Cboe BZX files to list Canary’s SUI ETF

Cboe BZX Alternate has requested United States regulators for clearance to record an exchange-traded fund (ETF) backed by Sui (SUI), the native token of the Sui Community, public filings present. 

The request submitted on April 8 should be reviewed and authorised by the US Securities and Alternate Fee (SEC) earlier than the change can record any shares of the fund.

If authorised, the ETF — issued by asset supervisor Canary Capital — can be the primary within the nation to carry SUI. The token has a market capitalization of roughly $6.5 billion, according to CoinMarketCap.

Sui is a blockchain community designed to supply customers with a extra streamlined onboarding expertise — just like conventional Web3 functions. It’s constructed utilizing Transfer, a wise contract framework primarily based on the Rust programming language. Sui has roughly $1.1 billion in complete worth locked (TVL), according to DefiLlama.

Associated: Canary files for PENGU ETF

Canary, which makes a speciality of crypto ETFs, submitted its own S-1 regulatory filing for the SUI fund in March. 

Since 2024, Canary has filed for a number of proposed US crypto ETFs, together with funds holding Litecoin (LTC), XRP (XRP), Hedera (HBAR), Axelar (AXL) and Pengu (PENGU). 

Cboe BZX has additionally submitted quite a few filings searching for to record crypto ETFs this 12 months. In March, the exchange filed to list Solana (SOL) ETFs issued by Franklin Templeton and Constancy. 

Dozens of altcoin ETFs

Since US President Donald Trump took workplace on Jan. 20, the SEC has acknowledged dozens of new altcoin ETF filings. 

Proposed ETFs embody funds holding native layer-1 tokens reminiscent of Solana (SOL) and SUI, in addition to memecoins reminiscent of Dogecoin (DOGE) and Official Trump (TRUMP).

Nevertheless, traders’ demand for altcoin ETFs could also be weaker than for funds holding core cryptocurrencies reminiscent of Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH), in response to Katalin Tischhauser, crypto financial institution Sygnum’s analysis head. 

“[T]right here is all this frothy pleasure available in the market about these ETFs coming, and nobody can level to the place substantial demand goes to return from,” Tischhauser instructed Cointelegraph. 

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