The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has once again rejected VanEck’s proposal for a Bitcoin spot ETF, according to a March 10 filing.
SEC rejects VanEck Bitcoin ETF
The relevant filing indicates that the SEC has rejected a rule change through which Cboe BZX Exchange intended to list VanEck’s exchange-traded fund (ETF).
The SEC rejected the proposal less than one year after it was first put forward on June 24, 2022. The regulator previously denied similar proposals for a VanEck Bitcoin spot ETF in 2021 and 2017. It also delayed a decision on the product multiple times.
The core issue, according to the SEC, is that ETF providers have not shown that they can prevent market manipulation. Specifically, those providers have not shown that they have a surveillance-sharing agreement with a significantly-sized market.
The SEC has also rejected competing proposals from other firms such as Wisdomtree, ARK Invest, and Valkyrie Investments on virtually identical grounds.
Commissioners dissent
Though the SEC’s reasoning has been applied repeatedly, two SEC commissioners — Hester Peirce and Mark Uyeda — criticized the regulator’s decision today.
They noted that it has been six years since the SEC rejected the first application for a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund or exchange-traded product (ETP).
Though the SEC claims it applies the same rules to other ETP proposals, Peirce and Uyeda say that its rules for Bitcoin spot ETPs are in fact “uniquely burdensome.”
Specifically, they argue that the SEC’s rules for determining a “significant” market usually apply to a particular trading venue, not an overall market. They also say that the SEC applies a two-part test: first, whether someone attempting to manipulate the market would als
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Author: Mike Dalton
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