BREAKDOWN: Bitcoin Is Actually, Finally About to Have an ETF

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🗓️ 15 October 2021

⏱️ 17 minutes

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We’ll know for sure next week, but all signs point to "go" for a bitcoin futures ETF to begin trading. This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. On today’s episode, NLW looks at the buzz and excitement around a bitcoin futures ETF. The historical moment could be an inflection point for new audiences to get into the asset class. At the same time, there are some who suggest that a bitcoin futures ETF won’t be all it’s cracked up to be. - NYDIG, the institutional-grade platform for bitcoin, is making it possible for thousands of banks who have trusted relationships with hundreds of millions of customers, to offer Bitcoin. Learn more at NYDIG.com/NLW. - “The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell and additional production support by Eleanor Pahl. Adam B. Levine is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. The music you heard today behind our sponsor is “Only in Time” by Abloom. Image credit: Malte Mueller/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:53.8	Welcome back to The Breakdown with me, NLW.
0:58.8	It's a daily podcast on macro, Bitcoin, and the big-picture power shifts remaking our world.
1:05.9	The breakdown is sponsored by Nidig and produced and distributed by CoinDes.
1:12.3	What's going on, guys? It is Friday, October 15th, and if you have been alive and on Bitcoin
1:19.2	Twitter at all in the last 24 hours, you know exactly what we are talking about. We're discussing
1:26.4	whether Bitcoin is actually, finally, about to have an
1:30.6	ATF. So we are on the precipice of a monumental moment for Bitcoin. Jill Gunter, who is formerly
1:37.5	Jill Carson, congrats on getting hitched friend, tweeted, is 2021 the year that all of the Bitcoin
1:43.0	boy who cried wolf rumors actually come true?
1:46.3	China actually banned it. The ETF may actually get approved. Matt Hogan, the chief investment
1:53.1	officer at Bitwise, in an appearance on CoinDesk's first mover today, said that we've had a series
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