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- SEC has delayed its judgment on creations and redemption in nature for Blackrock’s proposed Spot Ethereum ETF.
- The Blackrock’s ETF would enable the creation and redemption of using the Ethereum tokens directly in anticipation of legislative approval.
SEC has expanded its timeline to determine Nasdaq’s proposal to enable Blackrock’s Spot Ethereum, Ishares Ethereum Trust (ETH), to offer creations and redemption in nature, according to a new File.
The Cheek model Under SAC review, which reflects traditional Commodity ETF mechanics, would allow authorized participants (APS) to transfer Ethereum (ETH) directly and replace the current cash-based creation and redemption process to reduce sliding and simplify the operations.
In practice, APS could deliver actual ether to the ETF -Bonch in exchange for new shares, and redeem shares to get ether back, rather than solving them in cash.
Blackrock handed in a Changed S-1 Registration statement to SEC in May and seeks approval to allow creations and redemption in nature for its ETHA fund. The Asset Chief is also waiting for a regulatory decision on a similar model in Natura for his Ishare’s Bitcoin Trust (Ibit).
Other fund managers, including 21 Shares, Fidelity, Wisdomtree, Bitwise and Vaneck, have also submitted to enable the creation and redemption of natural redemption for its crypto-ETFs.
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has previously said that creations and redemption in nature for Krypto-ETFs “definitely will come at some point.”
