XRP ETFs: The SEC is Playing Games 🙄

So, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission – bless their hearts – are currently ‘reviewing’ a bunch of applications for XRP ETFs. Which, let’s be honest, is code for ‘making everyone wait and feel mildly anxious’. Apparently, crypto needs to have been messing around in futures markets for six months (thanks, Coinbase derivatives exchange!), before it’s deemed worthy of ETF status. The rules, darling, *the rules*.

Canada’s already had a field day with XRP ETFs since June 2025, casually sipping lattes while we’re over here staring into the abyss of SEC deadlines. They reckon they’ll give us a final decision – oh, the drama! – by October 2025. You know, just in time for… well, October 2025.

Currently, we have *one* approved one: the ProShares Ultra XRP ETF. Which sounds…intense. Leveraged and inverse XRP strategies? Honestly, it’s all a bit much. Filed way back in January 2025. The SEC finally let it loose on NYSE Arca in mid-July. Progress, I suppose. Baby steps. 🐢

The List of XRP ETFs Dangling by a Thread

  • Grayscale XRP ETF: Filed January 13, 2025. They want to turn their Trust into an ETF. A deadline of October 18, 2025. So much waiting. Just…so much.
  • 21Shares XRP ETF: Filed November 21, 2024. Acknowledged February 19, 2025. Decision day? October 19, 2025. Seriously, are they hand-writing these decisions?
  • Bitwise XRP ETF: Filed December 2, 2024. Acknowledged February 19, 2025. Expect a verdict by October 20, 2025. My calendar is marked. And judging from the wait times, I may need snacks.
  • Canary Capital XRP ETF: Filed October 8, 2024. Acknowledged February 19, 2025. Deadline: October 24, 2025. A canary in a coal mine… or just another ETF hopeful? You decide. 🤷‍♀️
  • Wisdom Tree XRP ETF: Filed December 2, 2024. Acknowledged February 19, 2025. Due October 25, 2025. Trying to be wise, are we? Let’s see if the SEC agrees.
  • Franklin Templeton XRP ETF: Filed in March (details, details!). October 25, 2025 is the day. Because why not add another to the pile?
  • CoinShares: Filed January 24, 2025, acknowledged on February 19, 2025. Deadline? You guessed it: October 25, 2025. They’re really committed to that date, aren’t they?
  • RexShares Rex-Osprey XRP ETF: Filed January 21, 2025. The SEC already missed *a* deadline (July 25th). Clearly, suspense is their favourite game.

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2025-08-01 11:55