U.S. Securities and Alternate Fee (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler reportedly plans to fulfill with a high South Korean monetary regulator later this yr to debate crypto and the newly accepted spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
Lee Bok-hyun, head of South Korea’s Monetary Supervisory Service (FSS), introduced this week that he plans to journey to the US within the second quarter of the yr to speak to Gensler in regards to the affect of the SEC’s crypto insurance policies on the world, in line with a report from The Korea Financial Day by day.
Says Lee in a question-and-answer occasion with reporters,
“I [will meet] with SEC Chairman Gary Gensler (this yr) and there are areas the place we’ll give attention to points akin to digital asset points and Bitcoin spot ETF. Now, the affect of SEC coverage on the world. That is vital.”
On January tenth, the SEC accepted all 11 spot BTC ETFs that have been into account. Candidates labored with the regulator for months to refine their proposals.
The SEC greenlit the launch of the nation’s first Bitcoin futures ETFs in October 2021 however had denied all earlier spot Bitcoin ETF purposes till issuing that groundbreaking batch of approvals final month.
Alternate-traded funds observe the efficiency of a specific asset or group of property and are traded on the inventory market. The entire accepted spot Bitcoin ETFs require the issuers to straight maintain BTC.
Bitcoin is buying and selling at $42,744 at time of writing. The highest-ranked crypto asset by market cap is up greater than 87% prior to now 12 months however stays round 38% down from its all-time excessive of greater than $69,000.
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