEC may legalize ether futures ETFs, raising the token’s price.
Ethereum prices, unchanged last month, rose roughly 6% this week, including 3.3% on Thursday.
However, Interactive Brokers chief strategist Steve Sosnick said it is unclear if Valkyrie’s early ether futures purchasing or other traders’ expectation of future trading caused the run-up. “Either is possible,” Sosnick remarked.
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