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Cboe BZX Opens a Generic Path for Options on Multi-Crypto Trusts
A Sept. 29 filing the SEC published on Oct. 13 lets Cboe BZX list options on commodity-based trusts that hold more than one crypto asset, under the same style of generic criteria Cboe Options already uses, once each coin clears a $700 million supply-value test and a surveillance-sharing hook.
Cboe’s BZX equities options rulebook now has a generic on-ramp for options on commodity-based trusts that hold more than one crypto asset. The Securities and Exchange Commission published the exchange’s filing as Release No. 34-106648 on Oct. 13 and designated the change operative upon filing after waiving the usual 30-day delay (source 1).
The filing, SR-CboeBZX-2026-082, was submitted Sept. 29 as a “non-controversial” rule change under Exchange Act Section 19(b)(3)(A)(iii) and Rule 19b-4(f)(6). Immediate effectiveness is not the same as a product launch. No multi-crypto trust options class is live on BZX until the exchange lists one under the new text (sources 1, 2).
Why it matters now: crypto ETP options have been built product-by-product. BZX already allowed options on commodity-based trusts that hold a single crypto asset. This filing extends that lane to multi-asset trusts and cleans named product lists that the new generic lane would cover anyway (source 1).
What the rule actually does
BZX amends Rule 19.3 (Criteria for Underlying Securities) and Rule 19.4 (Withdrawal of Approval of Underlying Securities) in three places (source 1).
First, it establishes initial and continued listing standards for options on shares of commodity-based trusts that hold multiple crypto assets. Each underlying crypto asset in such a trust must meet two tests: the total global supply of that asset has an average daily market value of at least $700 million over the last 12 months, and the asset underlies a derivatives contract that trades on a market with which BZX has a comprehensive surveillance-sharing agreement, directly or through common membership in the Intermarket Surveillance Group (source 1).
Second, it updates Rule 19.3(i)(1) so BZX can list options on exchange-traded funds as defined in Investment Company Act Rule 6c-11, aligning that path with language Cboe Options already uses (source 1).
Third, it removes or reshuffles product-specific crypto ETP name lists inside Rule 19.3(i) that the new generic multi-crypto criteria would make redundant, and it fixes broken cross-references in Rule 19.4 (source 1).
Schematic of the Rule 19.3(i) change. Source: SEC Release 34-106648. Accessed Oct. 14, 2026, 9:16 a.m. ET. (source 1)
Why BZX says it needs the change
BZX says its rules already cover options on ETFs, commodity-pool ETFs, currency trusts and single-crypto commodity trusts, and that Cboe Options already has Commission-approved generic criteria for multi-crypto commodity trusts. The filing puts BZX on that footing and retires named crypto ETP lists the generic tests would cover (source 1).
Le Coin’s view: the tell is the $700 million supply-value floor plus the surveillance-sharing derivatives hook. Those are filters on which coins can sit inside an options-eligible multi-asset trust, not a judgment that every multi-crypto ETP will get an options class.
What this is not
The Commission’s notice is not an approval of a named trust’s options. It is not a finding that any particular bitcoin-and-ether product, or any other basket, may start trading options tomorrow. The exchange still has to list a class that meets the criteria. The Commission also kept its ordinary 60-day window to temporarily suspend the change if it decides that is necessary for investors or the public interest (source 1).
Filed is not live. Self-certification-style immediate effectiveness under Rule 19b-4(f)(6) is a process label, not a trading go-live.
Who is affected
Issuers of multi-crypto commodity trusts and market makers that already quote single-asset crypto ETP options are the first desks in scope. Brokerages that offer crypto ETP options to customers care about which underlyings clear BZX’s Rule 19.3(i) tests. Competing options exchanges that already built multi-crypto generic criteria will watch whether BZX lists the same names or different ones.
The objection
Single-asset crypto ETP options already trade. Multi-asset trusts need either one-off filings or a generic path. BZX chose the generic path and says the criteria track Cboe Options (source 1).
The checkable next step
Watch BZX’s options listings and any circular that names the first multi-crypto commodity-trust options class under amended Rule 19.3(i)(5). Until that notice exists, treat 34-106648 as rule text that is operative on the books, not as a market that is already trading. The Commission’s 60-day suspension clock runs from the Sept. 29 filing date (source 1).
Sources
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Release No. 34-106648; File No. SR-CboeBZX-2026-082, “Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change to Amend Rule 19.3 and Rule 19.4 to Establish Generic Listing Criteria and Continued Listing Standards for Options on Commodity-Based Trusts Holding Multiple Crypto Assets and to Permit the Listing of Options on Exchange-Traded Funds,” dated Oct. 13, 2026 (proposed rule change filed Sept. 29, 2026). PDF: https://www.sec.gov/files/rules/sro/cboebzx/2026/34-106648.pdf. Accessed Oct. 14, 2026, 9:16 a.m. ET.
- SEC.gov, Self-Regulatory Organization Rulemaking page for SR-CboeBZX-2026-082. https://www.sec.gov/rules-regulations/self-regulatory-organization-rulemaking/sr-cboebzx-2026-082. Accessed Oct. 14, 2026, 9:16 a.m. ET.
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