SEC Approves Trading of Ether ETF Options

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The regulator had initially postponed a decision back in February but ETF analyst James Seyffart said the approval wasn’t a surprise. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved options trading for Blackrock's ether exchange-traded fund.

The Securities and Exchange Commission gave the green light for the trading of options tied to ether exchange-traded funds .a filing from Nasdaq ISE, filed last July, which asked to list options contracts on the BlackRock’s iShares Ethereum Trust . Options are a popular trading vehicle to leverage and hedge risk and are especially attractive to institutional investors who are looking to control large amounts of shares. The options apply specifically to ETHA, meaning that BlackRock’s product is the only spot ether ETF that options can be traded on.Helene is a New York-based markets reporter at CoinDesk, covering the latest news from Wall Street, the rise of the spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds and updates on crypto markets. She is a graduate of New York University's business and economic reporting program and has appeared on CBS News, YahooFinance and Nasdaq TradeTalks. She holds BTC and ETH.

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