Cryptocurrency ETFs: A Year of Change

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There were 77 different applications for bitcoin ETFs over the years. This year some new participants have thrown their hat in the ring one of which is black rock It was very interesting earlier this week as well We had Larry Fink doing kind of the that's the black rock ceo Doing kind of a mainstream media tour and talking good things about uh bitcoin and about crypto in general Which is very interesting because you know six years earlier he had called it an index for money laundering.

Today we're joined by James Seyffart, a research analyst at Bloomberg who's the perfect person to answer our questions regarding the convergence of crypto and ETFs.

We dive into: - The probabilities of a Blackrock Bitcoin ETF and why - Important dates in which the SEC will need to give us answers - Neutrality, or lack thereof around the ETF approval process

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0:00 Intro 7:44 What is an ETF? 13:00 ETF History Lesson 17:40 ETF Market Size and Holders 22:46 Types of ETFs 27:02 Where Are These Assets Stores 34:04 Who Approves ETFs? 40:08 Neutrality Of Regulators 44:16 Types of Bitcoin ETFs 49:17 Reasons For Rejection 55:12 Does Gary Just Hate Crypto? 58:13 Does Blackrock Change Things? 1:04:46 Will Blackrock Get Approved? 1:15:20 Possible Approval Dates 1:19:09 Lack of ETFs to Blame For Crypto Fallout? 1:28:38 Why Should we Care? 1:34:14 Risks and Disclaimers

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James on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JSeyff

Trillions Podcast: https://www.bloomberg.com/podcasts/series/trillions

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