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Bitcoin ETF applicants submit S-1 filings as euphoric market pours into Pullix presale JPMorgan, Jane Street named brokers in Bitcoin ETF S-1 filings. Pullix presale has attracted more than $2 million just weeks after its launch. The countdown to the first spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) approved for the US market is now down to just days. This is after BlackRock, Valkyrie, Fidelity and several other applicants submitted their final S-1 amendments on deadline day Friday, December 29. Elsewhere in the market, a market bullish on crypto going into 2024 has poured into the presale of new hybrid exchange Pullix. JPMorgan, Jane Street named APs in final Bitcoin ETF filings A proper countdown for a spot Bitcoin ETF approval by the SEC has been on for months. For most analysts, Grayscale’s legal victory against the regulator marked the turning point. Now consensus is the SEC will approve the first batch of spot Bitcoin ETFs early January – pro...

In a Dec. 5 post from Bloomberg Intelligence analyst James Seyffart, Swiss asset manager Pando was announced as an official entrant into the competition for a US spot Bitcoin ETF, filing a 19b-4 through the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE). According to Seyffart, the new filling brings the number of potential issuers to 13. Better late than never The announcement, via X, highlights that Pando has entered the U.S. spot Bitcoin competition as a recent participant despite having established a presence with three other spot crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) on the SIX Swiss Exchange.   UPDATE: Pando officially enters the US spot #Bitcoin ETF race with a 19b-4 filing via @CBOE. 13 potential issuers now. (we saw their S-1 filing last week) pic.twitter.com/djBqBSqTlI — James Seyffart (@JSeyff) December 5, 2023 Pando’s 19b-4 filing comes one week after the announcement of its initial submission of form S-1, which registered securities with the agency for the Pa...

The rock band Queen and big bank HSBC eye up the metaverse while Yuga Labs launched the next iteration of its NFT gaming saga. HSBC files metaverse and NFT patents British banking institution HSBC filed a series of metaverse and nonfungible token (NFT)-related trademark applications.  A June 12 filing to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) show the bank’s trademarks including metaverse banking, consulting, and financial services, along with virtual credit cards that point to a potential launch of a metaverse bank branch and further virtual banking services. #HSBC continues its move into the #Metaverse! The company has filed a new trademark application covering: ️ Metaverse banking, consulting, financial services ️ Virtual credit cards ️ NFTs + NFT-backed media … and much, much more!#NFT #Crypto #Web3 #NFTs #DeFi pic.twitter.com/rb6UdA2Iq3 — Mike Kondoudis (@KondoudisLaw) June 19, 2023 HSBC also applied for trademarks relating to online marketplaces, spe...