Grayscale ETH futures ETF a ‘trojan horse’ for spot Ethereum ETF: Analyst
Nov 15. 2023
By Brayden Lindrea
Grayscale Investments is using its Ether (ETH $2,053) futures exchange-traded fund (ETF) application as a “trojan horse” to corner the United States Securities and Exchange Commission into approving its spot Ether ETF, says Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart.
Seyffart said in a Nov. 15 X (Twitter) post following the SEC delaying Grayscale’s ETH futures ETF bid that he believes if the SEC approves Grayscale’s application, then it would enable Grayscale to argue for the approval of its spot Ether ETF application.
If the SEC denies Grayscale’s bid, the asset manager could argue the SEC is treating Bitcoin (BTC $37,455) and Ether futures ETFs differently by allowing one under the Securities Act of 1933 but not the other.
“Watch [the SEC] try to either approve and argue why this is different from spot. Or Deny and argue why 1933 act products are meaningfully different from 1940 act products. Both are bad for SEC [in my opinion]. Genius move.”
Grayscale’s Ether futures ETF bid was submitted via a form 19b-4 — which exchanges file to inform the SEC of a security-based swap request. Seyffart said none of the 40 or so approved Ether ETF products went through the 19b-4 approval process.
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