Key Takeaways
- Grayscale has filed S-1s for Polkadot and Cardano ETFs, increasing its single-asset belief lineup.
- The agency had already submitted 19b-4s earlier this yr, with Nasdaq backing the Polkadot belief and NYSE Arca dealing with Cardano.
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Grayscale has filed registration statements with the SEC for exchange-traded funds tied to Polkadot (DOT) and Cardano (ADA), increasing its roster of single-asset crypto merchandise.
The proposed Grayscale Polkadot Belief ETF would checklist on Nasdaq beneath the ticker DOT and observe the CoinDesk DOT CCIXber Reference Fee. The Cardano product would commerce on NYSE Arca beneath the ticker GADA and observe the CoinDesk Cardano Worth Index. Each are structured as passive automobiles holding the underlying belongings in custody with Coinbase, with out utilizing leverage or derivatives.
The filings observe earlier 19b-4 submissions from February 2025, when Nasdaq utilized to checklist the Polkadot belief and NYSE Arca did the identical for Cardano. Grayscale had already positioned these merchandise for regulatory assessment.
James Seyffart, ETF analyst at Bloomberg, famous that these aren’t brand-new efforts however continuations of filings already in movement.
“Grayscale submits S-1s for each their Cardano and Polkadot ETFs. That they had already submitted 19b-4s for every of those — so these aren’t model new filings,” he wrote on X.
Because the begin of the yr, issuers together with VanEck, Bitwise, 21Shares, CoinShares, Franklin, and Canary have filed for a number of altcoin ETFs as they give the impression of being to supply publicity past Bitcoin and Ethereum. Essentially the most notable tokens in these purposes are Solana, XRP, Cardano, Polkadot, Litecoin, and HBAR, with 21Shares most lately including a SEI ETF submitting yesterday.
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