📅 January 23 |
For years, many tokens lived in the shadow of Bitcoin and Ethereum when it came to regulated financial products. It seemed unthinkable that assets directly associated with crypto exchanges could aspire to have their own ETF approved in the United States. But the regulatory environment changed, the institutional narrative too, and now the map of crypto ETFs is beginning to look more like the real market than Wall Street's conservative ideal.
📖 Grayscale formally filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to register for the Grayscale BNB ETF, which would carry the ticker GBNB and list on the Nasdaq if it receives regulatory approval.
In the document, the firm explains that the fund would directly hold BNB, the native asset of the BNB Smart Chain, as backup for the trust's shares.
For the operational structure, Grayscale appointed Bank of New York Mellon as transfer agent and Coinbase Custody Trust Company as custodian of the digital assets, a detail that reinforces the attempt to present the product under traditional institutional standards.
BNB is currently the fourth largest cryptocurrency on the market, with a capitalization close to $121 billion, according to data from The Block. Its size, liquidity and use within one of the most active blockchain ecosystems in the world make it a logical candidate from a market point of view, although it has historically carried the regulatory weight of its close relationship with Binance, one of the exchanges most closely watched by US authorities in recent years.
Grayscale is not the first firm to try this move. VanEck had already proposed a similar ETF in May 2025, but the new attempt comes at a very different time for the industry. In the last year, the US market has seen the approval and launch of ETFs linked to assets such as Solana, XRP, Dogecoin, Hedera and Chainlink, reflecting a much more favorable political and regulatory climate towards digital assets.
Topic Opinion:
The US regulated market no longer distinguishes between “acceptable” and “controversial” cryptocurrencies, but rather between assets with sufficient size, liquidity and institutional demand. If the SEC approves this product, it will be a powerful signal that the crypto market legitimization process has entered a new phase, where even the tokens most linked to exchanges and old regulatory disputes can find space within Wall Street.
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