The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), traded as Cboe Global Markets Inc (NYSE:CBOE), filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to list Fidelity’s Wise Origin Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF).

By filing the form, the exchange started the regulator's approval process, forcing it to give the first response within 45 days, which could result in a deadline extension to a maximum total of 240 days or a rejection.

The SEC has been avoiding making final decisions about Bitcoin ETFs as of lately, which is progress considering under its former chairman, Jay Clayton, the organization usually made it very clear it was not interested in approving such a product.

At the end of April, the SEC extended the typical 45-day time period to decide on VanEck’s Bitcoin ETF application, with the new deadline of June 17, 2021.

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