On July 8 VanEck and 21Shares filled two Form 19b-4 applications to Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) for their Solana ETFs.
The filings assert that Solana, like Bitcoin and Ethereum, is resistant to price manipulation.
The SEC has 240 days to decide on these applications, with a final deadline likely around mid-March 2025. Eric Balchunas, a Bloomberg ETF analyst, suggests the outcome of the U.S. presidential election will significantly impact the approval chances.
He believes the Solana ETFs might be rejected if Biden wins but could go either way if Trump is elected.
The cryptocurrency market is showing signs of recovery, with Solana (SOL) experiencing a notable 5% increase in the past 24 hours, outperforming other assets. At the time of writing SOL is trading at $143.2.
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has hinted at a broader plan to bring Ripple-associated assets, including XRP and the RealUSD (RLUSD) stablecoin, into the Cardano ecosystem.
A pack of heavyweight asset managers—including Franklin Templeton, Galaxy Digital, VanEck, Grayscale, and Fidelity—re-filed or amended S-1 registration statements on Friday for spot Solana exchange-traded funds.
A new analysis from Santiment suggests that large crypto investors—often referred to as “whales”—may be setting the stage for significant market moves across several altcoins.
After 19 straight sessions of net inflows, U.S. spot Ether ETFs finally saw red on June 13, with $2.1 million in net outflows.