Crypto ETFs Gain Legitimacy: Staking Rewards, New Listings, and Regulatory ShiftsThe crypto world is evolving, with exchange-traded funds (ETFs) becoming a legitimate investment class. ETFs now hold a significant portion of Bitcoins market value and new funds for Ether and other major cryptocurrencies are bringing this asset class into mainstream brokerage accounts.The Internal Revenue Services guidance allows funds to stake assets like Ether and Solana without risking their tax status, bringing on-chain economics into the regulated financial world. This has led to new expectations from investors, who now look for ETFs that behave more like long-term holdings.The Securities and Exchange Commission introduced general listing standards, allowing exchanges to approve certain crypto ETFs without needing individual exemption requests. This has led to a fast track for new products, with ETFs for Solana, Litecoin, and Hedera appearing soon after these rules were implemented.Firms are refining their internal operations to handle quarterly reporting, tax events, and new structures that offer leverage, staking economics, and synthetic exposure without requiring funds to hold the actual tokens. These changes are moving these products closer to the full experience of holding assets directly, but with the important safeguards that regulated funds provide.

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