Grayscale Shakes Up Board Amid ARK CEO Predicting Short-term Effect of Bitcoin ETF Approval
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ARK Invest CEO, Cathie Wood predicts a short-term 'sell on news' reaction by investors following a spot Bitcoin ETF approval, but maintains an optimistic long-term outlook. In parallel news, Grayscale Investments, a leading contender for a Bitcoin spot exchange-traded fund, announced significant board changes, including the departure of CEO Barry Silbert. New members are set to be in place as of January 1, 2024.
Cathie Wood, the CEO of ARK Invest, believes some investors might unload their holdings once a spot Bitcoin ETF gets approval, impacting BTC pricing in the near term. In related news, Grayscale Investments recently reshuffled its executive team, as the same day saw the retirement of their CEO and the refiling of their spot Bitcoin ETF application with significant adjustments.
ARK's Cathie Wood hints at initial 'sell on news' response to spot Bitcoin ETF approval. She suggests that the burgeoning excitement over the possible green light of spot Bitcoin ETFs might have a hovering negative effect on Bitcoin's value in the short term. Wood theorizes that certain investors will likely "sell on the news" following the sanction of a spot Bitcoin ETF in the U.S.A, not wanting to miss the shot at garnering some gains due to the "big anticipatory rise" on the grounds of a possible spot Bitcoin ETF approval. She maintains, however, that this is a short-term impact, whereas the long-term outlook remains encouraging and is of greater importance.
Serving as the amended S-3 filing recapitulation, Grayscale filed this document with the U.S securities regulatory body on the same day Barry Silbert, the CEO of Digital Currency Group (its parent company), formally resigned from Grayscale's board. Silbert stepping down deemed substantial as it could potentially heighten the likelihood of Grayscale successfully transforming its Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) into a spot Bitcoin ETF, currently in the approval stages.
Grayscale Investments, a crypto investment company, has made public the departure of two top-tier executives from its board and simultaneously welcomed three new replacements as of January 1, 2024. Silbert was succeeded by Mark Shifke, DCG's CFO, as Grayscale's board chairman. Other noteworthy details include Grayscale finally ceding to a cash creation model.
It is noted that Grayscale is among the leading asset managers attempting to secure a Bitcoin spot exchange-traded fund, having won a court ruling in August opposing the Securities and Exchange Commission's rejection of its Bitcoin ETF application.
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12/27/2023 2:38:59 PM
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