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 <p class="is-style-lead">Financial institutions like Vanguard have no plans to allow spot Bitcoin ETF trading despite approval from the U.S. SEC.&nbsp;</p>
 <p>While trading for spot Bitcoin ETFs opened on Jan. 11 across major U.S. exchanges like the Nasdaq and platforms such as Robinhood plan to swiftly add support for these products, some firms have reportedly blocked users from trading them.&nbsp;</p>
 <p>Vanguard, the second-largest asset manager after BlackRock,&nbsp;reportedly said spot Bitcoin ETFs do not align with the company’s investment philosophy.</p>
 <p>In addition to not enabling trading for the newly approved products, Vanguard disabled the buying of Grayscale’s GBTC shares on its platform, according to several users on X.</p>
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    <p lang="en" dir="ltr">I can confirm, I'm still holding my GBTC from 3+ years ago and I can only sell. I cannot add to my position or exchange my GBTC for one of the newer lower cost ETFs.<br><br>BUT DON'T WORRY, I CAN STILL BUY THE PAPER FUTURES ETFS LIKE $BITO. WTF?<br><br>DO BETTER @Vanguard_Group</p>— NewWage Crypto (@NewWageCrypto) January 11, 2024
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 <p>A spokesperson for the firm said Vanguard also has zero plans to offer a Vanguard Bitcoin ETF or other crypto-based products. The Tradfi heavyweight views crypto volatility as a risk to its long-term positive return strategy for customers, per comments from the representative.</p>
 <p>Vanguard is notably one of the largest owners of MicroStrategy shares, the Michael Saylor company, which holds over $8 billion in Bitcoin (BTC).</p>
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 <p>Furthermore, there are reports that other legacy institutions like Merrill Lynch, Citi Bank, UBS, Wells Fargo Advisors, and Raymond James will also <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="boycott" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/boycott.html">boycott</a> spot BTC ETFs — Merrill Lynch, in particular, plans to assess how the ETFs perform and possibly reevaluate its decision.</p>
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    <p lang="en" dir="ltr">SCOOP: @MerrillLynch also currently not allowing their customers access to the $BTC Spot ETFs. According to a source who received guidance from the company earlier this week, Merrill is waiting to see whether the ETFs trade efficiently before making any decisions to change… https://t.co/Fu810vdWn1</p>— Eleanor Terrett (@EleanorTerrett) January 11, 2024
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 <p>Meanwhile, Bloomberg’s James Seyffart confirmed over $1.2 billion in volume for spot Bitcoin ETFs in the first 30 minutes of trading. BTC itself briefly touched $49,000 shortly after trading opened but has since declined slightly in price to around $46,300, per CoinMarketCap.</p>
 <p>Despite confirmation from the Securities and Exchange Commission for BTC ETFs, long-standing Bitcoin skeptic Peter Schiff continued championing anti-crypto rhetoric. Schiff scrutinized mainstream media channels for their coverage of these products and questioned the liquidity following spot BTC ETFs.</p>
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<p>Source: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://thebittimes.com/vanguard-other-tradfi-giants-boycott-spot-bitcoin-etfs-tbt76340.html">https://thebittimes.com/vanguard-other-tradfi-giants-boycott-spot-bitcoin-etfs-tbt76340.html</a></p>

Vanguard, other tradfi giants boycott spot Bitcoin ETFs

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