VanEck Bets Big on BNB: Files First-Ever ETF with Staking Kickbacks

Wall Street’s latest crypto play turns up the heat—VanEck just dropped a regulatory Hail Mary for a BNB ETF that includes staking rewards. Because why settle for passive gains when you can turbocharge them with blockchain’s version of dividend reinvestment?

The filing puts Binance’s native token squarely in the institutional spotlight, though skeptics note the irony of TradFi players suddenly embracing the very mechanics they dismissed as ’unregulated yield farming’ three years ago. Will the SEC swallow this hybrid model, or will it join the graveyard of delayed crypto ETFs? Either way, the move proves even suits can’t resist crypto’s siren song of compounding returns.

VanEck, a major U.S. asset management firm, has filed an S-1 document with the U.S. SEC to launch a BNB exchange-traded fund (ETF). If approved, the ETF would allow the BNB held in the trust to be used for staking, potentially generating additional BNB or other rewards. This move highlights growing institutional interest in crypto assets beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum, while offering investors the added benefit of passive income through staking alongside price exposure.