Data as of .
OSOL vs VSOL: which tracked its coin?
OSOL closed unchanged on more than a twentieth of its trading days, so its difference from Solana is not comparable with VSOL’s.
The same coin, two trusts
OSOL and VSOL 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. OSOL 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. OSOL has 1,239 more days of record than VSOL, 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OSOL | VSOL | OSOL | VSOL | OSOL | VSOL | |
| 1 month | 0.0% | +35.3% | +35.6% | +35.6% | not comparable | −0.3 pts |
| 3 months | +156.3% | +54.5% | +53.4% | +53.4% | not comparable | +1.1 pts |
| 6 months | +105.0% | +17.2% | +16.1% | +16.1% | not comparable | +1.0 pts |
| 1 year | −8.0% | not published | −55.2% | not published | not comparable | not published |
| Since each listed | +257.3% | −18.6% | +166.2% | −21.7% | not comparable | +3.1 pts |
| OSOL Osprey Solana Trust Holds Solana through a custodian, listed Jun 27, 2022, quoted thinly | VSOL VanEck Solana ETF Holds Solana through a custodian, listed Nov 17, 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sponsor | Osprey | VanEck |
| Holds | Solana | Solana |
| Net assets | not read | $14m, balance sheet of Jun 30, 2026 |
| Sponsor’s fee | 2.50% | 0.30% |
| Fee waiver | none | the whole fee, until February 17, 2026, first $1 billion of assets |
| Staking | the filings say it does | the filings say it does |
| Listed | Jun 27, 2022 | Nov 17, 2025 |
| Days since listing | 1,537 days | 298 days |
| Days it has traded | 1,056 | 205 |
| Days it closed unchanged | 204 | 0 |
| Quoted | thinly, and not ranked against funds that trade daily | on an exchange, every trading day |
| Fund returned, 1 year or since launch | −8.0% | −18.6% |
| The coin over the same days | −55.2% | −21.7% |
| Difference, percentage points | not comparable | +3.1 pts |
| Fund returned since it listed | +257.3% | −18.6% |
| Difference since it listed | not comparable | +3.1 pts |
| Price | $2.2804 | $13.72 |
OSOL in plain words
OSOL 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 OSOL returned −8.0%. 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. OSOL closed unchanged on 204 of its 1056 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. OSOL’s own filings say it does (S-1, Oct 22, 2025). 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.
VSOL in plain words
VSOL 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 −21.7% and VSOL returned −18.6%. That leaves it 3.1 percentage points ahead. VSOL charges 0.30% a year and still finished 3.1% ahead of Solana, which a fee cannot do on its own. VSOL’s own filings say it does (10-Q, Aug 13, 2026). What the prices show is that it finished 3.1% 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 OSOL and VSOL be compared on tracking?
- OSOL 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 OSOL or VSOL 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 OSOL and VSOL?
- Both hold Solana through a custodian and both trade on an exchange, so what separates them is what each costs a holder over time. OSOL is sponsored by Osprey and listed Jun 27, 2022; VSOL by VanEck, listed Nov 17, 2025.
- Which is cheaper, OSOL or VSOL?
- OSOL charges 2.50% a year and VSOL charges 0.30%, so VSOL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Other comparisons
Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, OSOL against VSOL, data as of Sep 11, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/crypto/OSOL-VSOL Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.