# BITCOIN BULLS IGNORE U.S. REGULATORS’ ETF REJECTION
After U.S. controllers denied the Winklevoss twin's demand for a Bitcoin Exchange Traded Fund (ETF), the digital currency indeed sho! ws its toughness and strength, staying above USD 8,000.
BITCOIN SHRUGS OFF THE SEC'S ETF REJECTION
Beforehand, on March 10, 2017, the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) opposed the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust appeal to exchange the main ever Bitcoin ETF. Nonetheless, the SEC along these lines conceded an appeal to looking for an audit of the dissatisfaction.
Upon this second audit, on July 26, 2018, the SEC again dismissed the posting of a Bitcoin ETF. In the event that endorsed, the ETF would have been exchanged on the Bats BZX, Inc. Trade ("BZX").
As a prompt response to the SEC dismissal, Bitcoin's cost plunged, shutting of the exchanging day at USD 7,951. Nonetheless, on the next day, the cryptographic money quickly pared its misfortunes, shooting back to a high of USD 8,262.
As a quick response to the SEC dismissal, Bitcoin's cost plunged, shutting of the exchanging day at USD 7,951. In any case, on the next day, the digital currency quickly pared its misfortunes, shooting back to a high of USD 8,262.
Surely, the SEC dismissal speaks to a critical mishap for Bitcoin's lovers and speculators. Numerous trusted that the SEC's endorsement of a Bitcoin ETF could have set off a noteworthy bull run. In fact, digital currency master and merchant Tom Alford directed an investigation, in which he inferred that if the ETF were endorsed, Bitcoin's cost could have expanded by 500 percent.
SEC COMMISSIONER PEIRCE: THE PROPOSED RULE CHANGE SATISFIES THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 6(B)
In any case, the SEC dismissal was not consistent (3-1). What's more, out of the blue, a SEC official openly pronounced herself to be thoughtful to Bitcoin.The SEC construct its dismissal in light of Act Section 6(b)(5), which requires that the principles of a national security trade be outlined "to avert false and manipulative acts and hones" and "to ensure financial specialists and general society intrigue."
In any case, the SEC dismissal was not consistent (3-1). What's more, out of the blue, a SEC chief freely pronounced herself to be thoughtful to Bitcoin.
In actuality, contradicting the ETF dismissal, Hester Peirce affirms that Winklevoss' ask for satisfies Act Section 6, and expressed,
I am worried that the Commission's approach undermines financial specialist insurance by blocking more prominent standardization of the bitcoin showcase. [… ] More for the most part, the Commission's elucidation and use of the statutory standard sends a solid flag that development is unwelcome in our business sectors, a flag that may have impacts a long ways past the destiny of bitcoin ETPs.
Responding to Peirce's announcement, Chris Concannon, president and COO of Cboe, stated, "We are looking into both the Commission's notice and Commissioner Peirce's difference with intrigue."
What next? A Bitcoin ETF is impossible as long as its reality is in the SEC's hands. Be that as it may, for some in the crypto space, as Reddit client AsarJoe put it, Bitcoin does not require "SEC or some other controller's endorsement to work or even thrive."
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