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ChainCatcher news, The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued an announcement aimed at expediting the approval of the Chicago Board Options Exchange (Cboe)'s proposed rule change, as amended by Amendment No. 2. The core of this new regulation is to add afternoon-settled options for the "Cboe Bitcoin US ETF Index (CBTX)" and "Mini Cboe Bitcoin US ETF Index (MBTX)", covering three types: Friday expirations, non-standard expirations (including weekly and month-end expirations), and quarterly index expirations (QIX). The SEC emphasized in the announcement that this approval is a reasonable extension of the existing afternoon-settled index options program and can provide market participants with more flexible investment and hedging tools.

ChainCatcher News, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to approve rule amendment proposals submitted by three national securities exchanges, which will adopt universal listing standards for exchange-traded products holding spot commodities (including digital assets). As a result, exchanges can directly list and trade commodity trust shares that meet these universal listing standards, without the need to submit a rule amendment proposal to the Commission under Section 19(b) of the Securities Exchange Act. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins stated: "By approving these universal listing standards, we are ensuring that the capital markets continue to be the world's leading platform for digital asset innovation. This approval helps maximize investor choice and promote innovation by streamlining the listing process and lowering the threshold for investors to access digital asset products in the trusted U.S. capital markets."