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T. Rowe Price Moves Closer to Digital Asset Market With Crypto ETF Holding Dogecoin and Shiba Inu

T. Rowe Price has moved closer to entering the digital asset market. The Baltimore-based investment firm, which manages approximately $1.8 trillion in assets, filed an amended S-1 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission outlining key details of its planned Price Active Crypto ETF. The updated filing, submitted Monday, expands on the company's original October 2024 application. It identifies the cryptocurrencies the fund may hold, clarifies custody arrangements, and introduces the possibility of future staking activity. A Wide Asset List, A Focused Portfolio The ETF's potential holdings span fifteen digital assets. These include bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH), solana (SOL), XRP, cardano (ADA), avalanche (AVAX), litecoin (LTC), polkadot (DOT), dogecoin (DOGE), hedera (HBAR), bitcoin cash (BCH), chainlink (LINK), stellar lumens (XLM), shiba inu (SHIB), and sui (SUI). Despite this broad universe, the fund will not hold all assets simultaneously. Under normal conditions, the ETF plans to maintain between five and fifteen cryptocurrencies at any given time. The portfolio will be managed actively rather than tracking a fixed benchmark. Quantitative models incorporating market fundamentals, asset valuation, and momentum signals will guide allocation decisions. The fund's stated goal is to outperform the FTSE US Listed Crypto Index. This approach sets the fund apart from the spot bitcoin ETFs that launched in the United States in January 2024. Those products track a single asset passively. T. Rowe Price's structure allows portfolio managers to rotate holdings as market conditions change. Structure, Custody, and Redemption Model Anchorage Digital Bank N.A. will serve as the fund's crypto asset custodian. The federally chartered digital asset bank will be responsible for safeguarding all tokens held within the ETF. At launch, the fund will operate under a cash creation and redemption model. Investors will buy and sell ETF shares using cash rather than transferring cryptocurrency directly. This is the standard structure used by most U.S.-listed crypto ETFs currently in operation. The filing notes that the structure may evolve. T. Rowe Price left open the possibility of transitioning to an in-kind redemption model, where shares are exchanged directly for the underlying digital assets. That model is common in equity ETFs and is viewed by some investors as more tax-efficient. Staking is also on the table. The firm indicated the fund could participate in staking on applicable blockchain networks in the future. Staking involves locking up tokens to help validate transactions and earn rewards. T. Rowe Price noted that any staking activity would be subject to risk assessments, tax considerations, and regulatory clarity before implementation.

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