{"id":203997,"date":"2023-12-01T02:51:24","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T21:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=203997"},"modified":"2023-12-01T02:51:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T21:21:24","slug":"a-new-player-just-joined-the-game-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/a-new-player-just-joined-the-game-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Player Just Joined The Game &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the ongoing Spot Bitcoin ETF mania, Pando has joined the race aiming to seize the opportunities that may arise following the potential approval of BTC Spot ETFs by the US SEC.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Pando Submits Spot Bitcoin ETF Filing<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Switzerland-based asset management company, Pando Asset has become the latest entrant into the <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/fidelity-ethereum-spot-etf\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Spot Bitcoin Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) race. <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The investment firm officially submitted its Spot BTC ETF filing to the <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/sec-greenlight-spot-bitcoin-etf-nov-2\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on November 29.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The news of the late filing comes as a surprise to the crypto space, as the final dates for the SEC\u2019s decision on the <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/cathie-wood-spot-bitcoin-etf-odds-up-snag\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Spot Bitcoin ETF approval approach.\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/2001771\/000182912623007712\/pandoasset_s1.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the filing,<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Pando Asset provided a lengthy outline of its Spot BTC ETF, PBTC, highlighting its purpose, offerings, net asset value, regulatory compliance, tax considerations, and other factors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe Trust was formed as a Delaware statutory trust on November 16, 2023. The purpose of the Trust is to own bitcoin transferred to the Trust in exchange for Shares issued by the Trust. Each Share represents a fractional undivided beneficial interest in the net assets of the Trust. The assets of the Trust consist primarily of bitcoin held by the Bitcoin Custodian on behalf of the Trust,\u201d the filing stated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pando\u2019s BTC Spot ETF brings the total number of filed Spot Bitcoin ETFs in the crypto space to 13. Among them are applications from prominent financial institutions such as <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/spot-bitcoin-etf-grayscale-next-steps\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Grayscale<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/blackrock-spot-bitcoin-etf-back-dtcc\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">BlackRock<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/ark-bitcoin-spot-etf-next-step-sec-approval\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ark Invest<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/sec-delays-wisdomtrees-spot-bitcoin-etf-application\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WisdomTree<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The crypto space is presently anticipating the approval of these ETFs, as many crypto experts have predicted that a <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/news\/bitcoin\/bitcoin-spot-etf-inflows-price-target\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bitcoin Spot ETF debut could result in massive inflows<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for BTC which may trigger a bull run.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Spot ETF Approval Prediction<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While the crypto community awaits the US SEC\u2019s <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/bitcoin-etf-approval-sec-january-2-10\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">final verdict on Spot Bitcoin ETF approval<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a Bloomberg analyst, James Seyffart has predicted a favorable approval outcome for BTC Spot ETFs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to Seyffart, Spot Bitcoin ETFs could see potential approval by January 10, 2024. His prediction has also been backed by another ETF specialist, Senior Bloomberg analyst, Eric Balchunas who gives a strong 90% likelihood for the approval of <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/bitcoin-spot-etf-sec-blackrock\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Spot Bitcoin ETFs.\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cPeople asking me if we changed the odds. No, we are still holding the line at 90% odds of approval by Jan 10 (aka this cycle), the same odds we\u2019ve had for months (before it was cool\/safe). What we are watching for now: more amended\/final filings to roll in and clarity on in-kind vs cash creates,\u201d <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ericbalchunas\/status\/1729860124817125600?s=46\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Balchunas stated.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<pre style=\"text-align: center\">BTC price makes its way toward $38,000 | Source: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/Tradingview.com\">BTCUSD on Tradingview.com<\/a><\/pre>\n<p>Featured image from Coinpedia, chart from Tradingview.com<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the ongoing Spot Bitcoin ETF mania, Pando has joined the race aiming to seize the opportunities that may arise following the potential approval of BTC Spot ETFs by the US SEC.\u00a0 Pando Submits Spot Bitcoin ETF Filing Switzerland-based asset management company, Pando Asset has become the latest entrant into the Spot Bitcoin Exchange Traded [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":203998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[235,203,210,234,231,232,237,238,236,233],"class_list":["post-203997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blockchain","tag-bitcoin","tag-crypto-currency","tag-elon-musk","tag-ethereum","tag-hyperledger","tag-ibm","tag-mining","tag-nodes","tag-spacex","tag-tesla"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203997"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":203999,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203997\/revisions\/203999"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}