Trump's Truth Social Pulls Bitcoin ETF Application From SEC Review

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Trump Media & Expertise Group has withdrawn its Bitcoin and Bitcoin-Ethereum ETF purposes.
Sponsor and funding advisor Yorkville America mentioned that it’ll pursue a distinct regulatory framework underneath the ’40 Act as an alternative of the ’33 Act.
The withdrawal highlights intense charge strain within the $57.4 billion U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF market, following the launch of Morgan Stanley’s MSBT.

The agency behind Donald Trump’s social media platform Fact Social has filed to withdraw its purposes for crypto exchange-traded funds, abandoning plans for each Bitcoin and Bitcoin-Ethereum ETFs.

In its filing, Trump Media & Expertise Group acknowledged that “The Firm has decided to withdraw the Registration Assertion and to not pursue the general public providing at the moment.”

The agency cited a shift in regulatory technique for the withdrawal. Steve Neamtz, president of Yorkville America, the sponsor and funding advisor for Fact Social funds, mentioned in a statement that the choice would enable extra flexibility.

“Our focus has all the time been on delivering the appropriate methods by the appropriate constructions,” Neamtz claimed, noting that “the ’40 Act construction permits us to carry extra differentiated funding methods to our traders that aren’t potential underneath the ’33 Act framework.”

Competitors ramps up

Bloomberg Analysis Analyst James Seyffart provided a distinct interpretation in a tweet, pointing to a “extra aggressive panorama” for spot Bitcoin ETFs following the launch of Morgan Stanley’s MSBT in April, which has already gathered $266.72 million in total net assets.

Morgan Stanley’s Bitcoin ETF has undercut rivals with a market-leading 0.14% annual expense ratio, versus Grayscale’s Bitcoin Mini Belief at 15 foundation factors and each BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Belief and Constancy’s Smart Origin Bitcoin Fund at 25 foundation factors.

Reasoning is beneath in press launch. Nevertheless it doesn’t make a ton of sense to me. After all a 33 act ETP is totally different from a 40 act ETF and it has much less protections. Anybody on this house is aware of that. Nothing has modified. I believe it extra has to do with the aggressive panorama for… pic.twitter.com/HDs2tKSxiN

— James Seyffart (@JSeyff) May 19, 2026

Per SoSoValue, the U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF market has attracted $57.4 billion in cumulative inflows for the reason that SEC initially approved the products in January 2024, creating some of the profitable ETF launches on document.

The ETFs are the most recent crypto ventures linked to the Trump household, which have included Trump-themed NFT collections, the TRUMP meme coin and the World Liberty Financial DeFi platform.

Trump’s ties to the crypto business have developed right into a political flashpoint, with a partisan report from the Home Judiciary Democrats final 12 months accusing the White Home of working “the world’s most corrupt crypto startup operation.” Final week, Democratic Senators tried to introduce dozens of amendments to the crypto market construction invoice, together with makes an attempt to restrict crypto-related ventures linked to the president and his household.