In an interview with Yahoo Finance on Friday morning, SEC Chairman Gary Gensler was asked about the roughly ten companies that have filed Ether ETF applications and whether he considers the summer court ruling involving Shades of Gray to be "precedent-setting." Gensler has yet to provide any clues as to whether the agency will approve spot Ether. Gensler hasn't provided any clues as to whether the agency will approve spot Ether. Well-known firms such as BlackRock and Fidelity filed for spot ethereum ETFs in November, with Franklin Templeton, Ark 21Shares, VanEck and Grayscale following suit. Some experts are optimistic that the SEC may approve an ethereum ETF, given that ethereum futures ETFs are already trading.