July 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities & Exchange

Commission has told at least two of the eight firms that have

applied to launch the first U.S. exchange-traded funds (ETFs)

tied to the price of ether that their products can begin trading

on Tuesday.

The new products from BlackRock VanEck and six

others will begin trading Tuesday morning on three different

exchanges. Those exchanges -- Cboe, Nasdaq and NYSE --

all confirmed they are prepared to launch trading.