What are Ethereum, Solana and XRP ETFs?

A crypto ETF, or exchange-traded fund, is a fund that trades on a stock exchange like a share and holds a cryptocurrency or tracks its price. Ethereum, Solana and XRP ETFs do this for ether, SOL and XRP. They let people gain exposure to those coins through an ordinary brokerage account, without setting up a crypto wallet or using a crypto exchange.

They follow the path opened by spot bitcoin ETFs. "Spot" means the fund holds the actual coins rather than futures contracts.

When was the Ethereum ETF approved?

The SEC approved stock exchange rule changes for spot ether ETFs on May 23, 2024. Eight funds then began trading on July 23, 2024, across the Cboe, Nasdaq and NYSE exchanges, according to the law firm Baker McKenzie.

A shareholder owns a slice of the fund, not the ether itself. The fund handles custody, and charges an annual fee for doing so.

Is there an Ethereum ETF with staking?

Yes. Staking means locking coins to help secure a proof-of-stake network in return for rewards. The first US ether funds did not stake.

On October 6, 2025, Grayscale added staking to its two ether ETFs and its Solana trust, which Benzinga described as the first US crypto exchange-traded products with staking. BlackRock followed with the iShares Staked Ethereum Trust ETF, ticker ETHB, which launched on Nasdaq on March 12, 2026.

Is there a Solana ETF?

Yes. A key step came on September 17, 2025, when the SEC approved generic listing standards. These let exchanges list funds that hold spot commodities, including some digital assets, without filing a separate rule change for each product. CryptoSlate reported that this could cut the approval timeline to as little as 75 days.

The Bitwise Solana Staking ETF, ticker BSOL, began trading on the NYSE on October 28, 2025. Bitwise called it the first US exchange-traded product with full direct exposure to SOL, and it planned to stake all of the fund's coins. Read more in the guide to what Solana is.

Is there an XRP ETF, and which ones are listed?

Yes. The first US spot XRP ETF, the Canary XRP ETF with the ticker XRPC, debuted on Nasdaq on November 13, 2025, according to The Defiant and Cointelegraph.

Other issuers followed. Besides Canary's fund, a March 2026 overview published on AOL listed spot XRP ETFs from Franklin Templeton (XRPZ), Grayscale (GXRP) and Bitwise (XRP). Fees differ from fund to fund and are set out in each prospectus.

As of late September 2026, spot ether, Solana and XRP ETFs were all trading in the US, Crypto Briefing reported. Each holds a single volatile asset, so its share price rises and falls with that coin.

Crypto prices are volatile and a token can lose most of its value.