The 21shares Solana exchange-traded fund (TSOL) debuted with over $100 million in assets under management, signaling investor interest.
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Exchange-traded product (ETP) provider 21shares launched its Solana exchange-traded fund (ETF) on Wednesday, marking the fifth SOL () ETF offering in the US.
The fund holds spot SOL and will stake its holdings to , according to an from 21shares. Senior Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas :
“21Shares is debuting its spot Solana ETF (TSOL) today, which will have a fee of 21 basis points (BPS) and is opening with $100 million in assets under management (AUM).
The Solana ETFs have now taken in $2 billion as a group, with inflows basically every day, not bad considering the ‘extreme fear’ right now,” he wrote.
TSOL’s debut was accompanied by the (VSOL) on Monday, which also features staking rewards.
Market analysts and industry executives have said that 2026 could be a monumental year for altcoin ETFs, with the potential attracting fresh capital flows, according to Matt Hougan, chief investment officer at Bitwise.
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The price of SOL has decreased by approximately 14% over the last seven days, despite the ETF launches, according to from CoinMarketCap.
, attracting nearly $500 million in net inflows in the three weeks since its debut, making it one of the most successful ETF launches in history, according to Hougan.
In January, analysts at banking and financial services company JP Morgan forecast that SOL ETFs would .
JP Morgan analysts added that the price performance of SOL and XRP () ETFs could overshadow the price performance of Ether () ETFs in the first six months after they debuted in the United States.
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