Grayscale's Bitcoin Trust now reports to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, putting it one step closer to public trading.
The announcementGrayscale's Bitcoin Trust manages investment in Bitcoin on behalf of investors, exposing them to the coin's potential for gains while mitigating risks.
The Jan. 21 announcement advertises the trust as the first of its kind to report to the SEC.Grayscale's full Form 10 is available here.
Subsequent to this registration, the trust will need to file quarterly and annual reports with the SEC, which will then become publicly available.
In response to an inquiry from Cointelegraph, Grayscale declined to specify just when it will file the first of these reports but said the firm will do so in accordance with SEC regulations.
While a Form 10 filing is not enough for a company to begin trading publicly on exchanges, it is a step in that direction and opens the trust up to more investors than were previously available without registration.
Accredited investorsGrayscale's announcement arrives as the SEC considers changes to its accredited investor designation, couched in the 1934 act's Section 12(g).
Effectively, the SEC trusts the wealthy or executive class to invest with insight and thereby minimal risk.
Under SEC exemptions companies may offer shares to accredited investors without filing all documents that the SEC requires of publicly-listed companies.
Critics castigate this exemption as favorable to the rich while being exclusionary of everyday investors, whom former SEC commissioner Michael Piwowar dubbed "Forgotten investors."
Now Reporting to the SEC, Grayscale Bitcoin Trust One Step Closer to Public Trading
Publicado en Jan 22, 2020
by Cointele | Publicado en Coinage
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