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ETH’s been watching from the sidelines as bitcoin and solana take off

VanEck Ventures and VanEck’s Digital Assets Alpha Fund invested $2.5 million in DAWN through a strategic funding round, the teams exclusively told Blockworks

VanEck will now offer regulated access to solana staking rewards on top of the price of SOL

VanEck announced its new $30 million fund last week

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The offering, which launched in October 2023, had gathered just $21 million in assets

The ETH funds received the final SEC nod after issuers worked with the agency on disclosure documents in recent weeks

VanEck’s proposed Solana Trust may have a tough time getting past the SEC given its structure and the regulatory precedent

Plus, a US solana ETF proposal goes live and Coinbase initiates more legal action against the SEC

Solana’s pathway to a spot ETF will be different because of its unlock schedule, staking demand and the political backdrop

The investment firm is the first American company to file for a US-based solana ETF

Fund issuers expect very few additional comments from the SEC on their ETH fund registration statements, if any at all

Firm’s head of crypto research Matthew Sigel urges the agency to “respect the queue” ahead of anticipated decision

Plus, a van Eck releases a stablecoin and Paradigm looks to raise another megafund

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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

The fund’s assets under management sit at about $50 million, while a competing offering by ProShares recently eclipsed $2 billion

Anyone who bought bitcoin when BlackRock first filed for its spot ETF last year would be well in the green

VanEck, following Bitwise and Hashdex, released a bitcoin teaser for a commercial on X Friday

The Van Eck CEO says conditions are leading to a “close to perfect setup” for crypto

Bitcoin rose above $28,000 amid speculation about the approval of spot ETFs and the long-term trajectory of the market

As VanEck, Bitwise and ProShares debut ether-linked offerings, industry watchers say marketing will be a key to success

Cboe filing on behalf of VanEck’s planned bitcoin ETF contains ‘surveillance-sharing agreement’ details similar to BlackRock’s proposed product