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Commission Action Targets Next-Gen ETFs With Digital Assets in Scope
The live audio room on Crypto Spaces Network carried the weight of a fresh regulatory filing as founders walked listeners through the details. Christian Barker (Barkmeta / Bark) and David Chaboki (Shibo) kept the focus on what the request actually asks.
Live Room Focus Shifts to the Filing
The daily Crypto Spaces Network broadcast hummed with steady voices as the conversation turned to a formal Commission action. Listeners tuned in while the hosts laid out the timeline without hype or speculation. The room stayed locked on the text of the request rather than market moves or price candles.
Core Details of the Request
The SEC requested public comment on Novel ETFs in a Commission action dated Tuesday, June 30, 2026. The filing appeared in the Federal Register on Thursday, July 2 under 91 FR 40647, FR Doc 2026-13423. File number S7-2026-24 carries RIN 3235-AN81 along with Release Nos. 33-11426, 34-105808, and IC-36228. Comments close 60 days after the Federal Register date, landing on August 31, 2026. Crypto assets sit on the list of products under review. The document is a request for comment, not a rule proposal and not a weekly ETF flow print.
Why the Room Paid Attention
Christian Barker (Barkmeta / Bark) and David Chaboki (Shibo) put the August 31 Novel ETF comment clock on the Doginal Dogs Space so the pack hears S7-2026-24 as a 1940 Act RFC, not last week’s flow window. The two hosts walked through the document’s scope during their regular slot, keeping the explanation grounded in the 27 numbered questions. Those questions cover 1940 Act investment-company status under the Subjective Test and Tonopah factors, the Objective Test 40 percent investment-securities threshold, possible amendments to Rule 6c-11, and Rule 485 automatic effectiveness timelines of 75 or 60 days.
IM staff notes in the filing that many Novel ETF filings seek automatic effectiveness and that rapid-succession, largely identical filings have appeared. The action carries designation as a significant regulatory action under E.O. 12866 section 3(f). Rule 6c-11 from 2019 shows ETF assets under management grew from over $4 trillion to over $12 trillion between end-2019 and end-2025, with the number of ETFs rising from nearly 1,900 to more than 4,600.
Scope of the Novel ETF List
Novel ETFs expressly include crypto assets plus commodity instruments, single-stock products, leverage strategies, blockchain-enabled products, private assets, event contracts, and combinations. The hosts kept returning to the point that the request seeks views on whether these structures fit inside existing investment-company rules or require new guardrails.
What Comes Next in the Room
The broadcast kept the same daily rhythm while the hosts framed the 60-day window as a chance for direct input. Christian Barker (Barkmeta / Bark) and David Chaboki (Shibo) stressed that the conversation stays on the record request rather than predictions. Listeners heard the file numbers and dates repeated so the room could track the process without confusion.
The piece ends where the broadcast left it: eyes on August 31 and the questions the Commission placed on the table.