[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 102 (Thursday, May 29, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 22803]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-09625]



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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-103107; File No. SR-CboeBZX-2025-050]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.; Notice of 
Designation of a Longer Period for Commission Action on a Proposed Rule 
Change To Amend the Franklin Bitcoin ETF, the Franklin Ethereum ETF, 
and the Franklin Crypto Index ETF To Permit In-Kind Creations and 
Redemptions

May 22, 2025.
    On April 2, 2025, Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (``Exchange'') filed with 
the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission''), pursuant to 
Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act'') \1\ 
and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ a proposed rule change to amend the rule 
governing the listing and trading of shares of the Franklin Bitcoin 
ETF, the Franklin Ethereum ETF, and the Franklin Crypto Index ETF to 
permit in-kind creations and redemptions. The proposed rule change was 
published for comment in the Federal Register on April 11, 2025.\3\
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 102776 (Apr. 7, 
2025), 90 FR 15499. The Commission has received no comments on the 
proposed rule change.
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    Section 19(b)(2) of the Act \4\ provides that within 45 days of the 
publication of notice of the filing of a proposed rule change, or 
within such longer period up to 90 days as the Commission may designate 
if it finds such longer period to be appropriate and publishes its 
reasons for so finding or as to which the self-regulatory organization 
consents, the Commission shall either approve the proposed rule change, 
disapprove the proposed rule change, or institute proceedings to 
determine whether the proposed rule change should be disapproved. The 
45th day after publication of the notice for this proposed rule change 
is May 26, 2025. The Commission is extending this 45-day time period.
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    \4\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
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    The Commission finds it appropriate to designate a longer period 
within which to take action on the proposed rule change so that it has 
sufficient time to consider the proposed rule change and the issues 
raised therein. Accordingly, the Commission, pursuant to Section 
19(b)(2) of the Act,\5\ designates July 10, 2025, as the date by which 
the Commission shall either approve or disapprove, or institute 
proceedings to determine whether to disapprove, the proposed rule 
change (File No. SR-CboeBZX-2025-050).
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    \5\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\6\
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    \6\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(31).
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Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-09625 Filed 5-28-25; 8:45 am]
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