Crypto ETFs Enter Maturity Phase as IRS and SEC Actions Drive Rapid Expansion of Products
A few years ago, a long government shutdown would have been seen as a crisis for traditional markets and an opportunity for crypto traders. That tension framed the opening of a wide-ranging discussion about how much the digital asset market has changed since then at the ETP Forum in New York on Tuesday.
The panel, made up of exchange-traded fund (ETF) issuers, auditors, lawyers and derivatives specialists, walked through the forces reshaping the crypto ETF space and the operational work happening behind the scenes to keep pace with rapid product expansion.
One of the clearest themes was the shift from crypto as a speculative trading class to crypto as an investment class. Earlier cycles were driven by price spikes, momentum and retail…
