3iq Digital Asset Management has announced that its solana fund has filed a preliminary prospectus for an initial public offering in Canada. The fund aims to become the first solana ( SOL) exchange-traded product (ETP) in North America. Its objectives include providing exposure to the cryptocurrency, long-term capital appreciation, and staking yield.
3iq Files to Launch Solana Exchange-Traded Product in Canada
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The Fund Seeks to Become the First Solana ETP
3iq Digital Asset Management, one of Canada’s largest investment fund managers dedicated to digital assets, announced Thursday that its Solana Fund has filed a preliminary prospectus with securities regulatory authorities in all Canadian provinces and territories, except Québec, for an initial public offering of Class A and Class F units. 3iq has also applied to list the fund’s Class A units on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the ticker QSOL. The announcement details:
The fund seeks to become the first Solana ( SOL) exchange-traded product (ETP) to be listed in North America.
The Solana Fund’s investment objectives are to offer unitholders exposure to SOL and the cryptocurrency’s daily U.S. dollar price movements, the opportunity for long-term capital appreciation, and staking yield generated by the network, the announcement details.
3iq will serve as the investment manager and portfolio manager of QSOL. The agent for the offering is Canaccord Genuity, with Tetra Trust and Coinbase Custody Trust Company LLC serving as custodians. 3iq will also use Coinbase Custody’s institutional staking infrastructure to support SOL staking in the Solana Fund.
The asset management firm previously launched the Bitcoin Fund (TSX: QBTC) and the Ether Fund (TSX: QETH), which became the first publicly traded bitcoin and ether funds in Canada, respectively. Additionally, QETH and the 3iq Ether Staking ETF (TSX: ETHQ) were the first ETPs in North America to incorporate staking ether into their investment strategies, the company noted.
In the U.S., the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently approved form 19b-4s for eight spot ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs), sparking optimism among investors and industry watchers. This preliminary approval represents a significant step forward, although the SEC still needs to greenlight the funds’ S-1 filings (registration statements) before they can officially launch. Many are hopeful that this development will pave the way for the SEC to extend approval to other cryptocurrency ETFs, including those for solana and XRP.
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