Bitcoin ETF filings, regulatory milestones, and approvals (2013–2024)

1. Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust files initial SEC registration

   Jul 1, 2013Labels: Winklevoss Trust

   • SEC historical
   • Bloomberg Law

2. SEC disapproves the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust listing

   Mar 10, 2017Labels: SEC

   • Bloomberg Law
   • Axios

3. SEC denies NYSE Arca’s SolidX Bitcoin Trust proposal

   Mar 28, 2017Labels: NYSE Arca

   • SEC SRO docket
   • CNBC

4. SEC again disapproves the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust proposal

   Jul 26, 2018Labels: Winklevoss Trust

   • Axios
   • JDSupra

5. SEC rejects multiple bitcoin ETF proposals in one day

   Aug 22, 2018Labels: ProShares, Direxion

   • CNBC
   • Axios

6. SEC rejects Bitwise’s proposed bitcoin ETF

   Oct 9, 2019Labels: Bitwise

   • CoinDesk
   • JDSupra

7. SEC disapproves the Wilshire Phoenix bitcoin ETF

   Feb 26, 2020Labels: Wilshire Phoenix

   • CoinDesk

8. First U.S. bitcoin futures ETF begins trading (BITO)

   Oct 19, 2021Labels: ProShares BITO

   • CNBC
   • ProShares

9. SEC denies Fidelity’s Wise Origin spot bitcoin ETF

   Jan 27, 2022Labels: Fidelity Wise

   • CoinDesk

10. SEC approves Teucrium’s bitcoin futures ETF under the ’33 Act

    Apr 6, 2022Labels: Teucrium

    • Congress CRS
    • etf com

11. SEC denies Grayscale’s GBTC spot ETF conversion; Grayscale sues

    Jun 29, 2022Labels: Grayscale GBTC

    • Grayscale
    • CNBC

12. BlackRock files for iShares Bitcoin Trust spot ETF

    Jun 15, 2023Labels: BlackRock iShares

    • CNBC
    • SEC EDGAR

13. D.C. Circuit vacates SEC’s denial of Grayscale’s conversion bid

    Aug 29, 2023Labels: D C

    • SEC filing GBTC
    • Investopedia

14. SEC’s X account posts false bitcoin ETF approval notice

    Jan 9, 2024Labels: SEC X

    • Cointelegraph
    • TechCrunch

15. SEC approves first U.S. spot bitcoin ETP listings

    Jan 10, 2024Labels: SEC, spot ETPs

    • SEC Statement
    • Congress CRS
    • AP News