No, SEC Chairman Gary Gensler and the agency’s members did not vote to approve a spot Ethereum ETF.

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Exchange and Markets Division, rather than the agency’s commissioner, voted to approve the forms for numerous positions. Ethereum ETH

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By Order Approving Form 19b-4 ETF from There was a line at the end of BlackRock, Fidelity, Grayscale, Bitwise, VanEck, Ark, Invesco Galaxy and Franklin Templeton telling us how decisions were made.

“In the case of the Commission, by the Department of Trade and Markets in accordance with its delegated powers.” Bespeak read.

This means that the SEC’s Trading and Markets Division, not SEC Chairman Gary Gensler or the other four commissioners, made the decision to approve the Ethereum ETF.

When the SEC approved a spot Bitcoin ETF earlier this year, commissioners voted. SEC Chairman Gensler joined Republican Commissioners Hester Peirce and Mark Uyeda in approving it. Democratic Commissioner Jamie Lizárraga and Carolina Crenshaw did not approve. Additionally, a number of committee members made statements about the on-site Bitcoin ETF. The SEC said Thursday it would not comment beyond the order.

Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart said the agency’s decision to use delegated authority was normal.

“Making decisions through delegated authority is NORM. This is how it is typically done. It would be crazy for the SEC to require a formal vote on every decision or every document,” Seyffart said Thursday. said in a post on . “It would have been nice to see where the political lines were drawn.”

A senior member of one issuer called the delegated authority part “an interesting detail.”

“We don’t know (the reason). It’s most likely related to the recent political situation,” the source said.

cryptocurrency industry cheered News of the SEC’s approval Thursday called it a “historic move.”

Although your Form 19b-4 has been approved, your S-1 Registration Statement must still be valid to begin trading. But some say it may take time. main.

Tim Copeland contributed reporting.

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