Canada launches spot Solana ETFs as crypto race ramps up:
This comes just weeks after two ETFs tracking Solana futures began trading in the U.S.
By: Kamran
April 16, 2025
North America’s first spot Solana ETFs began trading in Canada on Wednesday, marking yet another breakthrough for the country’s pioneering cryptocurrency fund industry.
Four asset managers — 3iQ Corp., Evolve Funds Group Inc., CI Global Asset Management (CI GAM) and Purpose Investments — have each listed products on the Toronto Stock Exchange. This comes after the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) gave the regulatory green light on Monday for the funds that provide exposure to Solana tokens (SOL), the world’s sixth largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization.
Two ETFs tracking Solana futures launched in the U.S. in March, but those funds provide indirect exposure to the digital asset by tracking the price of Solana futures contracts. The Canadian funds are the first of their kind in North America to provide direct spot exposure to the price movements of SOL, beating asset managers in the U.S. to the punch as they await regulatory approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch such products.
Canada was also ahead of the U.S. in launching spot bitcoin and spot ether ETFs in 2021.
“We are very proud and excited that Canada is [a leader] again in crypto,” said Vlad Tasevski, chief innovation officer with Purpose, in an interview.