Overview
- NYSE Arca issued certification letters on Nov. 21 approving listings for Grayscale’s GDOG and GXRP, with trading scheduled for Nov. 24.
- The funds are structured as spot ETPs that hold Dogecoin and XRP and were converted from private-placement trusts.
- Shares will trade under the tickers GDOG and GXRP, with a reported 0.35% management fee.
- Pre-launch positioning intensified, with Dogecoin derivatives volume up about 30% to $7.22 billion and XRP up about 51% to $12.74 billion, according to CoinGlass.
- The launches extend a competitive push in altcoin ETFs, following Bitwise’s new XRP fund and REX-Osprey’s Dogecoin product, with Franklin Templeton preparing a DOGE offering.