“Happy ETF Approval Day (for real this time) to all those who celebrate,” Balchunas, a senior ETF analyst for Bloomberg, posted to X on Wednesday morning. “As far as we know it’s ALL SYSTEMS GO. Most likely is we see formal approvals ballpark 4-6pm today with the Derby starting on Thursday.”
The “derby” seemingly refers to the stiff competition between spot bitcoin ETF hopefuls, which Balchunas in the past has referred to as the “Cointucky Derby.”
SEC Chair, Gary Gensler, had to do damage control on Tuesday following a fraudulent post indicating the SEC had approved spot bitcoin ETFs.
“The @SECGov twitter account was compromised, and an unauthorized tweet was posted,” SEC Chair Gary Gensler posted to X Tuesday Afternoon. “The SEC has not approved the listing and trading of spot bitcoin exchange-traded products.”
Shortly after the SEC’s post, Bitcoin’s price soared to $48,000 before dwindling back down to $44,000. As of early Wednesday afternoon, the cryptocurrency was trading at greater than $45,000.
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