NYSE Arca To Extend Trading Hours, What It Means For Bitcoin ETFs?

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Arca electronic trading platform is evolving with Bitcoin ETF products on track to benefit immensely. Per the announcement from Intercontinental Exchange, NYSE Arca’s parent firm, trading will now last for 22 hours overall. This push comes amid growing clamor for extended stock and equities trading to give Wall Street investors additional flexibility.

How Will Bitcoin ETF Products Benefit

The stock market is changing in unusual ways across the board. While the proposal to extend trading by NYSE Arca is still pending regulatory approval, it can change investment scope in the US.

As reported by CNBC, under the new plan, the extended trading will now open at 1:30 am and close at 11:30 pm. Normal trading hours takes a deviation from the 4 a.m to 8 p.m it currently runs at. Despite this proposed changes, the trading days will still span 5 days, excluding the weekends.

This changes, if approved might tilt the game in the Bitcoin ETF market. Some of the most prominent BTC ETF issuers including Grayscale and Bitwise trades on Arca. It is worth noting that this platform is dedicated for the trading of ETF products with over 8,000 listings.

If the duo of Grayscale and Bitwise’s products become traded for 22 hours, it implies that investors looking to inject capital in these assets have limited or no restrictions toward completing their transactions. It remains unclear at the moment whether this will attract investors when compared to their rivals trading on Cboe and CME BZX Exchanges respectively.

However, Grayscale needed this extra boost considering its relatively poorer performance compared to BlackRock and Fidelity Investments.

NYSE Arca Is Copying The Crypto 247 Style

It is worth noting that the extended trading model is something the crypto ecosystem has been operating on since Bitcoin made its emergence. Crypto exchanges like Coinbase and Binance do not go down, offering the assets they offer a bigger accessibility to investors.

Many mainstream markets are already copying this model, considering it has potential to drive more profit over time. For instance, Robinhood Global Markets, the commission-free brokerage has adopted a 24 hours trading time span earlier, an arrangement that runs for 5 days except weekends.

With the success and traction that the Bitcoin ETF and broader crypto making are making, that Wall Street firms are trying to copy the model did not come too shocking to many market analysts.