It appears the United State’s government shutdown has affected more than just the TSA. This Wednesday, the widely followed bitcoin ETF was withdrawn and top experts claim the current U.S. government shutdown was a primary contributing factor.

According to Jake Chervinsky, a lawyer with Kobre & Kim:

The ETF sponsors made the right decision to withdraw their proposal…the shutdown was the final nail in the ETF’s coffin, since the SEC doesn’t have enough staff members available to review or approve any proposed rule changes right now.

Jan Van Eck, CEO of VanEck, the organization behind the ETF also backed the assessment that this withdrawal was affected by the shutdown.

In talks with CNBC, Van Eck said the withdrawal is only temporary.

The SEC is affected by the shutdown…we were engaged in discussions with the SEC about the bitcoin-related issues, custody, market manipulation, prices, and that had to stop. So, instead of trying to slip through or something, we just had the application pulled and we will re-file and re-engage in the discussions when the SEC gets going again.

The government shutdown, caused by tensions between President Donald Trump and governing Democrats over the proposal of a border wall along the U.S. / Mexico border is now the longest shutdown in American history. This, however, appears to be the first time the digital asset market has been directly affected by it.