5 Key Considerations for BTC Spot ETFs This Week
Nate Geraci, CEO of U.S. ETF specialist ETFstore, shares his top five observations on this week's BTC spot ETF developments.
1, Fee competition is an important issue, with Fidelity currently offering the lowest fee at 0.39%. Invesco, on the other hand, charges 0.59% but has offered to waive fees for the first six months.
2, The SEC approval process remains a key factor to watch. Spot ETFs require approval from the SEC's Division of Trading & Markets through a 19b-4 trading rule change and a securities registration statement (S-1) from the Division of Corporation Finance. The 19b-4 approval is crucial. The main concern after the launch of the spot ETF is the amount of inflows it will receive.It is expected that the results will be announced on Wednesday (local time).
3, BlackRock has reportedly secured $2 billion, while ArkInvest may purchase $200 million worth of BTC to convert GBTC to an ETF.It is uncertain whether GBTC's ETF conversion will be approved simultaneously with the spot ETF launch.
4, GBTC currently manages $27 billion in assets and could become one of the top 60 ETFs by AUM upon launch.
5. There is also a marketing campaign planned. Bitwise, Hashdex, and VanEck have already released advertisements for their Bitcoin spot ETFs. It will be intriguing to observe the actions of other managers.
