Next week, the US SEC will decide whether to approve the Valkyrie Bitcoin ETF and VanEck Bitcoin ETF applications. In addition, the Bitcoin Core client Bitcoin Core may release the first official version 22.0 after the revision of the version number naming rules.
Next Tuesday (August 10), the US SEC will decide whether to approve the application of Valkyrie Bitcoin ETF and VanEck Bitcoin ETF. According to statistics, currently 11 institutions have submitted Bitcoin ETF applications to the U.S. SEC. VanEck Bitcoin Trust was the first to submit an application. The U.S. SEC began reviewing it in March this year. If approved, it will become the first Bitcoin approved by the U.S. SEC. ETF. However, in April and June, the SEC postponed the decision on the application twice and expressed the hope that it would solicit further public comments. Valkyrie submitted an application for a Bitcoin ETF to the SEC in January this year. According to the previous regulations, June 26 was the decision date, but it was once postponed to this day.
On Tuesday this week, Gary Gensler, chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), mentioned in a speech at the Aspen Security Forum that the financial market working group is required for the provision of crypto-asset-related investment tools (such as ETFs). The staff conducts further review. Previously, due to Gary Gensler’s academic background in the cryptocurrency industry, the SEC was expected to approve a Bitcoin ETF for the first time after Gensler became the chairman of the SEC. However, judging from the current position of Gensler, it is unclear whether the application of Valkyrie and VanEck Bitcoin ETF will be approved by the decision.
In addition, the Bitcoin Core client Bitcoin Core may release the first official version of the revised version number naming rules next week, which is 22.0. Previously, this version was speculated that the target release date was August 1, but it did not happen as expected. to. According to Github , the Bitcoin Core client released the first version 22.0 RC1 with the revised version number naming rules on July 21, and the second version 22.0 RC2 after the revised version number naming rules were released on August 3. According to the release rhythm of the previous version, the official version of 22.0 is likely to be officially released next week.
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August 9
- The online Chia hackathon jointly organized by Chia Network and Sirius Labs will hold a three-day Chialisp training camp
- The NFT social platform DeFine’s Primepool new currency event ended on Huobi Global
- Decentralized financial ecosystem Nord Finance launches decentralized active fund management agreement Nord Advisory
- BitcoinSV held anonline Meetup to discuss how blockchain technology can solve the problems faced by the modern World Wide Web
August 10
August 11
- The NFT series launched by the British fashion brand Burberry and the blockchain game studio Mythical Games began to sell
- Cardano-based cross-chain lending protocol Paribus will beIDO on CardStarter
August 12
August 13
- By governance decisions Ethernet Square Gas Limit the agreement EGL creation of live action end
- JD.com will draw lots for users who have successfully signed up for the digital renminbi event from Shanghai and Jiangsu citizens
August 14
August 15
- AI data distributed storage protocol agreement project EpiK Protocol Ming know the main network 1.0 formally launched Rosetta
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