Canary Capital Files for First-Ever Staked SEI ETF With SEC

Canary Capital has submitted to the SEC to list its first-ever Staked SEI ETF, a novel financial product that would allow investors to directly invest in SEI, the native token of the Sei Network. 

It will seek to replicate the spot market price of SEI as determined by CoinDesk Indices, and its NAV will be priced at 4 PM New York time each day. This product will not use derivatives and will hold actual SEI tokens in its custody.

Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

The two custodians for the ETF will be BitGo Trust Company and Coinbase Custody Trust Company to hold SEI tokens safely. These are not insured by the FDIC, but they have insurance policies to minimize risks of losses.

The ETF is an efficient means of investing in SEI through a regular brokerage account without the need to understand how the blockchain works or the concept of private keys.

One of the unique aspects of the Canary Staked SEI ETF is the staking process. The fund will also earn more SEI tokens through staking, which is a process of verifying transactions on the Sei Network through the proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism. 

This staking reward system gives the investors the opportunity to earn additional income in addition to the possibility of benefiting from the fluctuations of the SEI price.

This ETF is part of Canary Capital’s plan to list more ETFs that track digital currencies, after submitting a similar application for TRX. The approval of the SEI ETF by the SEC is still pending, but this makes it easier for traditional investors to invest in digital assets by holding tokens and receiving staking rewards.