2018-01416. Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Withdrawal of a Proposed Rule Change To List and Trade Shares of the First Trust Bitcoin Strategy ETF and the First Trust Inverse Bitcoin Strategy ETF, Each a Series of ...

January 22, 2018.

On December 19, 2017, Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (“Exchange”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”), pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) ^[1] and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,^[2] a proposed rule change to list and trade shares of the First Trust Bitcoin Strategy ETF and the First Trust Inverse Bitcoin Strategy ETF, each a series of the First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VII, under Rule 14.11(i), Managed Fund Shares. The proposed rule change was published for comment in the Federal Register on January 8, 2018.^[3] The Commission received three comment letters on the proposed rule change.^[4]

On January 19, 2018, the Exchange withdrew the proposed rule change (SR-CboeBZX-2017-021).

For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated authority.^[5]

Eduardo A. Aleman,

Assistant Secretary.

Footnotes

1.  15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).

2.  17 CFR 240.19b-4.

3.  See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 82429 (Jan. 2, 2018), 83 FR 929 (Jan. 8, 2018).

4.  See Letters from Anita Desai (Jan. 4, 2018); Carl Summersett (Jan. 4, 2018); and Stephen Knell (Jan. 9, 2018). All comments on the proposed rule change are available on the Commission's website at: https://www.sec.gov/​comments/​sr-cboebzx-2017-021/​cboebzx2017021.htm.

5.  17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).