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Canary Capital Seeks SEC Approval for ETF on President Trump’s Memecoin

Asset manager Canary Capital has submitted an S-1 registration with the ￰0￱ to launch an exchange-traded fund (ETF) tied to President Donald Trump’s memecoin, ￰1￱ move would give investors regulated exposure to one of the most politically driven tokens in the crypto ￰2￱ Coin ETF FilingThe proposed Trump Coin ETF will track the price of TRUMP, a memecoin launched in January ahead of Trump’s ￰3￱ fund would allow investors to buy the token through traditional brokerage accounts instead of relying solely on crypto exchanges. Notably, as of today, TRUMP ranks among the six biggest meme coins in the crypto ￰4￱ has a market cap of $1.67 billion and a price of $8.37.

During the peak of the frenzy around TRUMP in January, the coin rose to become the second biggest meme coin, trailing only Dogecoin, with its price then at $75. As of today, it is trading at a staggering 89% below its all-time high. Meanwhile, multiple asset managers see potential in the coin as they file for ETFs related to it. Notably, details such as management fees and the listing venue were not disclosed in the filing .

American-Made Crypto ETF ApplicationAlongside the Trump filing, Canary also applied for an “American-Made Crypto ETF” under the ticker ￰5￱ product would track an index of U. S.-rooted cryptocurrencies such as XRP, Solana, Cardano, Chainlink, and Stellar, while excluding memecoins, stablecoins, and pegged ￰6￱ fund plans to add staking rewards to its net asset value through third-party ￰7￱ would be operated by a South Dakota trust company, with most assets stored in cold wallets. SEC’s Delays on Crypto FundsThe filings come as the SEC continues to extend decision deadlines on multiple digital asset ￰8￱ review dates for XRP, Solana, and Truth Social-linked funds now run into October ￰9￱ itself has several pending ETF applications tied to SOL, XRP, SUI, TRX, and PENGU, all still awaiting ￰10￱ recent SEC guidance has clarified staking and custody rules, approvals remain slow-moving.

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