Bitcoin ETF race gets hotter as ARK Invest adds surveillance agreement to application
ARK Invest and 21Shares' third application for a spot Bitcoin ETF now includes a surveillance sharing agreement. ARK Investment Management has amended its spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) application with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), making it similar to BlackRock's recent filing. The amendments include a surveillance sharing agreement with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) futures markets and crypto exchange, most "likely Coinbase", said Bloomberg's ETF analyst Eric Balchunas on Twitter. In the race for the first Bitcoin ETF in the United States, ARK's filing update puts it ahead of its competitors. JUST IN: ARK has amended their 19b-4 for spot bitcoin ETF to include a surveillance sharing agreement bt CBOE and a crypto exchange (likely Coinbase), which makes their's like BlackRock's filing now, and puts them in pole position to be approved first bc they filed first. pic.twitter.com/P8PCmPdhln — Eric Balchunas (@...