The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has hit the brakes on four closely watched crypto‐exchange-traded product filings, instituting formal proceedings on spot XRP and Dogecoin exchange traded funds (ETFs) and extending its review of an Ethereum staking amendment.
Under Section 19(b)(2)(B) of the Exchange Act, the Commission now has up to 240 days from the original filing dates—placing the final deadlines for these products in early October—to approve or disapprove the rule changes. Commenters will have 21 days after Federal Register publication to submit briefs, and 35 days to file rebuttals. The agency says the extended period is needed to assess whether the proposed structures are “designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices” and to weigh investor-protection considerations.
Ultimately the calendar is now clear. Barring an unlikely early approval, the comment cycles will run into mid-summer, pushing any definitive Commission vote on XRP, Dogecoin or ETH-staking structures into the fourth quarter. “If we’re gonna see early approvals from the SEC on any of these assets — I wouldn’t expect to see them until late June or early July at absolute earliest. More likely to be in early 4Q,” Seyffart writes.
At press time, XRP traded at $2.37.
