The crypto business is ready to debut the primary Solana futures exchange-traded fund (ETF), a major improvement that will pave the best way for the primary Solana spot ETF, because the “next logical step” for crypto-based buying and selling merchandise, based on business watchers.
Volatility Shares is launching two Solana (SOL) futures ETFs, the Volatility Shares Solana ETF (SOLZ) and the Volatility Shares 2X Solana ETF (SOLT), on March 20.
The debut of the primary Solana futures ETF might deliver important new institutional adoption for the SOL token, based on Ryan Lee, chief analyst at Bitget Research.
Volatility Shares Solana ETF SEC submitting. Source: SEC
The analyst informed Cointelegraph:
“The launch of the first Solana ETFs in the US could significantly boost Solana’s market position by increasing demand and liquidity for SOL, potentially narrowing the gap with Ethereum’s market cap.”
The Solana ETF will develop institutional adoption by “offering a regulated investment vehicle, attracting billions in capital and reinforcing Solana’s competitiveness against Ethereum,” stated Lee, including that “Ethereum’s entrenched ecosystem remains a formidable barrier.”
Still, different business contributors are involved that the Solana futures ETF will result in investor disappointment because of an absence of inflows, as we’ve seen with the spot Ether ETF launch, which was solely a “sidekick” to Bitcoin ETFs when it comes to inflows, as predicted by Bloomberg’s senior ETF analyst, Eric Balchunas.
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Solana futures ETF might even see disappointing inflows, however spot Solana ETFs could also be subsequent
While the futures ETF might not deliver important inflows, it legitimizes Solana’s standing as a high cryptocurrency, particularly after US President Donald Trump announced that his Working Group on Digital Assets would come with Solana within the US crypto strategic reserve, together with Cardano’s (ADA) token and XRP (XRP).
“Solana ETFs are in motion creating the possible avenues for more wide-scale adoption,” based on Anmol Singh, co-founder of Bullet, a Solana-native perpetual futures decentralized trade.
Singh informed Cointelegraph:
“Solana spot ETF is yet to be approved but given the increased awareness around Solana and the Futures ETFs this would be a logical next step.”
“We can expect moderate inflows into the futures ETF – spot ETF is generally a better instrument for getting exposure and that will be the major milestone,” he added.
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While the adoption charge of futures ETFs is troublesome to measure, a spot Solana ETF may attract between $3 billion to $6 billion of internet belongings within the first six months, eclipsing the adoption charge of Ether ETFs, based on a JPMorgan report seen by Cointelegraph.
SOL and XRP ETPs may appeal to $3–8 billion. Source: JP Morgan
“When applying these so-called “adoption rates” to SOL and XRP, we see SOL attracting roughly $3 billion-$6 billion of internet belongings and XRP gathering $4 billion-$8 billion in internet new belongings,” the report said.
However, “the timeline could extend into 2026 due to the SEC’s precedent of taking […] 240–260 days to review filings,” James Seyffart, Bloomberg Intelligence analyst, stated on Jan. 16.
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