💥NYSE Finally Discovers That the #etf Are Not Fragile Toys (or So Says the SEC).
After years treating Bitcoin ETFs and $ETH as if they were newborns, NYSE Arca and NYSE American have decided to lift that adorable limit of 25,000 contracts for options. Why? Apparently, the market survived. Who would have thought.
Nasdaq did it in February 2025, Cboe in March 2026, and NYSE… well, they arrived when they wanted. But now yes: all the major options exchanges in the U.S. treat ETFs as real assets. Standardization has arrived, 10 years late, but it has arrived.
The SEC, in a fit of efficiency, waived the 30-day waiting period. Because nothing says "confidence in the market" like rushing to remove a rule that should never have been there.
What products benefit? Eleven, among them the big ones: IBIT, FBTC, GBTC, those of Ethereum, and even FLEX options for those who want to do weird things without the regulator frowning at them.
Conclusion: dealers can now hedge without ties, spreads will narrow, and institutions can finally trade without the limit making them feel like they are shopping in a convenience store. The funniest thing is that all this is sold as "the crypto derivatives market is now fully open"… when in reality they have only brought it to the level of commodities that have existed for centuries.
Welcome to normalcy, guys. Better late than never.