Global funding supervisor VanEck has filed for an Avalanche (AVAX) exchange-traded fund (ETF) with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) looking for to supply buyers direct publicity to the sensible contract platform.
A snippet of the S-1 submitting was shared on social media on March 14 by Bloomberg analyst James Seyffart, who has been intently monitoring developments within the crypto ETF trade.
Source: James Seyffart
The proposed VanEck Avalanche ETF intends to “replicate the efficiency of the value of “AVAX,” the native token of the Avalanche community, much less the bills of the Trust’s operations,” the prospectus learn.
The proposed fund will maintain AVAX and can “worth its Shares day by day based mostly on the reported MarketVector Avalanche Benchmark Rate,” the prospectus stated.
As Seyffart famous in a follow-up submit, the Trust’s registration “was shared extensively […] earlier this week, But that is the very first submitting with the SEC.”
Avalanche is the sixteenth largest crypto asset, with a complete market capitalization of $7.7 billion. The blockchain is notable for its excessive throughput and Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatibility.
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ETF race heats up
The overwhelming success of the US spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds and the election of a pro-crypto administration in Washington have triggered an inflow of crypto fund functions on the SEC.
As Cointelegraph recently reported, 9 issuers have filed for an XRP (XRP) ETF, with Franklin Templeton becoming a member of the race on March 11. Issuers are additionally vying to listing ETFs linked to Solana (SOL), Litecoin (LTC) and Dogecoin (DOGE).
Although the SEC has punted its decision on these choices, opting to designate an extended interval for evaluate, Seyffart and fellow Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchinas say there are “comparatively excessive odds of approval” later this 12 months.
A January report by JPMorgan stated the approval of altcoin ETFs will seemingly set off billions of {dollars} in inflows, underscoring the pent-up demand for cryptocurrencies. In specific, SOL and XRP merchandise might entice essentially the most institutional curiosity.
Assuming modest adoption charges, SOL and XRP ETFs might entice billions of their first 12 months. Source: JPMorgan
“When making use of these so-called “adoption charges” to SOL and XRP, we see SOL attracting roughly $3 billion-$6 billion of internet property and XRP gathering $4 billion-$8 billion in internet new property,” the report stated.
