{"id":435027,"date":"2022-04-21T11:08:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T08:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/gbtc-premium-nears-2022-high-as-sec-faces-call-to-approve-bitcoin-etf-people-really-want\/"},"modified":"2022-04-21T11:08:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T08:08:01","slug":"gbtc-premium-nears-2022-high-as-sec-faces-call-to-approve-bitcoin-etf-people-really-want","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/gbtc-premium-nears-2022-high-as-sec-faces-call-to-approve-bitcoin-etf-people-really-want\/","title":{"rendered":"# GBTC premium nears 2022 high as SEC faces call to approve Bitcoin ETF &#8216;people really want&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23e5fcdb8f0\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23e5fcdb8f0\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/gbtc-premium-nears-2022-high-as-sec-faces-call-to-approve-bitcoin-etf-people-really-want\/#%E2%80%9D_GBTC_premium_nears_2022_high_as_SEC_faces_call_to_approve_Bitcoin_ETF_%E2%80%98people_really_want_%E2%80%9C\" >&#8221; GBTC premium nears 2022 high as SEC faces call to approve Bitcoin ETF &#8216;people really want&#8217; &#8220;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/gbtc-premium-nears-2022-high-as-sec-faces-call-to-approve-bitcoin-etf-people-really-want\/#Grayscale_CEO_%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98If_not_%E2%80%98when%E2%80%9D_for_US_Bitcoin_spot_ETF\" >Grayscale CEO: &#8220;&#8216;If&#8217; not &#8216;when&#8217;&#8221; for U.S. Bitcoin spot ETF<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/gbtc-premium-nears-2022-high-as-sec-faces-call-to-approve-bitcoin-etf-people-really-want\/#Nasdaq_highlights_%E2%80%9Csurging%E2%80%9D_institutional_demand\" >Nasdaq highlights &#8220;surging&#8221; institutional demand<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9D_GBTC_premium_nears_2022_high_as_SEC_faces_call_to_approve_Bitcoin_ETF_%E2%80%98people_really_want_%E2%80%9C\"><\/span>&#8221; GBTC premium nears 2022 high as SEC faces call to approve Bitcoin ETF &#8216;people really want&#8217; &#8220;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-2a0745c6>Things are looking up for the United States\u2019 largest institutional Bitcoin (BTC) product by asset holdings as pressure mounts on regulators.<\/p>\n<p>Data from on-chain monitoring resource <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coinglass.com\/Grayscale\">Coinglass<\/a> confirms that as of April 21, the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) is rebounding toward 2022 highs.<\/p>\n<h2>Grayscale CEO: &#8220;&#8216;If&#8217; not &#8216;when'&#8221; for U.S. Bitcoin spot ETF<\/h2>\n<p>After a problematic year so far, GBTC has benefitted from steadying Bitcoin price action. <\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin\u2019s descent from November\u2019s all-time highs added to an already negative \u201cpremium\u201d on GBTC, meaning that its share price in fact traded at a discount to the Bitcoin spot price. That discount hit its deepest ever in January, when the GBTC premium nearly hit -30%. <\/p>\n<p>Since then, a reversal has been underway, and as of Thursday, the premium is -21.4% \u2014 near its smallest for 2022.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2022-04\/19054bab-bc15-436e-a41f-de0b6f18114a.png\"><figcaption style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>GBTC premium vs. asset holdings vs. BTC\/USD chart. Source: Coinglass<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The premium results from trading sentiment, and Grayscale has come under pressure over the past year, especially since the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roval of the first Bitcoin futures-based exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein and other industry figures have been vocal critics of regulators in Washington, who while approving futures ETF products continue to reject a Bitcoin spot-based equivalent.<\/p>\n<p>The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which approves candidates based on laws dating from as far back as 1933, has come in for particular public scorn as other countries \u2014 most recently Australia \u2014 beat the U.S. to the launch.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, the SEC approved another futures-based ETF, this time based on the Securities Act of 1933 act rather than the Investment Company Act of 1940 previously used. This was a milestone, Sonnenshein <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/04\/17\/grayscale-ceo-matter-of-when-not-if-the-sec-allows-bitcoin-spot-etf.html\">told<\/a> CNBC this month, as it effectively backs the SEC into a corner with fewer and fewer excuses for not breaking down the barriers to entry for a spot ETF alternative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt really is, in our opinion, a matter of \u2018when\u2019 and not \u2018if,\u2019\u201d he explained to the network. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIf the SEC can\u2019t look at two like issues, the futures ETF and the spot ETF, through the same lens, then it is, in fact, potentially grounds for an Administrative Procedure Act violation.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Matt Hougan, CEO of ETF provider Bitwise, said in the same interview that a spot ETF \u201cis what people actually want\u201d in terms of institutional investment products linked to Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p>As Cointelegraph reported, futures ETFs have previously faced criticism of their own as commentators argue that they solve none of the pain points that a spot product would while potentially bringing new ones of their own.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Nasdaq_highlights_%E2%80%9Csurging%E2%80%9D_institutional_demand\"><\/span>Nasdaq highlights &#8220;surging&#8221; institutional demand<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, a survey by Nasdaq of prospective U.S. investors revealed at over 70% of those asked would consider gaining exposure to Bitcoin via a spot ETF should one be made available.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related:\u00a0Bitcoin spot vs. futures ETFs: Key differences explained<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe vast majority of advisors we surveyed either plan to begin allocating to crypto or increase their existing allocation to crypto,\u201d Nasdaq\u2019s head of digital asset index research, Jake Rapaport, commented in an accompanying <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/news-release\/2022\/04\/11\/2419987\/6948\/en\/Spot-Crypto-ETF-in-Demand-by-Majority-of-Financial-Advisors-Finds-New-Nasdaq-Survey.html\">press release<\/a> issued April 11. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAs demand continues to surge, advisors will be looking for an institutional solution to the crypto question that now dominates client conversations.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The survey also found that 86% of advisors already invested in crypto planned to increase that exposure in the coming year.<\/p>\n<p>GBTC had 640,930 BTC in holdings as of Thursday, worth $26.9 billion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-content__disclaimer\">The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph.com. 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