2024-28102. Self-Regulatory Organizations; MIAX Sapphire, LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change To Amend Exchange Rule 402, Criteria for Underlying Securities To List and Trade Options on the Fidelity Wise ...  

  • Bitcoin Fund Shares outstanding
    Fidelity Fund 201,100,100
    ARK 21 Fund 45,495,000

    Each Bitcoin Fund had significantly more than 7,000,000 shares outstanding (approximately 29 and 6.5 times that amount, respectively), which is the minimum number of shares of a corporate stock that the Exchange generally requires to list options on that stock pursuant to Exchange Rule 402(b)(1). The Exchange believes this demonstrates that each Bitcoin Fund is ( print page 95303) characterized by a substantial number of outstanding shares.

    Further, the below table contains information regarding the number of beneficial holders of the Bitcoin Funds as of the specified dates:

    Bitcoin Fund Beneficial holders Date
    Fidelity Fund 279,656 6/27/2024
    ARK 21 Fund 69,425 6/26/2024

Document Information

Published:
12/02/2024
Department:
Securities and Exchange Commission
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
2024-28102
Pages:
95301-95308 (8 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Release No. 34-101730, File No. SR-SAPPHIRE-2024-38
PDF File:
2024-28102.pdf