wShares Bitcoin Fund: SEC approval status
Waiting · AmendingwShares · BTC · spot
wShares Bitcoin Fund was filed with the SEC on 12 Jun 2020. It has been amended 11 times, most recently on 4 Jan 2024, and has been waiting 2317 days.
- Filed12 Jun 2020
- Amending · 11 · now16 Apr 2021 – 4 Jan 2024
- EffectiveSEC declares the registration effective
- Tradinglisted on an exchange, flows start
Days at the SEC2317
Amendments11median before launch: 4–5
Days since the last document10164 Jan 2024
BTC filings waiting1including this one
Where this filing stands
Of the 29 crypto ETFs now waiting at the SEC, one was filed earlier; this one has been waiting 2317 days. wShares has no crypto ETF trading yet, one waiting. 13 Bitcoin ETFs already trade in the US; 4 Bitcoin filings are waiting.
SEC documents
12 · newest first · each opens on sec.gov- 4 Jan 2024Amendment to the registrationS-1/A
- 8 May 2023Amendment to the registrationS-1/A
- 14 Feb 2023Amendment to the registrationS-1/A
- 20 Jan 2023Amendment to the registrationS-1/A
- 9 Nov 2022Amendment to the registrationS-1/A
- 6 Oct 2022Amendment to the registrationS-1/A
- 19 Jul 2022Amendment to the registrationS-1/A
- 15 Feb 2022Amendment to the registrationS-1/A
- 22 Oct 2021Amendment to the registrationS-1/A
- 4 Aug 2021Amendment to the registrationS-1/A
- 16 Apr 2021Amendment to the registrationS-1/A
- 12 Jun 2020Registration filedS-1
What has to happen before it trades
- The issuer answers SEC staff comments with amendments, if any are needed. Done 11 times so far.
- The SEC declares the registration effective (form EFFECT).
- The exchange lists the shares (forms 8-A12B and CERT) and trading starts, usually within days.
- From the first trading day its daily net flows appear on cryptoetf.today.
Questions
When will the wShares Bitcoin Fund be approved?
There is no set date. A registration has no legal deadline; the SEC declares it effective when its review is done. This one has been waiting 2317 days.
Where do these documents come from?
From SEC EDGAR, the SEC’s public filing system, and from the Federal Register, where exchange listing requests and SEC orders are published. Every date on this page links to the original document.