[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 40 (Wednesday, February 28, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 8719]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-04034]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-82759; File No. SR-CboeBZX-2018-001)


Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.; Notice of 
Designation of a Longer Period for Commission Action on a Proposed Rule 
Change To List and Trade the Shares of the GraniteShares Bitcoin ETF 
and the GraniteShares Short Bitcoin ETF, a Series of the GraniteShares 
ETP Trust, Under Rule 14.11(f)(4), Trust Issued Receipts

February 22, 2018.
    On January 5, 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 
the shares of the GraniteShares Bitcoin ETF and the GraniteShares Short 
Bitcoin ETF under BZX Rule 14.11(f)(4). The proposed rule change was 
published for comment in the Federal Register on January 18, 2018.\3\ 
The Commission has received no comments on the proposed rule change.
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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. 82484 (Jan. 11, 
2018), 83 FR 2704.
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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 
Commission is extending this 45-day time period. The Commission finds 
that it is 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.
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    \4\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
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    Accordingly, the Commission, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the 
Act,\5\ designates April 18, 2018, 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-2018-001).
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    \5\ Id.

    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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Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-04034 Filed 2-27-18; 8:45 am]
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