The SEC faces key October deadlines on several crypto ETF filings, with Canary Capital’s spot Litecoin ETF first in line on Oct. 2.
By Bhushan Akolkar
Editor Julia Sakovich
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The crypto community has been eagerly waiting for October as the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) faces the deadline for the approval of crypto ETFs for some of the top altcoins like Litecoin LTC $105.9 24h volatility: 2.5% Market cap: $8.07 B Vol. 24h: $383.30 M , XRP XRP $2.86 24h volatility: 3.1% Market cap: $171.10 B Vol. 24h: $3.92 B , Solana SOL $207.0 24h volatility: 3.4% Market cap: $112.42 B Vol. 24h: $5.35 B , Cardano ADA $0.79 24h volatility: 3.4% Market cap: $28.95 B Vol. 24h: $1.14 B . The first in line is Canary Capital’s spot Litecoin ETF, facing the deadline this week on Oct. 2.
With the SEC’s approval of generic listing standards for crypto ETFs earlier this month, investors are now awaiting the SEC greenlight for several filings recently. Last week, the SEC already approved the Hashdex Crypto Index ETF, comprising top digital assets like BTC BTC $111 988 24h volatility: 2.5% Market cap: $2.23 T Vol. 24h: $44.52 B , ETH ETH $4 105 24h volatility: 2.9% Market cap: $495.42 B Vol. 24h: $28.05 B , XRP, SOL, etc.
The next in line awaiting approval is the spot Litecoin ETF by asset manager Canary Capital. Also, the Canary spot Litecoin ETF is scheduled to list on Nasdaq. Moreover, the SEC has withdrawn its decision to extend the review period for the product, signaling a quicker path to market.
The move follows the commission’s approval of generic listing standards for crypto ETFs earlier this month. The SEC has also withdrawn its notice of a longer review period for the CoinShares Litecoin ETF, raising expectations that multiple Litecoin ETFs could gain approval.
Bloomberg analysts Eric Balchunas and James Seyffart have previously noted that there’s a 95% chance that the SEC will approve the spot Litecoin ETF. Nate Geraci, the co-founder of The ETF Institute, said the coming weeks will be “enormous” for spot cryptocurrency ETFs.
*Enormous* next few weeks for spot crypto ETFs…
SEC final deadlines approaching on numerous filings.
Starts this week w/ deadline on Canary spot ltc ETF.
Will be followed by decisions on sol, doge, xrp, ada, & hbar ETFs (though SEC can approve any or all of these whenever).
— Nate Geraci (@NateGeraci) September 28, 2025
The US SEC has withdrawn all delay notices for pending crypto ETF applications, covering products tied to Solana, XRP, HBAR, and others, according to the details shared by Bloomberg ETF strategist James Seyffart. The move follows the regulator’s approval of general listing standards for crypto ETFs earlier this month.
NEW: Here is a list of all the filings and/or applications I'm tracking for Crypto ETPs here in the US. There are 92 line items in this spreadsheet. You will almost certainly have to squint and zoom to see but best I can do on here pic.twitter.com/lDhRGEQBoW
— James Seyffart (@JSeyff) August 28, 2025
Among those affected are Solana ETF proposals from Bitwise, VanEck, Fidelity, Canary, 21Shares, and Invesco Galaxy. Delay notices were also dropped for XRP ETF filings from Bitwise, Franklin, WisdomTree, Canary, CoinShares, and 21Shares.
In addition, the SEC withdrew notices for the Canary HBAR ETF, CoinShares Litecoin ETF, Canary Litecoin ETF, and 21Shares Polkadot ETF. This clearly signals accelerated progress toward potential approvals.
Furthermore, the SEC has also removed notices extending the review period for Ethereum staking ETF proposals, signaling faster progress toward potential approval.
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