The world’s largest asset supervisor, BlackRock, shouldn’t be allowed to launch a Solana exchange-traded fund (ETF) concurrently with the US-based issuers who’ve already filed for one, says ETF analyst James Seyffart.
“That’s tousled,” Seyffart instructed ETF analyst Nate Geraci in a video revealed to YouTube on Saturday, discussing a hypothetical situation the place BlackRock — regardless of no submitting up to now — jumps in on the final minute with a spot Solana (SOL) ETF and launches alongside companies that utilized months in the past.
The smaller companies put in all of the onerous work, Seyffart says
“That shouldn’t occur,” Seyffart mentioned. “These smaller issuers, these guys have spent a lot time working with the SEC getting the paperwork proper,” he added.
VanEck was the primary US agency to use for a spot Solana ETF in June 2024. Different Solana ETF bidders embody Bitwise, Grayscale, Invesco, 21Shares, CoinShares, Canary Capital, Franklin Templeton and Constancy Investments.
For the reason that preliminary submitting, the SEC has issued a number of delays in its approval determination and requested amended utility varieties to realize better authorized readability on the proposed merchandise.
Nevertheless, Seyffart is leaning towards the view that BlackRock will as an alternative launch a crypto index product monitoring the spot costs of a number of cryptocurrencies past the 2 largest, Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH).
BlackRock could swoop in if demand is excessive
“That’s what I’d do if I have been BlackRock,” Seyffart mentioned.
NovaDius president Nate Geraci mentioned BlackRock could also be ready for its opponents to launch different crypto merchandise first as a way to gauge market demand. “If the demand seems to be prefer it’s going to be actually good, maybe they’ll simply swoop in,” he mentioned.
Associated: Merchants wager on $200K year-end Bitcoin, however actual odds inform a unique story
Geraci additionally mentioned that if BlackRock chooses to not file, they could be “making a market name that it’s simply going to be Bitcoin and ETH and nothing else.”
Nevertheless, Seyffart says it’s not a significant threat for BlackRock in the event that they don’t file for one more crypto ETF as roughly 90% of the crypto market cap is in Bitcoin and Ethereum. “Even when they don’t, I don’t suppose it’s that huge of a miss,” he mentioned.
“It clearly just isn’t going to be what it’s and was for Bitcoin, and like I mentioned, I’m fairly bullish on the demand I see for index merchandise,” Seyffart mentioned.
Journal: How Ethereum treasury corporations might spark ‘DeFi Summer time 2.0’
