Cathie Wood's ARK Invest files for first US spot-ether ETF


Cathie Wood, Founder, CEO, and CIO of ARK Invest, speaks at the 2022 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 2, 2022. REUTERS/David Swanson

(Reuters) - Cathie Wood's Ark Invest and crypto investment firm 21Shares are seeking regulatory approval to set up an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that would directly hold ether, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday.

It is the first attempt to list a fund in the U.S. that would directly invest in ether, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization.

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