VanEck Head of Digital Property Analysis Matthew Sigel confirmed hypothesis that the corporate’s Solana spot ETF proposal bets on Donald Trump successful the US presidency.
The deadline for VanEck’s utility is about for March 2025, which might put it properly past the aftermath of the US Presidential elections in November.
Sigel merely responded with a easy:
“Can verify.”
The analysts stated approval odds for every ETF are “close to zero” if a Democrat victory leaves Joe Biden in workplace and “higher … however not assured” if Trump wins the election. Trump would possible appoint a brand new SEC chair to switch the company’s present chair, Gary Gensler.
Surveillance sharing
One other subject seen as a hurdle to potential Solana ETF is the dearth of a futures market on CME, which consultants imagine was a key consider spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs gaining the regulatory inexperienced gentle.
Grayscale notably argued in its case towards the SEC that the surveillance sharing agreements in place for the CME Bitcoin futures had been replicable for its proposed spot ETF and ample to detect and stop fraudulent actions.
The agency claimed that the SEC failed to supply an inexpensive rationalization for treating spot Bitcoin ETFs otherwise from futures ETFs when it comes to surveillance-sharing agreements.
The case primarily revolved round whether or not the SEC’s demand for a surveillance sharing settlement particularly for a spot Bitcoin ETF was justified and whether or not the SEC utilized its requirements persistently throughout various kinds of Bitcoin-related ETFs.
Because the SEC has now authorized spot ETFs for Bitcoin and Ethereum, Sigel believes VanEck won’t must reveal a CME futures market round Solana to acquire its ETF. He beforehand said:
“Surveillance sharing agreements with spot crypto exchanges can obviate want for CME futures.”
Bloomberg agrees SSA is sufficient
Bloomberg analysts agreed that an SSA “needs to be sufficient” however concluded VanEck’s method will “solely work if there’s new management on the SEC and/or a literal act of Congress.”
They famous that previous ETF filings, notably BlackRock’s June 2023 spot Bitcoin ETF utility, included surveillance-sharing agreements (SSAs) with Coinbase, main different companies to introduce related clauses. Nonetheless, the analysts added that the agreements in the end proved pointless.
The analysts additionally stated that the SEC’s ongoing securities lawsuits towards a number of exchanges, together with Coinbase and Kraken, additionally complicate SSAs between exchanges and ETF issuers.
