VanEck to Launch NODE ETF Targeting Crypto Sector

VanEck prepares to establish an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that focuses on multiple sectors of digital asset operations. VanEck Onchain Economy ETF called NODE is planned to start trading on May 14, 2025 after receiving SEC confirmation.

The new format NODE adopts differs from regular crypto investment vehicles that buy Bitcoin and Ethereum directly.

The actively managed fund focuses on exploring 30 to 60 digital finance businesses that serve multiple segments like crypto exchanges and infrastructure providers, mining centers, data facilities, and firms at the blockchain-technology forefront in industries.

NODE ETF Backs Real Blockchain Innovators

As VanEck’s Digital Asset Research Head Matthew Sigel explains in his X post, the global economy now relies significantly on digital platforms. Through active stock investing, NODE connects investors to the actual companies that make up the future economy.

Sigel operates this fund by picking firms from a large digital asset company selection set. More than 80% of the fund’s resources will invest in companies listed by VanEck as Digital Transformation Companies that widely utilize blockchain and digital platforms as their operational core.

The ETF invests 25% of its funds indirectly through crypto-linked derivatives and exchange-traded products held in a subsidiary registered in the Cayman Islands due to U.S. tax rules.

NODE will charge 0.69% in management fees and accept limited investments from various companies through its standard fund structure.

VanEck pursued its application to list NODE in January 2025 and gained the first approval from the SEC as the firm expands its crypto-linked product range. Before this approval, VanEck ran a Bitcoin spot ETF and filed applications for funds designed for Solana and Binance Coin.

Through NODE, traditional investors will connect Wall Street to Web3 assets using investment measures that differ from owning listed cryptocurrencies.