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SEC poised to decide fate of bitcoin ETF

March 7, 2017

By The Wall Street Journal

The Securities and Exchange Commission is due to decide this week whether to give a green light to a new exchange-traded fund that would provide investors easier access to bitcoin. An ETF could serve as a bridge from bitcoin’s current status as a counterculture technology to mainstream acceptance. Enthusiasm about a bitcoin-based ETF helped drive the currency to a new record near $1,300 last week. Read the original story from The Wall Street Journal

 

 

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