Digital assets: First Trust seeks SEC approval for bitcoin ETF, Stoxx launches crypto blue-chip index

First Trust Portfolios submitted a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on 14 December to launch the First Trust Bitcoin Buffer 30 ETF, the first of its kind in the crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF) space. The actively managed fund is designed to participate in the positive price returns of the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust or another exchange-traded product (ETP) that seeks to provide exposure to the performance of bitcoin while seeking to provide a buffer against the first 30