REX Shares spot Solana staking exchange-traded fund (ETF) is poised to change into the primary SOL ETF to start buying and selling in america, doubtlessly as early as this week.
Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas mentioned on June 28 that the corporate’s newest submitting with the U.S. Securities and Change Fee (SEC) signifies it is able to go reside.
He wrote:
“Rex additionally filed an up to date prospectus, which completely stuffed in. Add all of it up and it seems as if all programs go for imminent launch.”
Moreover, he shared a screenshot of an inside e mail suggesting the SEC’s feedback have been addressed. He mentioned:
“So they’re good to launch, it appears to be like like. Wow.”
The proposed ETF, often called the REX-Osprey Solana staking ETF, is designed to trace Solana’s market efficiency whereas producing extra yield via onchain staking rewards.
If permitted, it could enable conventional traders to realize publicity to staking revenue with out immediately holding or managing digital belongings themselves.
ETF Retailer president Nate Geraci highlighted that REX Shares used an unconventional company construction for the fund, a C-corporation underneath the Funding Firm Act of 1940, generally often called the “40 Act construction.”
This design sidesteps regulatory hurdles which have stalled different crypto staking ETF proposals underneath the usual 19b-4 submitting course of.
He wrote:
“Seems like [the SEC is] comfy pushing ahead with their artistic ‘40 Act construction.”
Geraci beforehand referred to as this strategy a “regulatory end-around” that avoids the ETF rule’s restrictions on direct staking methods.
Bloomberg senior ETF analyst James Seyffart echoed Geraci, noting that the construction is “very uncommon within the ETF world,” giving REX Shares an edge as different suppliers proceed ready for SEC selections on related merchandise.
In a press release on Friday, REX Shares confirmed the product is “coming quickly,” calling it the “first-ever staked crypto ETF” within the U.S.
The agency additional acknowledged:
“A brand new period of yield-generating crypto publicity is right here.”
Staking ETFs have been broadly anticipated as the following frontier in crypto funding merchandise. In March, BlackRock’s head of digital belongings, Robbie Mitchnick, described the agency’s Ethereum ETF as a “great success” however acknowledged it was “much less good” with out staking.
The SEC has not but issued a proper announcement or launch date for the REX-Osprey Solana staking ETF.