A bitcoin representation is seen in an illustration picture taken at La Maison du Bitcoin in Paris, France, June 23, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo
June 29 (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday said in a filing that it rejected a proposal to list a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund by Grayscale, one of the world’s biggest digital asset managers, on Intercontinental Exchange Inc’s (ICE.N) NYSE Arca exchange.
Grayscale did not respond immediately to a request for comment.
The SEC has rejected more than a dozen proposals for spot bitcoin ETFs over the past year, with much of its focus on the lack of any surveillance-sharing agreements with a regulated market of significant size relating to the underlying assets.
The price of bitcoin, the largest digital currency, is down about 70% from its high of around $69,000 in November.
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Reporting by Akriti Sharma in Bengaluru and John McCrank in New York; Editing by Leslie Adler
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