Asset manager REX-Osprey is seeking to launch an exchange-traded fund (ETF) designed to hold the Movement Network’s native token, MOVE, according to a March 10 announcement. The filing comes as Movement, a layer-2 (L2) blockchain network, launches its public mainnet beta, Movement said. It is the latest example of a fund sponsor filing to list an ETF comprising an alternative cryptocurrency, or “altcoin.” “Traditional investors have expressed keen interest in gaining regulated exposure to emerging blockchain technologies without directly managing tokens,” Cooper Scanlon, Movement Labs’ co-founder, said in a statement. Movement is an Ethereum L2 blockchain designed using Move, a Rust-based programming language originally developed by Meta. Its public mainnet has approximately $250 million in total value locked (TVL), according to Movement. The MOVE token has a fully diluted value of around $5 billion, according to CoinMarketCap.
On March 5, asset manager Bitwise filed to list a spot Aptos ETF in the US — a token created by a team led by two former Facebook (now Meta) employees in 2022.On Feb.25, US securities exchange Nasdaq requested to list a Grayscale ETF holding the Polkadot network’s native token, DOT (DOT). Other altcoin ETFs awaiting approval include those holding Litecoin (LTC), Solana (SOL) and Official Trump (TRUMP), among others. US President Donald Trump, who started his second term in January, said he wants America to become the “world’s crypto capital” and has appointed pro-crypto leaders to key regulatory agencies, including the SEC.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission authorized ETFs holding Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) to list in the US in 2024 but has not yet approved any altcoin ETFs. “Breaking the pattern of ETFs limited to long-established cryptocurrencies opens doors for institutional capital to support next-generation blockchain innovation,” Rushi Manche, Movement Labs’ co-founder, said in a statement. REX-Osprey has filed for a MOVE ETF.
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