Spot Bitcoin ETF receives official approval from the SEC

Re:Spot Bitcoin ETF receives official approval from the SEC by bb88 on Wednesday January 10, 2024 @11:42PM (#38947683)

So here's a question I don't know off hand:

Can someone short bitcoin with this ETF?

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Re:Spot Bitcoin ETF receives official approval from the SEC by ijhuygft776 on Wednesday January 10, 2024 @11:46PM (#38947729)

Can't you short it the same way you short all other securities?

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Re:Spot Bitcoin ETF receives official approval from the SEC by somedude895 on Thursday January 11, 2024 @01:40AM (#38948615)

There will be inverse ETFs on these in no time, give it a month or so.

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Re:Spot Bitcoin ETF receives official approval from the SEC by miohtama on Thursday January 11, 2024 @02:24AM (#38948905)

No you cannot.

But there have existed regulated CME Bitcoin Futures instruments to short Bitcoin more than a half decade now.

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