The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has pushed back its decision on whether NYSE Arca can list the Bitwise Dogecoin ETF, designating a “longer period” to complete its review of the exchange’s proposed rule change under Rule 19b-4.
Even as the spot DOGE application slips to November, a Dogecoin ETF from REX Shares and Osprey Funds is slated to begin trading this Thursday via a different regulatory route. The product will list under the ticker DOJE and is distributed by Foreside Fund Services, with launch timing confirmed for Thursday. This fund leverages the Investment Company Act of 1940—rather than the ’33/’34 Act spot-commodity-trust pathway—to offer DOGE exposure, a structure the issuers previously used for their Solana product.
The SEC’s latest Bitwise order leaves the market with two parallel tracks for Dogecoin exposure in US ETFs. On one side is the Bitwise proposal, proceeding through the familiar spot-trust approval gauntlet that culminates on Nov. 12 absent another procedural shift. On the other is DOJE, which—if it begins trading Thursday—would represent a first-of-its-kind US DOGE ETF launched as a ’40 Act fund, a structure industry analysts say can reach the market without the same exchange rule-change approval required for commodity-based trusts.
For investors and issuers, the split underscores how crypto ETFs are evolving beyond the binary of “approved or denied” for spot commodity trusts. Bitwise is pursuing a product that would hold DOGE directly in a trust structure consistent with NYSE Arca’s Rule 8.201-E framework, while REX-Osprey appear set to offer DOGE exposure inside a registered investment company—akin to SSK’s approach—highlighting the growing role of ’40 Act mechanics in bringing non-bitcoin assets to the exchange-traded market.
At press time, DOGE traded at $0.24.
