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June 15, 2023Markets & financeLaunches & foundingsdocumented

BlackRock files for a U.S. spot Bitcoin product

Nasdaq filed to list BlackRock's proposed iShares Bitcoin Trust as a commodity-based trust holding bitcoin.

The filing proposed Coinbase Custody as custodian and later added a surveillance-sharing arrangement tied to spot trading. Competing issuers quickly updated or renewed their own applications.