with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission , the Direxion Bitcoin Ether Strategy ETF would invest in bitcoin and ether futures contracts, should regulators approve the product. The product may also invest in other ETFs with exposure to futures products.. They join a crowded field of crypto ETF hopefuls; the SEC is currently reviewing more than half a dozen applications to launch a spot bitcoin ETF.
The SEC has traditionally rejected ether futures and spot bitcoin ETFs. The spot bitcoin ETF applicants believe they have met the regulator's requirements, emphasizing details like surveillance-sharing agreements in recent applications.they gave the chances of the SEC allowing a bitcoin ETF a favorable rating.
The ether future ETF applicants hope to begin trading later this year, if the SEC does not ask them to withdraw their filings.