Franklin Templeton’s Solana ETF approval sends SOL price up 17%

Franklin Templeton has secured NYSE Arca approval to list its Solana ETF, SOEZ, designed to offer investors exposure to Solana. The announcement has already helped push Solana’s price up 17%.

The new fund will track the CF Benchmarks Solana Index, and is now the seventh Solana ETF available to US investors. Roger Bayston, head of Digital Assets at Franklin Templeton, gave his remarks, “Solana is becoming a core layer of the digital economy. Its speed and efficiency support activity that ranges from tokenized assets to next-generation financial applications, and that momentum continues to attract both developers and institutions.”

SOEZ is using a grantor trust structure to hold Solana and cash

SOEZ seeks to generally track Solana’s price movements and earn staking rewards on as much of its Solana holdings as feasible, up to 100%, net of expenses and liabilities. The fund’s SOL holdings are valued using the CME CF Solana-Dollar Reference Rate, New York Variant.

David Mann, Head of ETF Product and Capital Markets at Franklin Templeton, added on the fund’s attributes, “SOEZ offers exposure to Solana, a network that has seen significant adoption, and delivers it through a transparent ETP structure that fits seamlessly into existing investment workflows.”

SOEZ also holds Solana and cash through a grantor trust structure. Coinbase Custody Trust Company, LLC serves as the Solana custodian, and BNY acts as administrator, transfer agent, and cash custodian. Bayston further remarked that the fund “provides investors a regulated and transparent way to participate in a network that is shaping how digital infrastructure could operate in the years ahead.”

Aside from SOEZ, Franklin Templeton recently launched its XRP exchange-traded fund (ETF), the Franklin XRP Trust (XRPZ), on the NYSE Arca on Monday, providing investors with regulated access to the XRP token. The move places one of Wall Street’s oldest institutions into the growing field of XRP fund issuers, which already includes Bitwise, Grayscale, and Canary Capital.

The recent approval expands Franklin’s crypto lineup. It now manages ETFs tied to bitcoin (EZBC), ether (EZET), XRP (XRPZ), and its diversified digital asset fund (EZPZ), offering traditional investors exposure to a broader range of crypto assets without requiring self-custody.

According to David Mann, Head of ETF Product and Capital Markets at Franklin Templeton, XRP plays a “foundational role in global settlement infrastructure,”

Solana-focused ETFs saw $13.55 million in net outflows

The ETF launches as Solana experiences unusual trading flows. Last week, Binance recorded $2.12 billion in USDC inflows and SOL outflows of over $1.11 billion. Nonetheless, the shift alleviated exchange sell pressure and boosted potential buy-side liquidity. At the same time, USDT also saw $450 million in outflows.

Lately, SOL has traded up above $120 — a significant level of support. Glassnode data reveals clear clusters of buyers around $135 and $142—levels that now appear as potential resistance. Roughly 17.8 million SOL was accumulated at $142, with another 16 million picked up at $135. Even so, SOL futures activity dipped slightly toward the end of the session, contrasting with the strong volume surges already seen in Bitcoin and Ethereum. That suggests SOL traders are taking a more cautious stance for now.

Solana has consistently ranked as one of the most popular blockchain networks for developers and the deployment of decentralized applications. Investor clusters have accumulated significant amounts of SOL at key support and resistance levels, indicating sustained interest, according to Glassnode data. The network has increasingly drawn institutions, an interest Franklin Templeton is positioning to address via its regulated ETP offering.

The ETF side had similar sentiments, reporting that Solana products saw $13.55 million in net outflows this week, including a sizable chunk ($32.54 million) that was withdrawn from 21Shares’ TSOL fund.