'Good sign for the onslaught of 33 Act ETFs coming soon,' Bloomberg Senior ETF Analyst Eric Balchunas said.
The SEC's move to approve listing standards for cryptocurrency funds is being hailed as a "huge deal" by crypto advocates.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
An exchange-traded fund tracking the price of the largest memecoin, DOGE, is officially on the market for the first time in the U.S.
The SEC approved on an "accelerated basis" listing standards for crypto ETFs, setting the stage for those products to be ready for trading.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Proposed SEC generic listing standards for crypto ETPs could "blow the market wide open," according to Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan.
Earlier this week, CleanCore kicked off its Dogecoin treasury with an initial 285.4 million DOGE purchase.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
The SEC said it needs more time to decide on a rule change that would pave the way for Bitwise's Dogecoin ETF to trade.
The cryptocurrency market is closely watching Dogecoin this week as Nate Geraci, chairman and president of The ETF Store, says the first Dogecoin ETF could launch very soon, possibly within days. Meanwhile, market analyst Javon Marks predicts that the memecoin could be on the edge of a massive rally, which may bring huge gains of more than 860 percent for holders. First Dogecoin ETF Could Arrive This Week Nate Geraci shared his view on X that the first Dogecoin ETF appears likely to launch this week. He pointed to the REX-Osprey DOGE ETF, which will trade under the ticker symbol $DOJE. Geraci told followers to “get ready,” and he added that he thinks the next two months for crypto ETFs will be “wild.” His words suggest that not only Dogecoin but also other crypto funds could be part of a very active period in the ETF space. Related Reading: Ethereum Price To Clear $5,000 If This Level Is Broken ETF provider REX Shares also confirmed the REX-Osprey DOGE ETF. The company announced that $DOJE is coming soon and will be the first ETF to give investors direct exposure to Dogecoin’s performance. For fans of the iconic memecoin, this means there will be a new and regulated way to invest in DOGE without holding the coin directly. The ETF filing with the U.S. SEC, which includes a prospectus for the offering, confirms that the plan is official and already moving forward, making Geraci’s comments about an ETF launch this week more realistic. If it goes live, the Dogecoin ETF will join the growing list of crypto ETFs already on the market, but it will stand out as the first dedicated to DOGE. Analyst Predicts A 860% Surge In The Dogecoin Price While news about a Dogecoin ETF is making waves, market analyst Javon Marks has put forward an even more dramatic outlook for the coin’s price. Based on his review, he believes the coin could rise more than 860% from its current levels. His price target is about $2.28, though he added that the move could even go much higher. Related Reading: Chainlink Integration Brings Shiba Inu Into New Crosschain Market — What You Should Know Marks explained that Dogecoin’s earlier cycles have shown a pattern of big rallies, and the current setup is similar. That is why he thinks a near 10X rally could be looming in the future. In the past, the memecoin often spent long stretches moving sideways and building strength before breaking out into significant gains. Marks sees the same type of structure now, which is why he believes another large rally may be starting. With the possibility of the first Dogecoin ETF launching this week and a well-known analyst suggesting massive price growth, the coin is once again at the center of attention in the crypto market. Investors are now watching both the ETF decision and the price charts to see if these bold calls will become reality. Featured image from DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com
The first US exchange-traded fund offering exposure to Dogecoin (DOGE) could debut as soon as next week, after the ETF Opportunities Trust filed a post-effective amendment that sets September 9, 2025 as the effective date for a suite of single-coin funds that includes the REX-Osprey DOGE ETF (ticker: DOJE). The filing—Post-Effective Amendment No. 367—explicitly names the DOGE fund alongside proposed TRUMP, BTC, XRP and BONK funds, and states that the amendment “designates September 9, 2025 as the new effective date” for those products. Dogecoin ETF Set To Launch Market expectations were turbocharged by a teaser from the issuer itself. On Wednesday, REX Shares wrote: “The REX-Osprey™ DOGE ETF, $DOJE, is coming soon! DOJE will be the first ETF to deliver investors exposure to the performance of the iconic memecoin, Dogecoin.” Soon after, Bloomberg’s Eric Balchunas added fuel, noting: “Looks like Rex is going to launch a Doge ETF via the 40 Act a la $SSK next week based on the tweet below combined w how they just filed an effective prospectus. Doge looks like the first one to go out.” Related Reading: Dogecoin Signal That Nailed The Top Says It’s Time To Buy What makes DOJE viable on a near-term timeline is structure. Instead of the “commodity ETP” pathway (which typically requires a bespoke 19b-4 exchange rule change), DOJE sits inside a ’40-Act open-end ETF registration under the ETF Opportunities Trust—the same chassis REX-Osprey used to list its Solana fund (SSK) earlier this summer. The January 21, 2025 prospectus for the trust includes a full DOGE fund section, stating the investment objective is to track the performance of Dogecoin and disclosing that the fund may use derivatives (including swaps) and a wholly owned Cayman subsidiary—the REX-Osprey DOGE (Cayman) Portfolio S.P.