The SEC Will Decide on 9 Bitcoin ETFs in the Next 2 Months

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) delayed a decision on a proposed rule change from the Cboe BZX Exchange that, if approved, would allow for the listing of an ETF backed by blockchain startup SolidX and investment firm VanEck.
Yet the SolidX-VanEck proposal – first put forward in June – is just one of four filings in waiting.
Combined with past submissions from firms ProShares, Direxion and GraniteShares, a total of 10 bitcoin-related funds are being weighed by SEC officials, according to public records, although the VanEck/SolidX bitcoin ETF is the only "physical" ETF among all the proposals.

Those deadlines are set by the time at which the proposals are published in the U.S. Federal Register, with an initial decision due 45 days after that time. The agency can then punt those decisions to as many as 240 days following publication in the Register.

The deadline for a decision on two funds from ProShares is August 23, is just over two weeks away. The rule change paving the way for those products was submitted by NYSE Arca on December 4, 2017.
September will see a series of deadlines for bitcoin ETFs, starting on September 15, the date by which two funds by GraniteShares will receive a thumbs-up or thumbs-down. The funds were initially proposed on January 5.

To be sure, the agency could release its decisions well ahead of time as they did earlier but most likely they will wait for the deadline to decide.

so basically movement of bitcoin and other altcoins depends lot on these decisions. it might skyrocket btc and altcoin prices if etfs approved or may melt down prices if etf's not approved. so many are playing gamble based on these decisions where as I will suggest stay cautious and invest amount which u r ready to loose. else stay away.

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