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Bitcoin’s Price Drops Despite SEC Meetings On ETF Approvals

Published 12/13/2023, 06:17 PM
Updated 12/13/2023, 06:45 PM
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  • Over the past few days, the SEC has had meetings with Grayscale, Franklin, Fidelity, and BlackRock.
  • Both the Division of Trading and Markets and the Division of Corporate Finance attended the meetings.
  • BTC’s price decreased by more than 2% over the past day of trading, which left it trading hands at $40,877.79.

An analyst covering NFTs and the cryptocurrency industry, James Seyffart, shared in an X post yesterday that four different issuers have met with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) concerning their Bitcoin ETF filings over the past few days. Grayscale, Franklin, and Fidelity each had meetings with the regulator last week.

Meanwhile, BlackRock met with the SEC on December 11 for the third time in as many weeks. Seyffart’s post pointed out that both the Division of Trading & Markets and the Division of Corporate Finance attended the meetings. These divisions will ultimately decide if the Bitcoin ETFs will be approved or denied.

The chairperson of the SEC Gary Gensler himself explained the roles that each of these divisions will play in making the…

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