Traditional U.S. investors could soon witness a state of confusion as the world’s first-ever exchange-traded funds based on canine-themed token Dogecoin (DOGE) and the newly launched Official Trump (TRUMP) meme coin may go live as soon as this April. TRUMP, DOGE ETFs To Debut Soon? The cryptocurrency market has witnessed a flurry of ETF fillings following the exit of former US Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler. As ZyCrypto reported on Jan. 21, REX Shares and Osprey Funds filed proposals for DOGE and $TRUMP ETFs alongside BONK, Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), Solana’s SOL, and Ripple’s payments token XRP. “These are ’40 Act filings and so (theoretically, if they aren’t disapproved) could hit the market in early April…” Bloomberg’s senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas said in a Tuesday X post . Balchunas was referencing the 1940 Act, which controls funds combining assets and derivatives. Filings submitted under this Act are subject to a considerably shorter 75-day review process. Based on this process, DOGE and TRUMP products could arrive earlier than other filings like XRP, SOL, and Litecoin ETFs — which must go through a lengthy 240-day timeline under 19b-4 filing rules. Good point on the Doge/Trump ETF filing, these are '40 Act filings and so (theoretically, if they aren't disapproved) could hit the market in early April (75 days after filing) and beat the XRP, Solana, Litecoin ETFs out bc those have to file 19b-4s which have a 240-day clock.… https://t.co/t5ftWo9ZKR — Eric Balchunas (@EricBalchunas) January 21, 2025 Popularized by prominent figures such as technocrat and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk, Dogecoin has evolved into a global crypto heavyweight. A DOGE ETF greenlight would give traditional investors a regulated vehicle, presumably increasing the memecoin’s exposure and legitimacy in the broader financial ecosystem, thus increasing demand and propelling the price higher. As with the Official TRUMP meme coin, it was launched just days before Trump’s second term inauguration. The token shattered records after its debut, eventually hitting a $14.5 billion market cap. $TRUMP, however, recently took a tumble after Trump admitted he didn’t know much about his namesake memecoin. “I don’t know where it is. I don’t know much about it other than I launched it, other than it was very successful,” Trump said Tuesday. The Solana-based token now has a market cap above $7.9 billion, making it the 25th most valuable coin on the market, according to CoinGecko .
