{"id":24645,"date":"2024-07-09T09:00:54","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T06:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinengineer.io\/?p=24645"},"modified":"2024-07-09T10:26:36","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T07:26:36","slug":"spot-solana-etfs-face-crucial-decision-deadline-in-march-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/spot-solana-etfs-face-crucial-decision-deadline-in-march-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Spot Solana ETFs Face Crucial Decision Deadline in March 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After <strong>the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE)<\/strong> registered applications on Monday to list <strong>VanEck<\/strong> and <strong>21Shares<\/strong>&#8216;s planned ETFs, <strong>spot solana exchange-traded funds (ETFs)<\/strong> might see a final decision deadline around the middle of March next year.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_71 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/spot-solana-etfs-face-crucial-decision-deadline-in-march-2025\/#Applications_from_CBOE_Files\" title=\"Applications from CBOE Files\">Applications from CBOE Files<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/spot-solana-etfs-face-crucial-decision-deadline-in-march-2025\/#Political_Context_and_Market_Forecasts\" title=\"Political Context and Market Forecasts\">Political Context and Market Forecasts<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Applications_from_CBOE_Files\"><\/span>Applications from CBOE Files<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>On July 8, <strong>CBOE<\/strong> submitted two Form 19b-4 applications\u2014one for the VanEck Solana Trust and another for the 21Shares Core Solane ETF. The CBOE compared the expected Solana funds to spot Bitcoin and spot Ether ETFs, authorized by the SEC in January and May respectively. Solana&#8217;s decentralization, throughput, and speed were said to be immune to manipulation capable of harming investors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Much like Bitcoin and ETH, the Exchange thinks that SOL is immune to price manipulation and that \u2018other mechanisms to prevent fraudulent and manipulative activities and practices\u2019 exist to justify dispensing with the obligatory surveillance sharing agreement<\/em>\u201d said both documents.<\/p>\n<p>Once the <strong>SEC<\/strong> admits the files, ETF analyst Nate Geraci said the &#8220;decision clock will start ticking.&#8221; The SEC&#8217;s own guidelines state that the agency will have 240 days to determine whether or not to authorize the rule modification required for CBOE to list the products from VanEck and 21Shares.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Political_Context_and_Market_Forecasts\"><\/span>Political Context and Market Forecasts<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Senior Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas<\/strong> cautions that whether or not Trump is elected as U.S. President in November would greatly affect the probability of Solana ETF clearance from the SEC. &#8220;Looks like Solana ETFs have mid-March 2025 as their last date. But between now and then the most [relevant] date is in November, Balchunas said in a July 9 post on X. Balchunas noted that while anything is conceivable if Trump wins, the Solana ETFs would probably be &#8220;dead on arrival,&#8221; should Biden prevail.<\/p>\n<p>In a June 27 research paper, crypto market maker GSR Markets projected the approval and later release of Solana exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the United States could possibly push up the price of SOL by a factor of nine.<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can also freely share your thoughts and comments about the topic in the comment section. 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Applications from CBOE Files On July 8, CBOE submitted two Form 19b-4 applications\u2014one for the VanEck Solana Trust and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":24647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,657,1,2],"tags":[319,7070,7266],"class_list":["post-24645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crypto-news","category-en","category-genel","category-news","tag-solana","tag-spot-solana-etfs","tag-the-chicago-board-options-exchange-cboe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Spot Solana ETFs Face Crucial Decision Deadline in March 2025 - Coin Engineer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/spot-solana-etfs-face-crucial-decision-deadline-in-march-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Spot Solana ETFs Face Crucial Decision Deadline in March 2025 - Coin Engineer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) registered applications on Monday to list VanEck and 21Shares&#8216;s planned ETFs, spot solana exchange-traded funds (ETFs) might see a final decision deadline around the middle of March next year. 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