Published
5 years ago on
August 21, 2018
âThe ProShares ETF proposals were initially submitted to the SEC last December. According to the original filings, the ETFâs value will be determined by the Bitcoin futures contracts trading on the CME or the CBOE Futures exchange. ProShares had initially proposed the futures-based ETFs in September of last year, only to wait until Bitcoin futures contracts started being offered in December. Once they were filed on the 19th of December at the SEC, ProShares would go on to ask the SEC to withdraw the proposed rule change which outlined the pair of ETFs. At the end of January, the SEC would later announced that it was considering these ETFs. Their verdict is what we are waiting for on Thursday.âSee more for yourself, here. This is why the Proshares ETF is unlikely to shake the markets up, simply because the value of the ETF will only be determined by the more significant ETF decisions lying in waiting, namely the ETF by CME and CBOE. This is all so confusing Itâs frustrating isnât it. In my opinion, the SEC have let this get out of hand a little, either that, or the media are making too much of a fuss around it. What we should do is just sit and wait for the SEC. Donât panic about the markets moving too much (they are down now and probably wonât stoop much further) therefore we should just concentrate on what could happen in the future instead. Letâs get September behind us, after this, weâll know the true extent of the ETF dramas and for now, if we donât let them bother us, they shouldnât bother the markets too much either.