—to hold positions, subject to a 25% cap for the subsidiary to preserve RIC tax treatment. REX-Osprey’s SSK is the immediate precedent. That fund listed in early July under a ’40-Act framework and quickly gathered assets and trading activity. MarketWatch reported the Cboe listing, ~$20 million first-day trading volume, and the fund’s positioning as the first US ETF with direct Solana exposure plus staking rewards. Notably, SSK crossed $100 million AUM within weeks. Related Reading: Dogecoin Bull Run Could Start On September 13, Analyst Predicts The September 9 effectiveness designation is the key gating item before a listing venue can post a trading date; it supports the “next week” launch expectation flagged by Balchunas. Notably, the same filing block references additional single-coin funds—TRUMP, XRP, BONK, BTC—indicating a broader shelf beyond DOGE. How The Dogecoin ETF Could Affect Price ETFs can influence spot markets through primary-market creations and redemptions when net inflows require the sponsor (or authorized participants) to source the underlying exposure. While attribution is never clean in crypto, Solana’s spot price rose roughly 34% from around $152 on July 3, 2025 (the day after SSK’s launch window) to roughly $204 today, with SSK racing to $100 million+ AUM in its early weeks. That precedent is directionally relevant for DOGE if DOJE lists and attracts sustained creations. In such a scenario, the fund complex and its authorized participants would need to acquire DOGE coins or DOGE-linked exposures—through spot purchases, swaps, or other instruments—to meet primary-market demand, potentially tightening available float at the margin. Liquidity in SOL is significantly deeper, with more than three times the market capitalization and trading volume of DOGE, while DOGE remains more retail-driven, so the magnitude of any ETF-related impulse could in fact be more pronounced. Still, the mechanism is similar: net inflows beget net buys of the reference asset, and the secondary market visibility can broaden the investor base beyond native crypto venues. At press time, DOGE traded at $0.216. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com
The REX-Osprey DOGE ETF (ticker DOJE) would be the first ETF to deliver investors exposure to the memecoin.
Grayscale is forging ahead with its proposal to list and trade an ETF that trades Dogecoin, landing on the ticker symbol "GDOG."
Bloomberg ETF Analyst Eric Balchunas also said that OG Bitcoiners may be creating some downward pressure on the cryptocurrency's price.
The SEC approved on an "accelerated basis" an exchange-traded fund that looks to convert the Grayscale Digital Large Cap Fund LLC.
Bitwise Asset Management has quietly nudged Dogecoin one step closer to Wall Street’s ETF club, filing an amended S-1 on 26 June that for the first time allows “in-kind” creations and redemptions. The tweak is more than procedural. It lines the proposed Bitwise Dogecoin ETF up with the operational playbook the US Securities and Exchange Commission already blessed for spot-bitcoin and spot-ether products, and it signals that SEC staff are now deep in the weeds on the mechanics of custody and settlement. Signs Point To Dogecoin ETF Approval “Bitwise has filed amended S-1s for their spot Dogecoin ETF and their spot Aptos ETFs. Good signs as it indicates SEC engagement, and tracks with other spot approvals,” Bloomberg Intelligence senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas wrote on X. He underscored the importance of the new language: “One HUGE update to the filing is ‘in-kind’ creations and redemptions… Near-lock at this point that in-kind will be allowed in spot ETFs across board.” Related Reading: Dogecoin Flashes Rare Buy Signal—But One Move Could Ruin It The change matters because in-kind processing lets authorized participants swap DOGE directly for ETF shares (and vice versa) without the tax friction and slippage that accompany the cash-only model imposed on futures-based crypto funds. The SEC’s willingness to consider that structure for a dog-branded altcoin would have seemed fanciful a year ago. It now appears consistent with the regulator’s post-bitcoin-ETF détente, during which issuers also sought in-kind redemptions. Approval odds are converging on the high end of the spectrum. Less than a week ago, Balchunas and fellow analyst James Seyffart raised their probability for “the vast majority” of pending altcoin ETFs—including Dogecoin—to “90 percent or higher,” citing what Seyffart called “very positive” SEC engagement. Related Reading: Dogecoin Crash Far From Over? Analyst Reveals The Target Notably, that optimism has not fully washed into prediction markets: on Polymarket, the contract titled “Doge ETF approved in 2025?” was trading around 69% early Friday morning in Europe, while a shorter-dated line for approval by 31 July priced in barely 13% odds. Dogecoin Price Stalls (For Now) Dogecoin itself has yet to reflect the regulatory tail-wind. The token changed hands near $0.161—down roughly 2% on the day. Technical trader Kevin (@Kev_Capital_TA) argues that bulls still control the longer-term picture: on his weekly chart, DOGE has respected a momentum breakout line traced back to late-2022 on five separate tests, each time spring-boarding into “major bounces.” He pegs the “line in the sand” at the $0.143–0.127 support band: “ Yet Kevin cautions that meme-coin exuberance ultimately hinges on the Federal Reserve, not tweet-driven hype. In a separate post this week, he noted that fresh highs in bitcoin dominance continue to ride “restrictive monetary policy and an uncertain geopolitical environment.” Alt-season, he wrote, will require the end of quantitative tightening and a tangible decline in the US terminal rate—conditions absent since late-2023 and still distant according to Fed-funds futures. At press time, DOGE traded at $0.16123. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com
There are dozens of crypto-related ETF filings under SEC review, and analysts recently raised their odds of approval this year to 90%.
