2025-12-16 06:56:29

Solana's suite of financial tools welcomes a new member. On Monday, December 15th, a staking trading product designed specifically for SOL holders was officially listed on the Cboe BZX, the Chicago Board Options Exchange.

This product is jointly developed by a global asset management giant and a digital asset infrastructure provider, allowing investors to directly participate in Solana's staking ecosystem through traditional financial channels. Compared to setting up validation nodes themselves or operating on-chain, this approach significantly lowers the participation barriers for both institutions and retail investors.

What does this mean for the SOL ecosystem? First, it makes institutional capital entry more convenient. Through standardized products like ETPs, traditional institutions such as pension funds and mutual funds can compliantly gain exposure to Solana without needing to understand blockchain details like wallet private keys. Second, the potential for scaled staking yields may increase the network's locked value (TVL), thereby enhancing Solana's consensus security.

From a broader perspective, Solana's evolution from a "community coin" to a public chain with institutional-grade financial products itself reflects the maturing of the crypto asset market. Similar ETP listings on Bitcoin and Ethereum are now commonplace, and now it's SOL's turn to receive such treatment, indicating that the value story of high-performance public chains is gaining recognition from mainstream finance.

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0xOverleveraged

· 2025-12-17 09:42

Another new trick to harvest retail investors, this time more officially packaged.

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Degentleman

· 2025-12-17 08:16

Damn, SOL is really about to take off --- Once again, traditional finance is endorsing this, and this time it's not retail investors manipulating the market --- Staking yields? I'm more concerned about when the coin price will double --- Finally no need to mess with command line, pension funds, get ready to jump in --- Mainstream recognition is one thing, but we still need to be cautious of institutional dumps --- Is this ETP about to launch and not far from a big surge --- SOL has truly become a "mainstream player," it's hard to believe --- Lowering the barrier is just to attract more retail investors --- TVL is about to rise? Then I need to add to my position --- Bitcoin and Ethereum have been around, now it's SOL's turn. What does that mean? It means we haven't missed too much

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GweiWatcher

· 2025-12-16 07:37

Chicago launches SOL staking ETP, are big institutions finally entering the market? It was about time. --- Another ETP, it seems SOL is finally being recognized by Wall Street, and those big funds no longer need to figure out private keys themselves haha. --- Staking TVL is about to explode, and as this happens, SOL network security will directly soar. --- From community tokens to institutional-grade products, SOL is doing pretty well on this path, but I just wonder if it can stay stable. --- The compliance channel has been opened, now it depends on whether pension funds will really invest real money. --- Wait, could this create a new centralized staking risk? Then we might end up with a mess again.

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AltcoinTherapist

· 2025-12-16 07:26

Sol finally starts to play the traditional finance game as well. It seems that mainstream acceptance is coming this way. --- Both ETP and compliance, can we avoid cutting the leeks this time? --- Institutional entry increases TVL, sounds great, but is the Sol network really stable? --- From community tokens to institutional products, is this what you call growth? Haha. --- I just want to know if the staking rewards will be eaten up by the product providers. --- CBOE launching = moving towards the mainstream? Wow, both BTC and ETH have waited so long. --- Wallet private keys are too complicated? Funny, isn't this just shifting the risk to intermediaries? --- Scaling staking ecosystem... to put it nicely, it's still about siphoning money from institutions. --- Can Sol withstand this wave? It depends on how long the consensus security can hold up. --- Is Sol trying to learn from BTC and ETH? Then I need to accumulate more.

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LiquidationKing

· 2025-12-16 07:21

Damn, Sol is really about to take off now, institutional players are here --- ETP listing should have happened a long time ago, Sol has been holding back for so long and finally got recognized --- Staking yields are about to be diluted again, those who got in early are laughing to death --- No, why did BTC and ETH have this thing long ago, but Sol had to wait until now? --- Traditional finance is starting to take Sol seriously, everyone knows what this means --- Institutions are coming in, but it’s not that exciting, why is it always like this --- Does this thing benefit small investors? Or is it just another way to get chopped up again --- Sol really deserves an ETP now, the ecosystem is truly thriving --- Lowering the barrier to entry and standardization, I feel like I want to vomit listening to this

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PermabullPete

· 2025-12-16 07:19

Sol is really about to take off this time, traditional institutions entering the market are on a different level --- Are you back to trick retail investors into buying in? Getting a bit annoying --- Staking yields are indeed attractive, but who guarantees the security? --- CBOE is on board, which shows it's not just a small project --- Wait, how much are the fees for this thing? Don't want to get caught off guard at the end --- Solana has grown from a small coin to an institutional-level project, the changes in these years are really significant --- I'm optimistic about Sol, this is a long-term bullish signal --- Finally, there's a worry-free way to participate, no need to mess with those private keys and all that hassle --- Recognition from traditional finance ≠ price increase, don't be too optimistic --- I've been bullish on this direction for a long time, now is a good time to enter

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rugpull_ptsd

· 2025-12-16 07:04

SOL is making new moves again, this time finally allowing institutional players to participate comfortably. Staking products on the Singapore Exchange? Basically giving the green light to big funds; small retail investors still have to do it themselves. Wait, does this mean SOL is really turning things around? Hmm, institutional entry can indeed stabilize the ecosystem, but don’t tell me this is what you call maturity... BTC has been like this for a long time. To be honest, lowering the barrier to entry is a good thing, but I still miss the pure community vibe. It's the same old traditional finance approach, standardized products... sounds expensive. Seriously? Can SOL stand shoulder to shoulder with BTC and ETH? Who would have dared to believe that a couple of years ago? Staking yields are up, will the price go up? That’s the real key.

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ZKProofster

· 2025-12-16 07:04

ngl, the whole "institutional-grade financial products" narrative is getting old. sure, more trad finance access means liquidity, but does anyone actually care about tvl metrics when you're just outsourcing custody to another blackbox? trustless becomes "trust us" real quick once the etp wrapper goes on.

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