Crypto funding agency Grayscale on Monday filed to listing a Cardano (ADA) alternate traded fund on the New York Inventory Change.
Grayscale, which final yr broke by means of U.S. regulators’ blockade towards the bitcoin ETF, has by no means beforehand supplied a standalone ADA funding car regardless of making previous strikes to take action.
However the Trump 2.0 SEC’s pivot from policing the crypto trade to seemingly embracing it has emboldened issuers to suppose massive about what they will get by means of. In latest weeks Grayscale filed for a Solana and XRP ETF as nicely.
These merchandise would convert Grayscale’s preexisting crypto belief merchandise into extra extensively tradeable ETFs whereas the ADA ETF can be solely new.
Investor demand has at all times been excessive for the flagship asset of the Cardano blockchain. ADA ranks among the many largest crypto property by market cap, weighing in at $25 billion at press time. The token spiked 1.5% to 71 cents following the Grayscale information.
Market observers more and more consider the time is nigh for altcoin ETFs to clear the not-quite-as-skeptical SEC. However an ADA car had not been on many commentators’ radars regardless of the coin’s recognition.
Grayscale didn’t instantly return a request for remark.