Meanwhile, K33 launched a new share issuance plan to raise funds toward its 1,000 BTC treasury accumulation target.
Meanwhile, U.S. regulatory momentum is building, with stablecoin legislation advancing and a market structure bill in the works.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission punted next steps on the Bitwise Dogecoin ETF, Grayscale Hedera Trust, and VanEck Avalanche ETF.
The SEC pushed back deadlines for a few proposals on whether to approve exchange-traded funds tracking XRP and Dogecoin.
The SEC pushed back its deadline for whether to approve Nasdaq's proposal to allow in-kind redemptions for the IBIT ETF.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Grayscale, Bitwise, and REX-Osprey previously filed to list and trade a spot dogecoin exchange-traded fund.
XRP remains one of the most popular coins in the market, with a cult-like community that has supported it for years. With the bullish sentiment surrounding it, the altcoin has performed quite well and continues to inspire support. The most recent developments for XRP have been the ETF filings that suggest it might be the next altcoin to get an SEC nod after Ethereum. The number of filings also puts it well ahead of investor favorites such as Solana and Dogecoin in the running for the next ETF approval. XRP ETF Filings Climb To 10 XRP ETF filings have been coming out of the market over the past year, especially with the approvals of Ethereum Spot ETFs. These ETFs are expected to give institutional investors an official vehicle to get proper exposure to the market. As Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs have been done and dusted, issuers have looked to other large cap altcoins to bring into the market. Related Reading: Analyst Who Called Dogecoin Price Rally In 2024 Predicts 300% Rally In April The next favorites on the list have been XRP, in addition to heavy hitters such as Solana, Dogecoin, and Litecoin. However, in the race, XRP has clearly differentiated itself in terms of interest, boasting twice as many filings as any other altcoin. According to data from Kaito Research, there are currently 10 XRP ETF filings pending approval or rejection from the SEC. In contrast, there are five Solana ETF filings, 3 Litecoin filing, and 3 Dogecoin filings. This shows clearly that interest in XRP as the next altcoin to gain ETF approval is the highest. Additionally, the SEC has acknowledged the XRP ETF filings from industry leaders such as Grayscale. There are also filings from ProShares, Franklin Templeton, Bitwise, 21Shares, among others. However, BlackRock has not made a move to file for an XRP ETF despite leading the Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF campaigns. Nevertheless, the filings for XRP ETFs remain a big deal for the altcoinm and their approval could trigger another wave of price hikes. ETFs And The SEC Battle Conclusion For many, the major hindrance to an SEC approval of an XRP ETF was the ongoing battle between the crypto firm and the regulator, which began in 2020. However, in March 2025, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse announced that the case was officially over. Related Reading: Is The XRP Price Mirroring Bitcoin’s Macro Action? Analyst Maps Out How It Could Get To $71 With this development, expectations that the regulator will look favorably upon an XRP ETF are high. If the ETFs are approved, even with a fraction of the Bitcoin ETF volumes, the XRP price is expected to explode in response, with some analysts predicting that the altcoin’s price could rise to the double-digits. Featured image from Dall.E, chart from TradingView.com
May 22 is the next important date to watch as the SEC must respond to Grayscale's spot XRP ETF filing by then.
With Paul Atkins nomination for SEC Chair moving forward 21Shares has filed an S-1 for a Dogecoin exchange-traded fund.
The SEC delayed taking the next steps on several filings this week, but experts say this is 'no surprise' until the new chair is in place.
Bloomberg analysts recently estimated Litecoin ETFs have the highest chance of approval, followed by Dogecoin and Solana products.