The Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) , which has long traded at a steep discount to its net asset value, rose 12.8% on Friday after BlackRock filed to launch a spot bitcoin ETF. GBTC 5D mountain The Grayscale Bitcoin Trust has rallied more than bitcoin in recent days. The proposed BlackRock fund would also use Coinbase as a custodian for cryptocurrency, even though Coinbase was recently sued by the SEC . "If BlackRock is getting an ETF, I would want to own the BlackRock ETF. Wilshire Phoenix's wShares has a pending registration filing for its own bitcoin trust, but that product is not an ETF.

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