REX Osprey Solana (SOL) exchange-traded fund (ETF) recorded zero buying and selling exercise on 4 of six buying and selling days by way of August 8, in line with Farside Buyers knowledge.
Buying and selling below ticker SSK, the fund posted no flows on Aug. 1, Aug. 4, Aug. 5, and Aug. 7, with minimal $6.4 million in exercise on Aug. 8 and $2.7 million outflows on Aug. 6.
REX Osprey’s fund is the primary US-listed Solana ETF to combine native staking mechanisms. The product operates exterior customary SEC-registered spot ETF frameworks, delivering SOL publicity by way of oblique autos reasonably than direct crypto holdings.
Institutional hesitation
CoinShares move knowledge confirmed Solana merchandise attracted $874 million in year-to-date inflows, staying behind Ethereum (ETH) and XRP amongst main cap altcoins regardless of its place because the fourth-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization.
The buying and selling sample might replicate broader institutional hesitation towards Solana-focused funding merchandise in comparison with Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum alternate options.
Nansen senior analysis analyst Jake Kennis attributed the disparity to institutional portfolio allocation methods. He defined in a word:
“ETH is seeing a variety of new exercise as establishments have been doubtless underweight ETH relative to BTC. Solana has been principally within the backseat for this new wave of consideration, however SOL ETFs would doubtless choose up if establishments need to additionally diversify away from BTC and ETH.”
Structural complexity creates adoption boundaries
The REX Osprey fund’s design incorporates staking mechanisms and offshore ETF allocations that differentiate it from conventional spot cryptocurrency merchandise.
Stabolut founder and CEO Eneko Knörr recognized these options as adoption obstacles reasonably than demand deficiencies.
Knörr mentioned:
“SSK’s quiet tape seems extra like a model and distribution situation than a pure demand downside. Its design isn’t a easy ‘spot SOL in a wrapper’—the fund stakes SOL and might allocate a portion into different SOL ETFs/ETPs, many offshore, which provides complexity that some consumers draw back from.”
The fund costs a 0.75% administration charge, positioning it on the greater finish of cryptocurrency ETF expense ratios. Conventional spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs from main issuers usually carry charges between 0.15% and 0.25%.
Kennis, from Nansen, famous that the charge construction creates a cost-benefit evaluation for institutional buyers weighing direct cryptocurrency publicity in opposition to ETF comfort.
He referenced Solana’s roughly 7% annual staking rewards:
“The staking element looks as if a significant function given the ‘passive’ yield being left on the desk.”
Market positioning and future outlook
The absence of main monetary establishments like BlackRock and Constancy within the Solana ETF area contributes to restricted market penetration.
REX Shares operates as a smaller ETF issuer with out the distribution networks and model recognition of Wall Road’s largest asset managers.
Knörr argued:
“Early buying and selling will doubtless stay lumpy till larger manufacturers enter the area. Construction, complexity, and restricted shelf area are holding it again—curiosity in Solana publicity itself doesn’t look like the difficulty.”
As of Aug. 11, the US Securities and Trade Fee (SEC) continues to be contemplating the approval of Solana ETFs below the extra tax-friendly 1933 Act.
