{"id":25116,"date":"2025-07-04T18:12:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T15:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/solana-staking-etf-debuts-with-12-million-inflow\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T18:12:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T15:12:04","slug":"solana-staking-etf-debuts-with-12-million-inflow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/solana-staking-etf-debuts-with-12-million-inflow\/","title":{"rendered":"Solana Staking ETF Debuts with $12 Million Inflow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United States has witnessed the launch of its first Solana-based ETF with a staking feature \u2014 the REX-Osprey Solana Staking ETF (SSK). This was reported by Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24SSK&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$SSK<\/a> ended day with $33m in volume. Again, blows away the Solana futures ETF and XRP futures ETFs (or the avg ETF launch) but it is much lower than the Bitcoin and Ether spot ETFs. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/t6LkQwDXLc\">pic.twitter.com\/t6LkQwDXLc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eric Balchunas (@EricBalchunas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricBalchunas\/status\/1940516260875514325?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On its first trading day on CBOE BZX, the product attracted $12 million with a volume of $33 million.<\/p>\n<p>SSK offers investors direct access to spot Solana and staking yields.<\/p>\n<p>Bloomberg analyst James Seyffart described the start of trading as &#8220;healthy,&#8221; noting a volume of $8 million in the first 20 minutes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">First spot solana staking ETF is officially live. Healthy start to trading for a new ETF with ~$8 million in trading in first 20 min. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HBl7zzVv1F\">pic.twitter.com\/HBl7zzVv1F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James Seyffart (@JSeyff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JSeyff\/status\/1940407756051394680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Balchunas added that SSK&#8217;s performance significantly outpaced the launch of Solana and XRP futures ETFs, though it lagged behind Bitcoin and Ethereum spot funds.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Regulatory Features<\/h2>\n<p>The fund is structured in accordance with the Investment Company Act of 1940. This allowed it to bypass the standard 19b-4 filing process required for spot ETFs. Nate Geraci, president of NovaDius Wealth Management, <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/first-solana-staking-etf-hits-12m-on-debut-trading-day\">described<\/a> this structure as a &#8220;regulatory workaround.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Anchorage Digital serves as the staking and asset custody partner for SSK.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Institutional Interest<\/h2>\n<p>Following the ETF&#8217;s launch, open interest in Solana futures on the CME reached a record $167 million, indicating growing institutional interest.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">?JUST IN: Solana CME futures see record demand as open interest hits $167M. The surge follows the launch of the first-ever Solana staking ETF in the U.S., signaling rising institutional interest. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/249YSMRmHz\">pic.twitter.com\/249YSMRmHz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SolanaFloor (@SolanaFloor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SolanaFloor\/status\/1940517322634281229?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Spot Bitcoin ETFs in the U.S. have returned to capital inflows. Over two days, investors poured more than $1 billion into them, offsetting <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-etfs-experience-first-outflow-in-15-days\">an outflow of $342.2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"420\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblock.co\/data\/crypto-markets\/bitcoin-etf\/spot-bitcoin-etf-flows\/embed\" title=\"Spot Bitcoin ETF Flows\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On July 2, the net inflow was $407.8 million, followed by $601.8 million the next day. The leader was Fidelity&#8217;s FBTC fund with figures of $184 million and $237.1 million, respectively. BlackRock&#8217;s IBIT fund, after two days of zero flows, attracted $224.5 million on July 3.<\/p>\n<p>Back in June, Balchunas <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/analyst-predicts-altcoin-etf-summer\">predicted<\/a> a &#8220;summer of altcoin ETFs.&#8221; He suggested that by July, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission might approve instruments based on a basket of cryptocurrencies, followed by a decision on Solana-based funds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States has witnessed the launch of its first Solana-based ETF with a staking feature \u2014 the REX-Osprey Solana Staking ETF (SSK). This was reported by Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas. $SSK ended day with $33m in volume. Again, blows away the Solana futures ETF and XRP futures ETFs (or the avg ETF launch) but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1289,569,1159],"class_list":["post-25116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-cryptocurrency-staking","tag-etf","tag-solana-sol"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"46","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}