By Isaac • August 16, 2026 3:06 pm •
Wall Street may soon have a new way to turn an already volatile crypto trade into something even faster.
Cboe has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission for an exchange-rule exception that would help clear the way for proposed Volatility Shares funds targeting three times the daily performance of Bitcoin and Ethereum futures benchmarks.
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That word—daily—is the part investors cannot afford to skim past.
Cboe wants SEC approval for 3x Bitcoin and Ethereum futures ETFs after Volatility Shares’ existing 2x ETH fund posted a -96.15% annualized return since inception.
The catch: the proposal is still pending, and approval would not by itself authorize trading.…
— CryptoSlate (@CryptoSlate) August 16, 2026
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