The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has pushed back decisions on a fresh round of cryptocurrency exchange-traded fund (ETF) proposals, leaving Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and XRP funds waiting until October for a verdict.
In notices filed on August 18, the regulator extended its review period for multiple applications, including the Truth Social Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF, spot Solana ETFs from 21Shares and Bitwise, and the 21Shares Core XRP Trust.
The new decision dates now fall on October 8 for the Truth Social ETF, October 16 for the Solana filings, and October 19 for the XRP trust.
The Truth Social Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF, first submitted on June 24, is structured as a commodity-based trust that directly holds Bitcoin and Ether. Shares of the fund would be backed by the underlying assets.
Despite its branding under Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform, the product is designed to function in the same way as other spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs already approved in the United States.
The Cboe BZX exchange is also seeking approval for the first spot Solana ETFs in the country, filed separately by 21Shares and Bitwise. These funds would give institutional and retail investors regulated access to Solana’s price movements.
In addition, 21Shares has applied for a Core XRP Trust, a product designed to hold XRP and mirror its market value. The application, initially filed in February, was approaching its 180-day deadline before the SEC extended its review by another 60 days.
Beyond these products, the SEC also pushed back rulings on other crypto-linked filings, including CoinShares’ proposed spot Litecoin ETF and Grayscale’s application for a spot Dogecoin ETF. The regulator has delayed a total of nine applications, with most of the new deadlines set for October.
Bloomberg ETF analysts Eric Balchunas and James Seyffart said the delays appear to reflect the SEC’s broader strategy of developing a framework for digital asset ETFs rather than continuing with the current case-by-case approval system.
Seyffart suggested that the commission is working on creating clear listing standards that would define which digital assets can be wrapped into ETFs and under what criteria.
The approach could provide greater consistency for the growing number of crypto ETF applications, but in the meantime, issuers and investors will have to wait longer for clarity.
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