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Grayscale, VanEck Update BNB Spot ETF Filings With SEC

The updates underscore unresolved questions over BNB’s legal status.

Overview

  • Grayscale and VanEck filed fresh amendments for proposed spot BNB exchange-traded funds that would list on Nasdaq under the tickers GBNB and VBNB.
  • Both plans say the funds would hold BNB directly and would launch without staking under Nasdaq’s commodity-based trust share rules.
  • The SEC has argued in its Binance case that BNB may be a security, and analysts including Bloomberg’s James Seyffart say that creates unique hurdles and no clear path to approval.
  • BNB traded near $687, with $690 flagged by traders as a key line that could precede a run toward $750–$780 or a pullback to $627–$650.
  • The filings arrive as more altcoin ETFs seek U.S. listings, including a Canary Capital plan that would stake TRX and a wider set of tokens Grayscale says it is evaluating for future products.