The race to list the first spot-traded Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the United States has seen the entrance of major financial institutions like BlackRock, Fidelity and VanEck. 

While the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 

first approved a Bitcoin-linked Futures ETF

 in October 2021, the current filings are for spot Bitcoin ETFs. Following 

 against the SEC’s review of its spot Bitcoin ETF proposal there is more and more discussion regarding the approval of the ETF.