{
  "v": 1,
  "requestId": "923c9e71-859b-4d61-b6c0-138ffbdd9b3f",
  "chainId": 1,
  "window": { "toBlock": 26048186, "fromBlock": 26047888, "toBlockHash": "0xf9b98c7348e41adc3aa4596a4f2389717db07df3eb51a30f4cff5286d0ea807b" },
  "answerType": "uint256",
  "answer": "2024",
  "figure": "2024",
  "definitions": {
    "answer": "the four-digit calendar year (UTC) in which the U.S. SEC approved the first spot bitcoin ETFs",
    "source": "SEC press release, 'SEC Grants Approvals for Rule 19b-4 Filings for Spot Bitcoin ETPs,' Jan. 10, 2024, https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2024-8",
    "subject": "This concerns Bitcoin/US regulatory history, not Ethereum; the pinned Ethereum block window only timestamps the request"
  },
  "recipe": {
    "kind": "panel",
    "source": "https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2024-8"
  },
  "notes": "On January 10, 2024 the SEC approved rule 19b-4 filings allowing the listing and trading of the first spot bitcoin ETFs (e.g., BlackRock's IBIT, Fidelity's FBTC, ARK 21Shares' ARKB), as announced in SEC press release 2024-8. Year: 2024."
}