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The anticipation surrounding the approval of a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) is escalating, with attention focusing on major players that aren’t all large asset managers like BlackRock and Fidelity. Coinbase, as a significant force between the cryptocurrency market and traditional stock exchanges, is primed to play a fundamental role should the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approve spot Bitcoin ETFs. As a publicly listed company in the U.S, Coinbase provides various critical roles for these particular securities including trading execution, market surveillance, custody, and even lending.
Despite its prominence in the industry, Coinbase is also faced with a significant hurdle: the SEC. The federal finance regulator had earlier filed a lawsuit against Coinbase back in June for allegedly operating as an unregistered securities exchange, broker-dealer, and clearinghouse. As of now, the legal battle between Coinbase and the SEC has not been resolved. Consequently, ETF issuers such as BlackRock have acknowledged their dependency on Coinbase and have included the case against them in their risk disclosures.
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