VanEck
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The ETH funds received the final SEC nod after issuers worked with the agency on disclosure documents in recent weeks
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VanEck’s proposed Solana Trust may have a tough time getting past the SEC given its structure and the regulatory precedent
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Solana’s pathway to a spot ETF will be different because of its unlock schedule, staking demand and the political backdrop
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The investment firm is the first American company to file for a US-based solana ETF
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Fund issuers expect very few additional comments from the SEC on their ETH fund registration statements, if any at all
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Firm’s head of crypto research Matthew Sigel urges the agency to “respect the queue” ahead of anticipated decision
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An SEC decision on multiple spot ether ETF proposals is slated for late May following a flurry of fund filings last year
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The fund’s assets under management sit at about $50 million, while a competing offering by ProShares recently eclipsed $2 billion
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Anyone who bought bitcoin when BlackRock first filed for its spot ETF last year would be well in the green
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VanEck, following Bitwise and Hashdex, released a bitcoin teaser for a commercial on X Friday
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The Van Eck CEO says conditions are leading to a “close to perfect setup” for crypto
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Bitcoin rose above $28,000 amid speculation about the approval of spot ETFs and the long-term trajectory of the market
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As VanEck, Bitwise and ProShares debut ether-linked offerings, industry watchers say marketing will be a key to success
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Cboe filing on behalf of VanEck’s planned bitcoin ETF contains ‘surveillance-sharing agreement’ details similar to BlackRock’s proposed product
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New bidders include Fahrenheit LLC and the Blockchain Recovery Investment Committee, backed by Gemini and Van Eck
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Crypto’s best-performing ETF this year, VanEck’s Digital Transformation ETF, is up 67% compared to AI’s top performer, Direxion Daily Robotics’s Index, at 32%
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The fund manager’s head of digital assets research says bitcoin could hit a low of $10,000 and a high of $30,000 in 2023
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Riot Blockchain shareholders refused to award five bitcoin mining executives with a $90 million compensation package, despite the board
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Four Europe-domiciled exchange-traded products by 21Shares had a total return below -40%
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The once booming DeFi ecosystem is in turmoil, with no help in sight from cryptocurrency’s biggest players
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