T. Rowe Value, the $1.8 trillion asset supervisor finest recognized for managing mutual funds and retirement accounts, has amended the registration assertion for its proposed Lively Crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF), updating a prospectus first submitted in October that outlines plans for an actively managed fund investing instantly in digital property.
The modification with the US Securities and Change Fee (SEC) was submitted on Monday and lists 15 eligible digital property that could be thought of for the portfolio, together with Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), Solana (SOL), XRP (XRP), Avalanche (AVAX) and Shiba Inu (SHIB).
The up to date submitting provides new operational particulars but it surely leaves the core construction of the proposed fund intact. The modification names Anchorage Digital Financial institution because the ETF’s crypto custodian, expands disclosures round share creation and redemption, and provides Sui (SUI) to the checklist of eligible digital property.
The asset checklist is basically in line with the October submitting, in keeping with Cointelegraph’s earlier reporting. On the time, the proposal stunned some business observers, given T. Rowe Value’s traditionally conservative give attention to conventional funding merchandise corresponding to mutual funds over its almost nine-decade historical past.
It additionally gives up to date data on the FTSE Crypto US Listed Index, together with constituent weights as of January 2026, and expands danger disclosures associated to portfolio turnover and the fund’s energetic buying and selling technique.
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In October, NovaDius Wealth Administration president Nate Geraci stated T. Rowe Value’s crypto ETF submitting got here out of “left subject,” given the corporate’s long-standing give attention to conventional mutual funds and its comparatively current entry into the ETF market.
With the proposal, T. Rowe Value joined a rising checklist of conventional monetary establishments which have launched crypto funding merchandise, together with BlackRock, Constancy, Franklin Templeton, VanEck and Invesco.
The unique submitting got here close to the height of the crypto market, shortly after Bitcoin surged above $120,000. It additionally coincided with the Oct. 10 liquidation occasion, when a pointy market reversal triggered billions of {dollars} in pressured liquidations throughout leveraged crypto derivatives positions.
Since then, digital asset costs have retreated, and crypto ETFs have recorded notable outflows, reflecting cooling investor sentiment after the rally in 2024 and 2025.
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