America’ first Solana staking exchange-traded fund (ETF) ended its debut buying and selling day with $12 million in inflows — a optimistic signal for crypto staking-enabled ETFs.
The REX-Osprey Solana Staking ETF debuted on the Cboe BZX Alternate on Wednesday, recording $33 million in buying and selling quantity and $12 million in inflows, in response to Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas.
The fund, buying and selling underneath SSK, offers traders direct publicity to identify Solana (SOL) together with staking yields, making it the primary crypto staking ETF to be accepted in America.
It was a “wholesome begin to buying and selling,” mentioned Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart, who noticed that it had seen $8 million in buying and selling quantity within the first 20 minutes.
Balchunas additionally commented on the spectacular first-day volumes, stating that it “blows away” the Solana futures ETF and XRP futures ETFs however was a lot decrease than the spot Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) funds once they launched.
US-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded a mixed $4.6 billion value of shares traded on their first day in January 2024.
“The launch of crypto staking ETFs is a defining second for digital belongings and a big step ahead in full entry to the crypto ecosystem,” mentioned Anchorage Digital co-founder Nathan McCauley, whose agency is the staking and custodian accomplice for the REX-Osprey ETF.
Regulatory hurdles
The REX-Osprey fund confronted regulatory hurdles with the Securities and Alternate Fee, which objected to it in late Could after clearing an preliminary registration.
The problem was whether or not the product certified as an “funding firm” underneath securities legal guidelines, however the agency managed to get round this by investing at the least 40% of its belongings in different ETPs, principally domiciled outdoors the US.
Extra eyes on spot Solana ETF, altcoin ETF summer time
In contrast to spot Solana ETFs that also require approval from the SEC, REX-Osprey’s Solana ETF is structured underneath the Funding Firm Act 1940, which sidesteps the usual 19b-4 submitting course of.
In Could, NovaDius Wealth Administration president Nate Geraci described it as “regulatory end-around.” Nevertheless, some have debated whether or not the fund needs to be thought-about a conventional spot Solana ETF.
In the meantime, the ETF’s current efficiency may make clear institutional demand for a spot Solana ETF, which can launch this yr.
Seyffart and Balchunas just lately pegged a 95% likelihood that spot Solana ETFs can be accepted by the tip of the yr.
“We anticipate a wave of recent ETFs within the second half of 2025,” Seyffart mentioned earlier this week, predicting that spot XRP, Solana, and Litecoin (LTC) merchandise can be greenlit by the SEC earlier than the tip of the yr.
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On Tuesday, the regulator accepted a Grayscale software to transform its Digital Giant-Cap Fund into an ETF. The fund includes a basket of the highest 5 digital belongings by market capitalization.
Minor response for SOL costs
There was no main response in Solana costs, which have gained 3.6% over the previous 24 hours, decrease than a lot of the different high-cap altcoins.
The asset was buying and selling round $153 on the time of writing and was up round 5% over the previous week, however nonetheless down 48% from its January peak.
Nevertheless, Solana CME futures noticed “report demand, signaling rising institutional curiosity” as open curiosity hit $167 million following the ETF launch, reported SolanaFloor.
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