##  [# BlackRock Updates Spot Bitcoin ETF Application](/sections/news/blackrock-updates-spot-bitcoin-etf-application) 

 

# BlackRock Updates Spot Bitcoin ETF Application

 

 

The firm disclosed that it has received $100,000 in seed funding for a spot fund.



 

 

 

 

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[By Lucy Brewster](/authors/lucy-brewster)

 Dec 05, 2023

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[BlackRock Inc.](https://www.etf.com/topics/blackrock), the world’s largest asset manager, received at least $100,000 in seeding from an unknown investor as the seasoned Wall Street player moves toward launching a much-anticipated spot [bitcoin](https://www.etf.com/topics/bitcoin) ETF.

The company disclosed in its most recent amendment to its [S-1 filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1980994/000143774923033524/bit20231201_s1a.htm) on Dec. 4 with the [Securities and Exchange Commission](https://www.etf.com/topics/sec) that an investor agreed to pay the firm $100,000 in seed funding for the potential spot bitcoin ETF product. According to the filing, the investor “took delivery” of 4,000 shares at a price of $25 per seed share.

The SEC now allows ETFs that track bitcoin and [ethererum](https://www.etf.com/sections/etf-basics/investing-ethereum-etfs-what-know) futures contracts, but to this point, it has blocked ETFs that track physically backed bitcoin. Yet after it lost a watershed lawsuit to Grayscale Investments Inc. in late August, the SEC has been working with a group of 13 firms to move their applications for a spot bitcoin ETF forward.

## Spot Bitcoin ETF Applications 

The price of bitcoin has skyrocketed this year. It was recently trading at nearly $44,800, up 4.6% in the past 24 hours, as anticipation for the passage of a spot bitcoin has reached a fever pitch among eager [cryptocurrency](https://www.etf.com/topics/cryptocurrency) investors.

While applicants for a spot bitcoin ETF include cryptocurrency specialist firms such as [Bitwise Asset Management Inc.](https://www.etf.com/topics/bitwise-asset-management-inc), traditional investment firms such as BlackRock, [Fidelity](https://www.etf.com/topics/fidelity) and [Franklin Templeton](https://www.etf.com/topics/franklin-templeton) have also entered the race , potentially opening the crypto market to more institutional investors.

In its latest filing, BlackRock gave updates and risk disclosures related to ETF pricing, security and regulatory compliance.

Bloomberg analysts have given the odds of an early January approval a 90% chance.

*Contact Lucy Brewster at* <lucy.brewster@etf.com>.

 
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 Related Topics  [Blackrock](http://www.etf.com/topics/blackrock) 

 [Bitcoin](http://www.etf.com/topics/bitcoin) 

 [Crypto](http://www.etf.com/topics/cryptocurrency) 

 [Spot Bitcoin](http://www.etf.com/topics/spot-bitcoin)