SEC, stock exchange officials meet ahead of potential spot bitcoin ETF approval

A series of meetings between the Securities and Exchange Commission and a handful of stock exchanges are fueling confidence that the approval of a long-awaited spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund could be imminent.

FOX Business has learned that SEC staff attorneys from the Division of Trading and Markets are meeting Wednesday with officials from the major exchanges — the New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq and Chicago Board Options Exchange — where the ETFs wo