Data as of .
QSOL vs VSOL: which tracked its coin?
Over the window both share, QSOL finished 0.47 of a percentage point ahead of Solana and VSOL 1.0 ahead.
ETFIQ Coin Capture Score: VSOL 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 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. Over the days each has traded, QSOL finished 2.9 percentage points ahead of Solana and VSOL 3.1 percentage points ahead, 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.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | The coin over the same days | Difference, percentage points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QSOL | VSOL | QSOL | VSOL | QSOL | VSOL | |
| 1 month | +35.5% | +35.3% | +35.6% | +35.6% | −0.1 pts | −0.3 pts |
| 3 months | +54.3% | +54.5% | +53.4% | +53.4% | +0.9 pts | +1.1 pts |
| 6 months | +16.6% | +17.2% | +16.1% | +16.1% | +0.5 pts | +1.0 pts |
| Since each listed | −17.0% | −18.6% | −19.8% | −21.7% | +2.9 pts | +3.1 pts |
| QSOL Invesco Galaxy Solana ETF Holds Solana through a custodian, listed Dec 15, 2025 | VSOL VanEck Solana ETF Holds Solana through a custodian, listed Nov 17, 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sponsor | Invesco | VanEck |
| Holds | Solana | Solana |
| Net assets | not read | $14m, balance sheet of Jun 30, 2026 |
| Sponsor’s fee | 0.25% | 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 | Dec 15, 2025 | Nov 17, 2025 |
| Days since listing | 270 days | 298 days |
| Days it has traded | 186 | 205 |
| Days it closed unchanged | 2 | 0 |
| Quoted | on an exchange, every trading day | on an exchange, every trading day |
| Fund returned, 1 year or since launch | −17.0% | −18.6% |
| The coin over the same days | −19.8% | −21.7% |
| Difference, percentage points | +2.9 pts | +3.1 pts |
| Fund returned since it listed | −17.0% | −18.6% |
| Difference since it listed | +2.9 pts | +3.1 pts |
| Price | $10.31 | $13.72 |
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.
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.
Questions people ask
- Which tracked Solana more closely, QSOL or VSOL?
- Over the days each has traded, QSOL finished 2.9 percentage points ahead of Solana and VSOL 3.1 percentage points ahead. 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 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 QSOL 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. QSOL is sponsored by Invesco and listed Dec 15, 2025; VSOL by VanEck, listed Nov 17, 2025.
- Which is cheaper, QSOL or VSOL?
- QSOL charges 0.25% a year and VSOL charges 0.30%, so QSOL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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