Canary Capital Pursues Litecoin ETF Following Recent XRP Filing
2024-10-16

Nashville-based investment firm Canary Capital filed for a Litecoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This comes on the heels of Canary and BitWise filing for an XRP ETF earlier this month.
Litecoin’s official site made a statement after the ETF filing went public.
Canary’s New ETF Attempt
Nashville-based investment firm Canary Capital filed for a Litecoin LTCUSD ETF with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today. This comes less than a week after Canary submitted an XRP ETF application, showing a multifaceted approach. Canary’s documents show it filed with CSC Delaware Trust Company for both attempts; BitWise also used it for its XRP ETF.
Litecoin published a positive statement about this ETF filing on its website, greeting this new development. It called special attention to Canary Capital’s founder, Steven McClurg, who was “former co-founder and Chief Investment Officer” at Valkyrie Funds. Valkyrie was among the first applicants for a Bitcoin Futures ETF several years ago.
“Steven established Canary Capital to drive innovation and deliver actively managed private strategies to meet institutional demand for sophisticated cryptocurrency investment solutions. If approved, the ETF will provide both consumer and institutional investors with wide-spread direct exposure to Litecoin,” the statement read.
October has seen a high level of action in the crypto ETF market so far. Bitcoin ETFs are currently surging with demand, and these three new applications took place in fairly quick succession. The prevailing opinion is that Solana is more likely to win the next ETF approval, but these predictions have not deterred proposals for LTC or XRP.
In the past 24 hours, Litecoin’s price has increased by around 7%. There have been signs that LTC may rally this month if whales move the needle, but this has not materialized. So far, on-chain data suggests a slight uptick, but nothing substantial has occurred.
Although approval for this ETF would be a substantial win for the crypto industry, Bloomberg analyst James Seyffart noted that several exchange-traded products (ETPs) already carry LTC. He mentioned both a Swiss and a German product and added that Grayscale already has a Litecoin ETP in the US.