Ethereum
SEC Authorizes Listing of Triple-Leveraged Ether and Bitcoin ETFs
U.S. regulators have greenlit 3x leveraged exchange-traded funds for Ether and Bitcoin, lifting previous restrictions on fund leverage.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved the listing of the market's first 3x leveraged exchange-traded funds tied to Ether and Bitcoin on October 2, 2026. The move allows daily leveraged exposure up to three times through regulated funds issued by Volatility Shares, which previously introduced the first 2x leveraged crypto ETF in 2023.
The regulatory approval circumvents constraints imposed by the 2020 Rule 18f-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which restricts fund risk exposure to 200%. Prior 3x leveraged equity ETFs, which launched around 2010, remained active only through grandfathering rules, leaving crypto ETFs capped at 2x leverage until this decision.
The report emphasizes that these funds are short-term trading instruments subject to daily rebalancing rather than long-term buy-and-hold investments. While volatile market conditions and daily resets create performance decay, the regulated structure avoids the margin call and liquidation risks typical of offshore perpetual trading.
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