Bitcoin ETF approval would be a ‘historic mistake,’ says Better Markets CEO
Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart disagreed with the letter, arguing that denying the spot Bitcoin ETF would be a “criminal move.”
Dennis Kelleher, CEO of the nonprofit organization Better Markets, has urged the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) not to approve a spot Bitcoin
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exchange-traded fund (ETF), arguing that it goes against the core principles of the regulatory body.
In a letter addressed to SEC secretary Vanessa Countryman on Jan. 5, Kelleher emphasized that if the SEC were to approve a spot Bitcoin ETF, it could lead to investors facing significant risks:
“We submit this supplemental comment letter (which Better Markets very rarely does) because it would be a grave if not historic mistake almost certainly leading to a massive investor harm if the SEC approves the pending rule change.”
Ed Felten, professor of computer science and public affairs at Princeton, co-founded Offchain Labs, the company behind Arbitrum, in 2018. The strategy of storing data off-chain used by the Arbitrum network is called the layer 2 (L2) scaling solution (built on top of the leading Ethereum network). #ArbitrumARB #ArbitrumVsEthereum