Data as of .
GSOL vs SOEZ: which tracked its coin?
GSOL closed unchanged on more than a twentieth of its trading days, so its difference from Solana is not comparable with SOEZ’s.
The same coin, two trusts
GSOL and SOEZ hold the same asset. Both are 1933 Act trusts holding Solana through a custodian, so neither has a portfolio to compare: the whole of each fund is one line. GSOL closed unchanged on more than a twentieth of its trading days, so its distance from Solana is a quote nobody moved rather than a cost a holder paid, and ETFIQ neither prints it nor ranks it. GSOL has 951 more days of record than SOEZ, and a longer record is a longer window over which a cost can show itself.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | The coin over the same days | Difference, percentage points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GSOL | SOEZ | GSOL | SOEZ | GSOL | SOEZ | |
| 1 month | +35.4% | +35.6% | +35.6% | +35.6% | not comparable | 0.0 pts |
| 3 months | +55.2% | +54.7% | +53.4% | +53.4% | not comparable | +1.4 pts |
| 6 months | −44.5% | +17.9% | −47.2% | +16.1% | not comparable | +1.8 pts |
| 1 year | −63.0% | not published | −55.2% | not published | not comparable | not published |
| Since each listed | +75.5% | −24.9% | +358.7% | −29.2% | not comparable | +6.0% of its growth |
| GSOL Grayscale Solana Staking ETF Holds Solana through a custodian, listed Apr 27, 2023, quoted thinly | SOEZ Franklin Solana Trust Holds Solana through a custodian, listed Dec 3, 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sponsor | Grayscale | Franklin |
| Holds | Solana | Solana |
| Net assets | $101m, balance sheet of Jun 30, 2026 | $9m, balance sheet of Jun 30, 2026 |
| Sponsor’s fee | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| Fee waiver | none | the whole fee, first $5.0 billion of assets |
| Staking | the filings say it does | the filings say it does |
| Listed | Apr 27, 2023 | Dec 3, 2025 |
| Days since listing | 1,233 days | 282 days |
| Days it has traded | 704 | 194 |
| Days it closed unchanged | 49 | 0 |
| Quoted | thinly, and not ranked against funds that trade daily | on an exchange, every trading day |
| Fund returned, 1 year or since launch | −63.0% | −24.9% |
| The coin over the same days | −55.2% | −29.2% |
| Difference, percentage points | not comparable | +6.0% of its growth |
| Fund returned since it listed | +75.5% | −24.9% |
| Difference since it listed | not comparable | +6.0% of its growth |
| Price | $7.73 | $17.6856 |
GSOL in plain words
GSOL holds Solana through a custodian and trades on an exchange, so a holder gets the coin’s return inside a brokerage account rather than a wallet. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, Solana moved −55.2% and GSOL returned −63.0%. That leaves it not comparable. That difference is the fee, the custody cost, the friction of creating and redeeming shares in blocks, and whatever the market paid for the shares rather than for the coin, all of it together. It is the only figure on this page the sponsor does not publish itself. GSOL closed unchanged on 49 of its 704 trading days. A price that does not move is a price nobody traded at, so its difference against Solana describes the days somebody did trade rather than the fund, and ETFIQ does not rank it against funds that trade every day. Solana is a proof of stake chain, so a fund holding it can stake. GSOL’s own filings say it does (424B3, Aug 7, 2026). Over the window ETFIQ measures it did not finish ahead of Solana’s own price, so whatever it earned did not cover its costs. A spot trust is not a registered investment company. It files a 10-K rather than an N-PORT, and its holding is one line: the Solana it custodies.
SOEZ in plain words
SOEZ holds Solana through a custodian and trades on an exchange, so a holder gets the coin’s return inside a brokerage account rather than a wallet. Over the time since it listed to Sep 11, 2026, Solana moved −29.2% and SOEZ returned −24.9%. That leaves it 6.0% ahead once both returns are compounded. Over a window this long the two returns cannot simply be subtracted. Doing it would read +4.3 pts, which is arithmetically correct and describes nothing a holder can act on: what the figure above states is the gap between the two growth factors, so a fund that kept 106% of what holding the coin gave says exactly that. SOEZ charges 0.19% a year and still finished 6.0% ahead of Solana, which a fee cannot do on its own. SOEZ’s own filings say it does (424B3, Aug 26, 2026). What the prices show is that it finished 6.0% ahead of Solana’s own price over the same days, against +2.9% for the other 8 funds holding Solana. After a fee, an in-kind ETP ahead of the asset it holds got there by staking.
Questions people ask
- Can GSOL and SOEZ be compared on tracking?
- GSOL closed unchanged on more than a twentieth of its trading days. A price that does not move is a price nobody traded at, so the difference from Solana describes the days somebody did trade rather than the fund, and ETFIQ publishes it nowhere and ranks it against nothing.
- Do GSOL or SOEZ pay a staking yield?
- Solana is a proof of stake chain, so staking is possible. Whether either trust stakes, and what the sponsor keeps of it, is a term in its own filings and is read from those rather than assumed.
- What is the difference between GSOL and SOEZ?
- Both hold Solana through a custodian and both trade on an exchange, so what separates them is what each costs a holder over time. GSOL is sponsored by Grayscale and listed Apr 27, 2023; SOEZ by Franklin, listed Dec 3, 2025.
- Which is cheaper, GSOL or SOEZ?
- GSOL charges 0.19% a year and SOEZ charges 0.19%, so GSOL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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