Subject:  SR-CboeBZX-2018-040 From: James Waddington
From: James Waddington
Affiliation:

Jul. 21, 2018

I strongly support the listing and trading shares of SolidX Bitcoin Shares, which has been issued by the VanEck SolidX Bitcoin Trust. With that in mind can I please politely request the US not to stifle the advancement of this disruptive innovation. Imposing regulations and denying the ETF application by the CBOE will be a retrograde move...at odds when one considers how pioneering and forward thinking the USA has been throughout its evolution. At the time of my penning this request there are other countries, too many to mention here, who are competing to win this race.... will the US will be left behind? The simple answer is it seems to be already happening if we look towards some of the Eastern European countries. I highly recommend that the BTC - ETF application by the CBOE be approved.
Yours sincerely
Jim Waddington