Notice2025-16819

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Designation of a Longer Period for Commission Action on Proceedings To Determine Whether To Approve or Disapprove a Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Amendment No. 2, To Add P.M.-Settled Options on the Cboe Bitcoin U.S. ETF Index and the Mini-Cboe Bitcoin U.S. ETF Index With Third Friday Expirations, Nonstandard Expirations, and Quarterly Index Expirations

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September 3, 2025

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 168 (Wednesday, September 3, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42645-42646]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16819]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-103804; File No. SR-CBOE-2025-004]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe Exchange, Inc.; Notice of 
Designation of a Longer Period for Commission Action on Proceedings To 
Determine Whether To Approve or Disapprove a Proposed Rule Change, as 
Modified by Amendment No. 2, To Add P.M.-Settled Options on the Cboe 
Bitcoin U.S. ETF Index and the Mini-Cboe Bitcoin U.S. ETF Index With 
Third Friday Expirations, Nonstandard Expirations, and Quarterly Index 
Expirations

August 28, 2025.
    On February 14, 2025, Cboe 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 list P.M.-
settled options on the Cboe Bitcoin U.S. ETF Index and the Mini-Cboe 
Bitcoin U.S. ETF Index with third Friday expirations, nonstandard 
expirations, and quarterly index expirations. The proposed rule change 
was published for comment in the Federal Register on March 5, 2025.\3\ 
On

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April 16, 2025, the Commission designated a longer period within which 
to approve the proposed rule change, disapprove the proposed rule 
change, or institute proceedings to determine whether to disapprove the 
proposed rule change.\4\ On April 22, 2025, the Exchange filed 
Amendment No. 1 to the proposed rule change.\5\ Amendment No. 1 
superseded the original proposed rule change in its entirety. On June 
2, 2025, the Commission published for comment the proposed rule change, 
as modified by Amendment No. 1, and instituted proceedings under 
Section 19(b)(2)(B) of the Act \6\ to determine whether to approve or 
disapprove the proposed rule change, as modified by Amendment No. 1.\7\ 
On July 23, 2025, the Exchange filed Amendment No. 2 to the proposed 
rule change, which superseded the proposed rule change, as modified by 
Amendment No. 1, in its entirety.\8\ The Commission has not received 
any comments on the proposed rule change.
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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. 102502 (Feb. 27, 
2025), 90 FR 11343 (``Notice'').
    \4\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 102870, 90 FR 16894 
(Apr. 22, 2025).
    \5\ The full text of Amendment No. 1 is available on the 
Commission's website at <a href="https://www.sec.gov/comments/sr-cboe-2025-004/srcboe2025004-593235-1720602.pdf">https://www.sec.gov/comments/sr-cboe-2025-004/srcboe2025004-593235-1720602.pdf</a>.
    \6\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2)(B).
    \7\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 103168, 90 FR 24180 
(June 6, 2025).
    \8\ Amendment No. 2 is available on the Commission's website at: 
<a href="https://www.sec.gov/comments/sr-cboe-2025-004/srcboe2025004-631167-1867334.pdf">https://www.sec.gov/comments/sr-cboe-2025-004/srcboe2025004-631167-1867334.pdf</a>.
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    Section 19(b)(2) of the Act \9\ provides that, after initiating 
proceedings, the Commission shall issue an order approving or 
disapproving the proposed rule change not later than 180 days after the 
date of publication of the notice of filing of the proposed rule 
change. The Commission may extend the period for issuing an order 
approving or disapproving the proposed rule change, however, by not 
more than 60 days if the Commission determines that a longer period is 
appropriate and publishes the reasons for such determination. The 
proposed rule change was published for notice and comment in the 
Federal Register on March 5, 2025.\10\ The 180th day after publication 
of the Notice is September 1, 2025. The Commission is extending the 
time period for approving or disapproving the proposed rule change, as 
modified by Amendment No. 2, for an additional 60 days.
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    \9\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
    \10\ See Notice, supra note 3.
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    The Commission finds it appropriate to designate a longer period 
within which to issue an order approving or disapproving the proposed 
rule change so that it has sufficient time to consider the proposed 
rule change, as modified by Amendment No. 2. Accordingly, the 
Commission, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,\11\ designates 
October 31, 2025, as the date by which the Commission shall either 
approve or disapprove the proposed rule change, as modified by 
Amendment No. 2 (File No. SR-CBOE-2025-004).
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    \11\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\12\
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    \12\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(57).
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Vanessa A. Countryman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-16819 Filed 9-2-25; 8:45 am]
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