May. 10, 2022
Dear SEC, I am 34 years old from Italy and I am in favor of approving the Form 19b-4 that NYSE Arca filed with you to convert Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (OTCQX: GBTC) – the world’s largest publicly traded crypto asset fund, with approximately $30 billion in AUM, hundreds of millions in daily trading volume, more than 850,000 investors, holding approximately 3.4% of all Bitcoins outstanding – into a Bitcoin Spot ETF. This year, GBTC has traded at an approximately 25% discount to its NAV, which means the price of GBTC is less than the price of its underlying assets, Bitcoin. With approximately $30 billion in AUM, that results in approximately $7.5 billion of trapped value from existing U.S. investors. People like my father are interested about Bitcoin but reluctant to the registration process via exchanges like Kraken, Coinbase, Binance, etc. It should be easier for them access to Bitcoin via traditional trading platforms. Sincerely, Loris Giammarino