On October 9, 2025, Bitwise Asset Management amended its Solana ETF filing to include staking rewards, renaming it the Bitwise Solana Staking ETF with a competitive 0.20% management fee, per AICryptocore.com and. The update, filed with the SEC, positions the ETF to earn yields by staking nearly all Solana (SOL) holdings, except for redemptions and fees, aiming to attract institutional and retail investors, per. Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas noted on X, “Bitwise not playing around, plans to charge just 0.20% for their spot Solana ETF,” highlighting its low-fee strategy to drive inflows, per [post:0].
The 0.20% fee, waived for the first three months on up to $1B in assets, matches Bitwise’s Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs, per. SOL trades at $224, up 0.8% daily with a $122B market cap, per CoinMarketCap, buoyed by $6.1M in Solana ETF inflows over three days, per. The ETF, ticker BSOL, will be 100% physically backed and trade on Cboe BZX Exchange upon approval, per. RSI at 62 and a bullish MACD crossover suggest sustained momentum, with support at $215 and resistance at $250, per TradingView. X posts from @cash_callin emphasize the staking glow-up, per [post:3].
This filing intensifies competition, following 21Shares’ staking addition to its Ethereum ETF and Grayscale’s earlier Ethereum staking, per. SEC approval odds are 90–100% for 2025, with decisions due by October 16, 2025, for Bitwise and others like Grayscale and VanEck, per. The REX-Osprey Solana Staking ETF, launched in July 2025 with $12M first-day inflows, sets a precedent, per. Solana’s $8.6B DeFi TVL and 12.2% liquid staking participation could see further growth, potentially pushing SOL to $600 if ETFs gain traction, per. However, SEC scrutiny under the Securities Act of 1933 remains a hurdle, per.
The staking feature could unlock yields for holders, blending DeFi with traditional finance, per. Investors should monitor SEC filings on sec.gov and ETF flows via SoSoValue. Dollar-cost average into SOL with stop-losses below $215, or diversify into USDC or ETH ($4,100), per. Follow @TheBlock__ on X for updates. Bitwise’s proactive move could catalyze $3B in Solana treasuries by 2026, per, but volatility persists amid government shutdown delays, per [post:0].
