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Altcoins The crypto industry has been celebrating a historic year for ETFs. Bitcoin, Ethereum and even Solana products have pulled in billions, reshaping how institutions gain crypto exposure. Key Takeaways: CoinShares withdrew its planned XRP, Solana staking and Litecoin ETFs. The firm says competing against giants like BlackRock no longer makes financial sense. CoinShares will shift focus to higher-margin crypto investment products instead of single-asset ETFs. And yet, in the middle of this frenzy, one of the most established digital-asset managers has hit the brakes instead of the gas. CoinShares has chosen to leave the ETF battleground entirely — not because it couldn’t get approval, but because it no longer believes the game is worth playing. When Success Becomes a Barrier to Entry CoinShares originally planned to enter the market with a lineup built to turn heads: a spot XRP ETF, a Solana staking ETF, and a Litecoin ETF. Those filings are now gone, withdrawn voluntarily before the first shares ever hit an exchange. The company didn’t fault regulators. It pointed to the industry itself. The ETF landscape that existed when CoinShares began planning is not the one that exists now. Early momentum has turned into a land grab dominated by mega-issuers with gigantic distribution networks. The combination of rising costs and shrinking space for mid-sized brands is what ultimately pushed CoinShares to walk away. The New Strategy: Be Profitable, Not Popular Instead of battling BlackRock and Fidelity for attention in single-asset crypto ETFs, CoinShares is preparing a pivot toward business lines that don’t depend on scale to survive. Internally, the firm sees more promise in products that: mix crypto with equities and other traditional assets follow themes rather than single tokens allow active management instead of passive indexing In other words, CoinShares isn’t giving up on digital assets —…

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