Markets Brace for Game-Changing XRP and Dogecoin ETF Launches This Week
Wall Street's crypto embrace hits hyperdrive as the first-ever XRP and Dogecoin ETFs prepare to go live—bringing meme coins and regulatory clarity to the mainstream.
Breaking the ETF Barrier
Traditional finance finally catches up with what crypto natives have known for years. These ETFs represent the most direct institutional access to these assets yet—bypassing complex derivatives and custody hurdles that previously kept big money on the sidelines.
The Institutional Floodgates Open
Expect massive liquidity injections as pension funds, hedge funds, and retail investors pile into these structured products. The approval signals regulators are warming to assets they once viewed with skepticism—though some Wall Street veterans still can't tell the difference between a blockchain and a spreadsheet.
Market Impact and Future Implications
This isn't just about XRP and Dogecoin—it's about the entire digital asset class gaining legitimacy. Watch for ripple effects across crypto valuations as traditional finance's endless appetite for packaged products meets blockchain's disruptive potential.
Just remember: Wall Street will always find a way to charge 2% management fees for something you could previously hold in your own wallet for free.
REX-Osprey spot XRP ETF to launch this week
The REX-Osprey XRP ETF, trading under the ticker XRPR, is scheduled to begin trading sometime this week, according to the fund issuer. It will be the first US exchange-traded product to provide investors direct access to XRP, currently the third-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization.
Fox Business correspondent Eleanor Terrett reported on Monday that the ETF will be a spot product structured under the Investment Company Act of 1940. “Basically a spot ETF with extras, and more regulated than traditional spot products,” Terrett posted on X.
REX-Osprey confirmed that trading is expected to commence on Friday, assuming no last-minute procedural delays.
Different from spot Bitcoin ETFs approved in 2024 under the Securities Act of 1933, the XRP fund takes advantage of the 1940 Act framework, where products structured under this statute avoid direct SEC approval, as the filing becomes effective automatically after the designated review period.
According to the fund’s prospectus, the XRPR ETF has a distribution and service plan under Rule 12b-1, which authorizes the fund to pay up to 0.25% of its average daily net assets for certain shareholder services and distribution-related activities.
Dogecoin ETF could trade Thursday
REX-Osprey will also launch a Dogecoin ETF, expected to trade under the ticker DOJE. Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas said the fund could debut on Thursday, which would make it the first memecoin US exchange-traded product.
The dogecoin ETF, like XRPR, was approved under the 1940 Act framework. While that statute is more commonly applied to diversified mutual funds and traditional ETFs, REX-Osprey used the regulatory pathway for crypto-based products to shorten the time regulators take to greenlight approvals.
Balchunas also noted that the same prospectus filing that covered XRPR and DOJE included ETF submissions for TRUMP and BONK tokens, though he mentioned “no launch dates have been confirmed.”
US Autumn: ETFs ready to trickle into markets
Balchunas also reminded the crypto community about other developments in altcoin ETF submissions, reposting news from Bloomberg’s chief financial analyst James Seyffart on CanaryFunds, which updated the prospectus filing for its proposed Litecoin ETF.
NEW: @CanaryFunds updates the prospectus filing for their Litecoin ETF. Notably its due for final approval decision (or denial?) by the SEC in the first week of October pic.twitter.com/Sr12TnCVgX
— James Seyffart (@JSeyff) September 15, 2025
The crypto funds manager had submitted its S-1 registration to the SEC in October 2024, followed by a 19b-4 filing on January 15 this year. That submission commenced a formal 240-day review process, meaning the commission must give an answer between late September and the start of next month.
CoinShares has a second proposal in the pipeline with its own Litecoin ETF filing. The SEC postponed a decision on that product earlier in 2025, but the final deadline for the regulator to say yes or no is also in October. That schedule places both Litecoin and solana products on track for potential approval decisions in the second month of the US autumn season.
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