On June 20, 2018, Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (“BZX”) 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 list and trade shares of SolidX Bitcoin Shares issued by the VanEck SolidX Bitcoin Trust under BZX Rule 14.11(e)(4), Commodity-Based Trust Shares.

The proposed rule change was published for comment in the Federal Register on July 2, 2018.^[3] On August 7, 2018, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,^[4] the Commission designated a longer period within which to approve the proposed rule change, disapprove the proposed rule change, or institute proceedings to determine whether to disapprove the proposed rule change.^[5] On September 20, 2018, the Commission instituted proceedings to determine whether to approve or disapprove the proposed rule change.^[6] And on December 6, 2018, the Commission designated a longer period for Commission action on the proposed rule change.^[7]

On January 22, 2019, BZX withdrew the proposed rule change (SR-CboeBZX-2018-040).