{"url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/how-much-does-a-crypto-etf-cost","section":"learn","title":"How much does a crypto ETF cost? | ETFIQ","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, the median spot crypto ETF charges 0.25% a year across 56 funds, and 25 of them have a fee waiver on record.","as_of":"Nov 4, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https://etfiq.com/learn/how-much-does-a-crypto-etf-cost#article","headline":"How much does a crypto ETF cost?","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, the median spot crypto ETF charges 0.25% a year across 56 funds, and 25 of them have a fee waiver on record.","url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/how-much-does-a-crypto-etf-cost","mainEntityOfPage":"https://etfiq.com/learn/how-much-does-a-crypto-etf-cost","dateModified":"2026-11-04","datePublished":"2026-11-04","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ETFIQ Research","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ETFIQ Research","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"about":"How much does a crypto ETF cost?","inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://etfiq.com/learn/how-much-does-a-crypto-etf-cost#questions","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What is a sponsor fee?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"It is the fee a crypto trust charges. Spot funds usually call it a sponsor fee instead of an expense ratio."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"What does a fee waiver mean?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"The sponsor charges less than the stated fee, or nothing, until a date. The fee then rises to its full rate."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"How many coins do spot ETFs cover?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"As of Nov 4, 2026, spot ETFs cover 12 different coins."}}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"ETFIQ","item":"https://etfiq.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Learn","item":"https://etfiq.com/learn/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"How much does a crypto ETF cost?","item":"https://etfiq.com/learn/how-much-does-a-crypto-etf-cost"}]},{"@type":"WebPage","name":"How much does a crypto ETF cost?","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, the median spot crypto ETF charges 0.25% a year across 56 funds, and 25 of them have a fee waiver on record.","url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/how-much-does-a-crypto-etf-cost","dateModified":"2026-11-04","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"speakable":{"@type":"SpeakableSpecification","cssSelector":[".lede",".faq"]},"publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"}}],"characters":1977,"truncated":false,"content":"ETFIQ / Learn / How much does a crypto ETF cost? \n \n How much does a crypto ETF cost?\n Data as of Nov 4, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.\n As of Nov 4, 2026, the median spot crypto ETF charges 0.25% a year across 56 funds, and 25 of them have a fee waiver on record.\n \n In plain words\n A spot crypto ETF owns the coin through a custodian and charges a sponsor fee as a yearly share of it. The median across 56 funds is 0.25%.\n 25 spot funds have a waiver on record that cuts or removes the fee for a time. It ends on a stated date, and the fee then rises to its full rate. ETFIQ reads fee and waiver from the trust\u2019s filing, and shows each fund\u2019s tracking difference, its gap to the coin\u2019s return, beside the fee.\n Questions\n What is a sponsor fee? It is the fee a crypto trust charges. Spot funds usually call it a sponsor fee instead of an expense ratio.\n What does a fee waiver mean? The sponsor charges less than the stated fee, or nothing, until a date. The fee then rises to its full rate.\n How many coins do spot ETFs cover? As of Nov 4, 2026, spot ETFs cover 12 different coins.\n Where to next\n Crypto ETFs Screener: filter every ETF Compare two ETFs What is an ETF expense ratio? What is tracking difference in an ETF? What is a spot crypto ETF? All ETF explainers How ETFIQ computes these numbers \n Cite this page. ETFIQ, How much does a crypto ETF cost?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/how-much-does-a-crypto-etf-cost Free to use with attribution for data ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at Open data .\n Other forms Plain ETFIQ, How much does a crypto ETF cost?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/how-much-does-a-crypto-etf-cost APA ETFIQ. (Nov 4, 2026). How much does a crypto ETF cost?. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/learn/how-much-does-a-crypto-etf-cost Markdown [How much does a crypto ETF cost? (ETFIQ, Nov 4, 2026)](https://etfiq.com/learn/how-much-does-a-crypto-etf-cost)","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","license_text":"Data ETFIQ computes is free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.","citation":"ETFIQ, How much does a crypto ETF cost?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/how-much-does-a-crypto-etf-cost"}