Data as of .
QSOL vs SOLZ: which tracked its coin?
Over the window both share, QSOL finished 0.47 of a percentage point ahead of Solana and SOLZ 2.5 behind.
ETFIQ Coin Capture Score: QSOL scores higher
How much of what holding the coin gave did a holder of the fund keep?
A percentile among the 28 spot crypto ETPs listed less than a year. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All crypto ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed
The same coin, two trusts
QSOL and SOLZ 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. Over the days each has traded, QSOL finished 2.9 percentage points ahead of Solana and SOLZ 4.7% behind once both returns are compounded, but the two windows are not the same days, so neither figure is set against the other here. That gap is the fee, the custody, the creation and redemption friction and the market’s pricing of the shares, compounded into one figure. SOLZ has 270 more days of record than QSOL, 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QSOL | SOLZ | QSOL | SOLZ | QSOL | SOLZ | |
| 1 month | +35.5% | +34.4% | +35.6% | +35.6% | −0.1 pts | −1.1 pts |
| 3 months | +54.3% | +52.6% | +53.4% | +53.4% | +0.9 pts | −0.8 pts |
| 6 months | +16.6% | +13.6% | +16.1% | +16.1% | +0.5 pts | −2.5 pts |
| 1 year | not published | −57.3% | not published | −55.2% | not published | −4.7% of its growth |
| Since each listed | −17.0% | −29.1% | −19.8% | −19.7% | +2.9 pts | −11.8% of its growth |
| QSOL Invesco Galaxy Solana ETF Holds Solana through a custodian, listed Dec 15, 2025 | SOLZ Solana ETF Holds Solana through a custodian, listed Mar 20, 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sponsor | Invesco | Solana |
| Holds | Solana | Solana |
| Net assets | not read | not read |
| Sponsor’s fee | 0.25% | not read |
| Fee waiver | none | none |
| Staking | the filings say it does | possible; no clear answer read |
| Listed | Dec 15, 2025 | Mar 20, 2025 |
| Days since listing | 270 days | 540 days |
| Days it has traded | 186 | 372 |
| Days it closed unchanged | 2 | 1 |
| Quoted | on an exchange, every trading day | on an exchange, every trading day |
| Fund returned, 1 year or since launch | −17.0% | −57.3% |
| The coin over the same days | −19.8% | −55.2% |
| Difference, percentage points | +2.9 pts | −4.7% of its growth |
| Fund returned since it listed | −17.0% | −29.1% |
| Difference since it listed | +2.9 pts | −11.8% of its growth |
| Price | $10.31 | $10.16 |
QSOL in plain words
QSOL 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 −19.8% and QSOL returned −17.0%. That leaves it 2.9 percentage points ahead. 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. QSOL charges 0.25% a year and still finished 2.9% ahead of Solana, which a fee cannot do on its own. Solana is a proof of stake chain, so a fund holding it can stake. QSOL’s own filings say it does (10-Q, Aug 7, 2026). What the prices show is that it finished 2.9% ahead of Solana’s own price over the same days, against +3.1% for the other 8 funds holding Solana. After a fee, an in-kind ETP ahead of the asset it holds got there by staking. 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.
SOLZ in plain words
SOLZ 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 SOLZ returned −57.3%. That leaves it 4.7% behind once both returns are compounded. Over a window this long the two returns cannot simply be subtracted. Doing it would read −2.1 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 95% of what holding the coin gave says exactly that.
Questions people ask
- Which tracked Solana more closely, QSOL or SOLZ?
- Over the days each has traded, QSOL finished 2.9 percentage points ahead of Solana and SOLZ 4.7% behind once both returns are compounded. Those are not set against each other here, because the two windows are not the same days, so neither is nearer its coin than the other on this page. Each difference carries 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.
- Do QSOL or SOLZ 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 QSOL and SOLZ?
- Both hold Solana through a custodian and both trade on an exchange, so what separates them is what each costs a holder over time. QSOL is sponsored by Invesco and listed Dec 15, 2025; SOLZ by Solana, listed Mar 20, 2025.
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Where these figures came from
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