{"id":42821,"date":"2025-08-18T23:01:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T23:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=42821"},"modified":"2025-08-18T23:01:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T23:01:40","slug":"sec-delays-decisions-on-several-crypto-etfs-amid-work-on-streamlined-approval-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=42821","title":{"rendered":"SEC delays decisions on several crypto ETFs amid work on streamlined approval process"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) delayed decisions on nine crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF) applications on Aug. 18.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The delays extended review periods for products related to digital assets, spanning <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/bitcoin\/\">Bitcoin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/xrp\/\">XRP<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/litecoin\/\">Litecoin<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/dogecoin\/\">Dogecoin<\/a>. The reason is likely the agency\u2019s work to establish a comprehensive digital asset framework.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The postponements affect <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/trump-media-and-technology-group\/\">Truth\u2019s<\/a> spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF, CoinShares\u2019 spot Litecoin ETF, and multiple XRP ETF applications from <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/21shares\/\">21Shares<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/coinshares\/\">CoinShares<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/bitwise\/\">Bitwise<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/canary-capital\/\">Canary<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/grayscale-investments\/\">Grayscale<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The SEC also delayed 21Shares\u2019 staking proposal for its spot <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/ethereum\/\">Ethereum<\/a> ETF and Grayscale\u2019s spot Dogecoin ETF application.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Except for Truth\u2019s filing, the delayed products all have final deadlines for October.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Framework strategy is a priority<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bloomberg ETF analysts <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/people\/eric-balchunas\/\">Eric Balchunas<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/people\/james-seyffart\/\">James Seyffart<\/a> suggested in July that the delays<\/span> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/why-the-sec-is-stalling-new-crypto-etfs-even-after-greenlighting-them\/\">reflect the SEC\u2019s strategy<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to establish approval criteria before greenlighting individual applications.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seyffart stated that this \u201cmight be the SEC\u2019s way of stalling these things from becoming ETFs before they develop a digital assets ETF framework.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He added that the framework would create \u201csome sort of generic listing standard for what digital assets are allowed in an ETF wrapper and what criteria they\u2019ll use.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0approach mentioned <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/sec-reportedly-considering-standard-to-fast-track-crypto-etfs\/\">aims to replace<\/a> the current case-by-case review process, which\u00a0requires each crypto ETF to secure a Commission order before listing.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The SEC has been reportedly collaborating with US exchanges since July on generic listing standards for token-based ETFs that would eliminate individual rule-change requests.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Generic approach<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The proposed system would allow ETF sponsors to bypass the customary Form 19b-4 process when underlying tokens meet predetermined criteria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under the proposed framework, sponsors would submit registration statements on Form S-1, observe standard 75-day review periods, and list products once waiting periods conclude.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Market capitalization, on-exchange trading volume, and daily liquidity rank among the metrics under discussion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seyffart called the generic standard approach \u201cvery good news for the crypto ETF space,\u201d arguing it would offer \u201cclear rules of the road.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Balchunas described the concept as \u201cwhat everyone wants, what makes sense, and what we think will happen.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a result, the first altcoin-related ETF approvals might likely start only in October.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/sec-delays-decisions-on-several-crypto-etfs-amid-work-on-streamlined-approval-process\/\">SEC delays decisions on several crypto ETFs amid work on streamlined approval process<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/\">CryptoSlate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) delayed decisions on nine crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF) applications on Aug. 18. The delays extended review periods for products related to digital assets, spanning Bitcoin, XRP, Litecoin, and Dogecoin. The reason is likely the agency\u2019s work to establish a comprehensive digital asset framework. The postponements affect Truth\u2019s spot Bitcoin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-42821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42821\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}