Notice2025-04189

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Designation of a Longer Period for Commission Action on a Proposed Rule Change To Amend the Rules Governing the Listing and Trading of Shares of the Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund and the Fidelity Ethereum Fund To Permit In-Kind Creations and Redemptions

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Published
March 17, 2025

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 50 (Monday, March 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 12376]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-04189]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-102595; File No. SR-CboeBZX-2025-023]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.; Notice of 
Designation of a Longer Period for Commission Action on a Proposed Rule 
Change To Amend the Rules Governing the Listing and Trading of Shares 
of the Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund and the Fidelity Ethereum Fund 
To Permit In-Kind Creations and Redemptions

March 11, 2025.
    On February 7, 2025, Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (``Exchange'') filed 
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission''), pursuant 
to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act'') 
\1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ a proposed rule change to amend the 
rules governing the listing and trading of shares of the Fidelity Wise 
Origin Bitcoin Fund and the Fidelity Ethereum Fund to permit in-kind 
creations and redemptions. The proposed rule change was published for 
comment in the Federal Register on February 25, 2025.\3\
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 102451 (Feb. 19, 
2025), 90 FR 10664. Comments on the proposed rule change may be 
viewed at: <a href="https://www.sec.gov/comments/sr-cboebzx-2025-023/srcboebzx2025023.htm">https://www.sec.gov/comments/sr-cboebzx-2025-023/srcboebzx2025023.htm</a>.
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    Section 19(b)(2) of the Act \4\ provides that within 45 days of the 
publication of notice of the filing of a proposed rule change, or 
within such longer period up to 90 days as the Commission may designate 
if it finds such longer period to be appropriate and publishes its 
reasons for so finding or as to which the self-regulatory organization 
consents, the Commission shall either approve the proposed rule change, 
disapprove the proposed rule change, or institute proceedings to 
determine whether the proposed rule change should be disapproved. The 
45th day after publication of the notice for this proposed rule change 
is April 11, 2025. The Commission is extending this 45-day time period.
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    \4\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
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    The Commission finds it appropriate to designate a longer period 
within which to take action on the proposed rule change so that it has 
sufficient time to consider the proposed rule change and the issues 
raised therein. Accordingly, the Commission, pursuant to Section 
19(b)(2) of the Act,\5\ designates May 26, 2025, as the date by which 
the Commission shall either approve or disapprove, or institute 
proceedings to determine whether to disapprove, the proposed rule 
change (File No. SR-CboeBZX-2025-023).
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    \5\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\6\
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    \6\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(31).
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Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-04189 Filed 3-14-25; 8:45 am]
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