“The vast majority of advisors we surveyed either commit to begin allocating to crypto or increase their existing allocation to crypto,” said Nasdaq's Jake Rapaport. 




While the united states Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has yet to approve a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund, a recent data system survey instructed that the giving could lead to greater adoption of crypto among financial advisers. 

According to the results of a Nasdaq survey released on weekday, 72% of 500 monetary advisers would be a lot of likely to invest their clients' assets in cryptocurrency ought to the SEC approve a spot crypto ETF product in the united states. For those already endowed in crypto product, 86% of the monetary advisers same they planned to extend allocations inside a year — roughly half already have investments in ETFs connected to Bitcoin (BTC) futures. 

“The vast majority of advisors we surveyed either conceive to begin allocating to crypto or increase their existing allocation to crypto,” same Jake Rapaport, Nasdaq’s head of digital plus index analysis. “As demand continues to surge, advisors are searching for an institutional resolution to the crypto question that currently dominates shopper conversations.” 

To date, the SEC has not offered any indication it plans to approve a spot BTC ETF anytime soon. The restrictive body has rejected many projected rule changes on exchanges from the ny Digital Investment cluster, Global X, ARK 21Shares et al that may permit companies to list and trade shares of a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund. In every rejection, the SEC declared the exchanges had not met the burden under the Exchange Act and Rules of apply of showing the ETF would be “designed to stop fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices” and “protect investors and the public interest.” 

Grayscale, one of the next plus managers doubtless to listen to a call from the regulatory body on its spot Bitcoin ETF, launched a campaign in Feb aimed at encouraging U.S. investors to submit comments to the SEC. The regulator is anticipated to achieve a call on Grayscale changing its Bitcoin Trust into a spot BTC ETF for listing on aimed at genus Arca by July, with the general public having submitted many comments as of April 4. 

“Investors be a choice of a spot BTC ETF and Grayscale conversion would be the foremost effective and economical at doing thus,” said Maryland resident Lance Lewis. 

Bloomberg analysts Eric Balchunas and James Seyffart suggested in March that the SEC may approve a spot Bitcoin ETF in mid-2023 supported a projected modification to vary the definition of “exchange” among the restrictive body’s rules. However, Nasdaq’s survey of monetary advisers found that only 38% thought it had been doubtless the SEC would approve a spot crypto ETF someday in 2022, with 31st saying it was unlikely. 

( Turner Wright, Cointelegraph, 2022 )