Spot Bitcoin ETF Approved in the United States: What’s Next?

Spot Bitcoin ETF Approved in the United States

What a great start to the year! After years of waiting, the spot Bitcoin ETF was finally approved in the US! On Jan 10th, 2024, the SEC finally approved eleven spot Bitcoin ETF applications from prominent asset managers, including BlackRock, Invesco, ARK, Fidelity, etc.

 

What’s Available?

With the Bitcoin ETF approval, investors can buy, sell, and hold Bitcoin just like how they buy/sell stocks. Investors can use their stock brokers with access to the US stock market to buy and sell Bitcoin. You don’t have to know how to self-custody your wallet anymore.

Let us see the available ETFs:

Name Ticker Issuer Fee
Grayscale Bitcoin Trust GBTC Grayscale 1.50%
ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF ARKB 21Shares & ARK 0.21%

(0.0% for 6 months or reached $1 billion)

iShares Bitcoin Trust IBIT BlackRock 0.25%

(0.12% for 12 months or reached $5 billion)

Bitwise Bitcoin ETP Trust BITB Bitwise 0.20%

(0.0% for 6 months or reached $1 billion)

VanEck Bitcoin Trust HODL VanEck 0.25%
Wisdomtree Bitcoin Trust BTCW Wisdomtree 0.30%

(0.0% for 6 months)

Invesco Galaxy Bitcoin ETF BTCO Invesco & Galaxy 0.39%

(0.0% for 6 months or reached $5 billion)

Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin Trust FBTC Fidelity 0.25%

(0.0% until July 31st, 2024)

Valkyrie Bitcoin Fund BRRR Valkyrie 0.49%

(0.0% for 3 months)

Hashdex Bitcoin ETF DEFI Hashdex 0.90%
Franklin Bitcoin ETF EZBC Franklin 0.29%

From the table above, you can see the ticker symbol and the fees charged by the asset managers. When choosing an ETF, we generally look for a combination of low fees, high liquidity, and reputable asset managers.

In our opinion, the fees for most of these ETFs are pretty competitive, with Bitwise charging as low as 0.2%. Grayscale Bitcoin Trust and Hashdex Bitcoin ETF are not competitive with their exorbitant fees. The largest asset manager in the world, BlackRock, also charges a very competitive fee of 0.25%.

So, are you interested in investing in Bitcoin ETF? Which ETF will you choose?

 

What’s Next?

Bitcoin ETFs provide investors an easy, low-cost, low-maintenance way to invest in Bitcoin. Although the digital asset industry has grown massively in the past several years, the introduction of these ETFs will reach even more people, especially the more conservative population who was previously discouraged by the complexity of the wallet custody and the unregulated crypto world.

It is still early for Bitcoin ETFs, but over time, the regulation clarity from the ETF approval may open the door for institutional investors to start incorporating Bitcoin into their portfolios.

With the Bitcoin ETF approval behind us, the market has now set its sights on other ETF approvals, such as the spot Ethereum ETF. What do you think? Will the SEC approve the spot ETF for the second-largest digital asset in the world?

Despite all the excitement around the ETF approval, we want to remind investors that cryptocurrencies are volatile assets that may pose capital risks. For those in Singapore, MAS has reiterated that Bitcoin ETF is not suitable for retail investors. Cryptocurrencies should only be reserved for investors with the highest risk profile. Please exercise prudence when investing 🙂

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