{"url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-an-etf-fee-waiver","section":"learn","title":"What is an ETF fee waiver? | ETFIQ","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, 25 of 56 spot crypto ETFs have a fee waiver on record, which cuts or removes the sponsor fee until a stated date.","as_of":"Nov 4, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-an-etf-fee-waiver#article","headline":"What is an ETF fee waiver?","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, 25 of 56 spot crypto ETFs have a fee waiver on record, which cuts or removes the sponsor fee until a stated date.","url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-an-etf-fee-waiver","mainEntityOfPage":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-an-etf-fee-waiver","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":"What is an ETF fee waiver?","inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-an-etf-fee-waiver#questions","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Does a waiver last?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Only to its end date or size limit. After that the full fee applies."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Where does ETFIQ find waivers?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"In the trust\u2019s own 10-K, S-1 or prospectus, as a sentence. No structured field carries it."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Which funds have waivers?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"See the crypto desk."}}]},{"@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":"What is an ETF fee waiver?","item":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-an-etf-fee-waiver"}]},{"@type":"WebPage","name":"What is an ETF fee waiver?","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, 25 of 56 spot crypto ETFs have a fee waiver on record, which cuts or removes the sponsor fee until a stated date.","url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-an-etf-fee-waiver","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":1805,"truncated":false,"content":"ETFIQ / Learn / What is an ETF fee waiver? \n \n What is an ETF fee waiver?\n Data as of Nov 4, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.\n As of Nov 4, 2026, 25 of 56 spot crypto ETFs have a fee waiver on record, which cuts or removes the sponsor fee until a stated date.\n \n In plain words\n A fee waiver is a sponsor\u2019s promise to charge less than the stated fee, or nothing, for a time, to attract assets to a new fund. It ends on a date or at a size, and the fee then rises to its full rate. \n ETFIQ reads waivers from the sentence in each fund\u2019s filing: 25 of 56 spot crypto funds have one. The median sponsor fee, before waivers, is 0.25%. ETFIQ shows the stated fee, the waiver and its end date together.\n Questions\n Does a waiver last? Only to its end date or size limit. After that the full fee applies.\n Where does ETFIQ find waivers? In the trust\u2019s own 10-K, S-1 or prospectus, as a sentence. No structured field carries it.\n Which funds have waivers? See the crypto desk.\n Where to next\n Crypto ETFs Crypto ETF terms Screener: filter every ETF What is an ETF expense ratio? How much does a crypto ETF cost? What is a spot crypto ETF? All ETF explainers How ETFIQ computes these numbers \n Cite this page. ETFIQ, What is an ETF fee waiver?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-an-etf-fee-waiver 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, What is an ETF fee waiver?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-an-etf-fee-waiver APA ETFIQ. (Nov 4, 2026). What is an ETF fee waiver?. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-an-etf-fee-waiver Markdown [What is an ETF fee waiver? (ETFIQ, Nov 4, 2026)](https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-an-etf-fee-waiver)","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, What is an ETF fee waiver?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-an-etf-fee-waiver"}