SEC Streamlines Approval for Spot Crypto ETFs with New Generic Standards
A New Rules-Based Pathway The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved generic listing standards that allow major exchanges—NYSE Arca, Nasdaq, and Cboe—to list certain spot commodity exchange-traded products (ETPs), including digital-asset ETFs, without case-by-case reviews. Previously, each spot crypto ETF required a 19b-4 filing and lengthy approval, often stretching up to 240 days. […]