SEC Approves 3x Bitcoin and Ether ETF Listings, Opens Stock Tokenization Path

The Securities and Exchange Commission approved a plan to list six leveraged exchange-traded products tied to futures for Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), gold, silver, crude oil and natural gas, while opening a temporary regulatory path for tokenized U.S. stocks. The order covers six Volatility Shares products designed to deliver triple the daily performance of their respective futures benchmarks. The SEC recorded approval of Cboe BZX’s listing proposal Oct. 2 at 4:18 p.m. ET (20:18 UTC), while trading remains subject to the effectiveness of the products’ registration statements. Separately, the SEC’s Sept.