The US Securities and Exchange Commission has told would-be Solana ETF sponsors to file fully amended registration statements by the end of this month, a demand that compresses a review timetable currently set to run until 10 October, the first statutory deadline for the applications.

People involved in the dialogue say the Commission’s trading-and-markets division has signalled it has no intention of waiting that long. “I think that the SEC has some pressure to approve these quicker than waiting all the way to October, especially with that Rex Shares product that got approved last week,” one person familiar with the talks told CoinDesk.

Solana Poised To Become 3rd Spot Crypto ETF

The “pressure” originates with the REX-Osprey SOL + Staking ETF (ticker SSK). Organised under the Investment Company Act of 1940, SSK became effective automatically in the absence of an SEC objection and began trading on 2 July, gathering about $12 million on its first day. Its stealth debut gives it a first-mover advantage the agency has previously tried to neutralise by approving competing crypto funds simultaneously, as it did for spot bitcoin and ether ETFs.

Meanwhile, the SEC is redrawing its broader rulebook for digital-asset ETPs. A 12-page guidance document issued last week outlines disclosure expectations for custody, staking rewards and market-manipulation safeguards; staff are now drafting a universal template meant to replace the bespoke Form 19b-4 waivers that have governed every prior spot-crypto ETF listing. “The SEC is looking for a general rule it can apply to all listings, and currently is going back and forth on precise wording with the exchanges,” a senior executive involved in those talks said, adding that the template could cut approval windows to roughly seventy-five days.

Analysts on X read the accelerating correspondence as constructive. “MORE delays. Fidelit

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Author: Jake Simmons