Notice2025-16447

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.; Order Instituting Proceedings To Determine Whether To Approve or Disapprove a Proposed Rule Change To List and Trade Shares of the Canary Staked TRX ETF Under BZX Rule 14.11(e)(4), Commodity-Based Trust Shares

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August 28, 2025

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 165 (Thursday, August 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42050-42051]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16447]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-103772; File No. SR-CboeBZX-2025-069]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.; Order 
Instituting Proceedings To Determine Whether To Approve or Disapprove a 
Proposed Rule Change To List and Trade Shares of the Canary Staked TRX 
ETF Under BZX Rule 14.11(e)(4), Commodity-Based Trust Shares

August 25, 2025.

I. Introduction

    On May 12, 2025, Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (``BZX'' or ``Exchange'') 
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission''), 
pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(``Act'') \1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ a proposed rule change to 
list and trade shares (``Shares'') of the Canary Staked TRX ETF 
(``Trust'') under BZX Rule 14.11(e)(4), Commodity-Based Trust Shares. 
The proposed rule change was published for comment in the Federal 
Register on May 29, 2025.\3\
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 103108 (May 22, 
2025), 90 FR 22778 (``Notice''). The Commission has received no 
comments on the proposed rule change.
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    On July 9, 2025, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,\4\ the 
Commission designated a longer period within which to approve the 
proposed rule change, disapprove the proposed rule change, or institute 
proceedings to determine whether to disapprove the proposed rule 
change.\5\ This order institutes proceedings under Section 19(b)(2)(B) 
of the Act \6\ to determine whether to approve or disapprove the 
proposed rule change.
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    \4\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
    \5\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 103405, 90 FR 31360 
(July 14, 2025). The Commission designated Aug. 27, 2025, as the 
date by which the Commission shall approve, disapprove, or institute 
proceedings to determine whether to disapprove the proposed rule 
change.
    \6\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2)(B).
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II. Summary of the Proposal

    As described in more detail in the Notice,\7\ the Exchange proposes 
to list and trade the Shares of the Trust under BZX Rule 14.11(e)(4), 
which governs the listing and trading of Commodity-Based Trust Shares 
on the Exchange.
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    \7\ See Notice, supra note 3.
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    The investment objective of the Trust is to seek to track the 
performance of TRX,\8\ as measured by the CoinDesk TRX USD CCIX 60 min 
NY Rate (``Pricing Benchmark''), adjusted for the Trust's expenses and 
other liabilities.\9\ In seeking to achieve its investment objective, 
the Trust will hold TRX and will value its Shares daily as of 4:00 p.m. 
ET using the same methodology used to calculate the Pricing 
Benchmark.\10\ The Trust's assets will only consist of TRX, cash, and 
cash equivalents.\11\ When the Trust sells or redeems its Shares, it 
will do so in cash transactions with authorized participants in blocks 
of 10,000 Shares.\12\ The Sponsor may stake, or cause to be staked, all 
or a portion of the Trust's TRX through one or more trusted staking 
providers and, in consideration for any staking activity in which the 
Trust may engage, the Trust would receive all or a portion of the 
staking rewards generated through staking activities.\13\
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    \8\ The Exchange states that TRX is the native cryptographic 
token of the Tron Network, a permissionless and decentralized 
blockchain platform launched in 2017. See id. at 22779.
    \9\ See id. at 22781. Canary Capital Group LLC is the sponsor of 
the Trust, CSC Delaware Trust Company is the trustee, and a third-
party custodian will be responsible for custody of the Trust's TRX. 
See id. at 22778, 22780.
    \10\ See id. at 22781.
    \11\ See id. at 22780.
    \12\ See id. at 22781.
    \13\ See id.
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III. Proceedings To Determine Whether To Approve or Disapprove SR-
CboeBZX-2025-069 and Grounds for Disapproval Under Consideration

    The Commission is instituting proceedings pursuant to Section 
19(b)(2)(B) of the Act \14\ to determine whether the proposed rule 
change should be approved or disapproved. Institution of proceedings is 
appropriate at this time in view of the legal and policy issues raised 
by the proposed rule change. Institution of proceedings does not 
indicate that the Commission has reached any conclusions with respect 
to any of the issues involved. Rather, the Commission seeks and 
encourages interested persons to provide comments on the proposed rule 
change.
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    \14\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2)(B).
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    Pursuant to Section 19(b)(2)(B) of the Act,\15\ the Commission is 
providing notice of the grounds for disapproval under consideration. 
The Commission is instituting proceedings to allow for additional 
analysis of the proposed rule change's consistency with Section 6(b)(5) 
of the Act, which requires, among other things, that the rules of a 
national securities exchange be ``designed to prevent fraudulent and 
manipulative acts and practices'' and ``to protect investors and the 
public interest.'' \16\
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    \15\ Id.
    \16\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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    The Commission asks that commenters address the sufficiency of the 
Exchange's statements in support of the proposal, which are set forth 
in the Notice, in addition to any other comments they may wish to 
submit about the proposed rule change. In particular, the Commission 
seeks comment on whether the proposal to list and trade Shares of the 
Trust, which would hold TRX, is designed to prevent fraudulent and 
manipulative acts and practices or raises any new or novel concerns not 
previously contemplated by the Commission.

IV. Procedure: Request for Written Comments

    The Commission requests that interested persons provide written 
submissions of their views, data, and arguments with respect to the 
issues identified above, as well as any other concerns they may have 
with the proposal. In particular, the Commission invites the written 
views of interested persons concerning whether the proposal is 
consistent with Section 6(b)(5) or any other provision of the Act, and 
the rules and regulations thereunder. Although there do not appear to 
be any issues relevant to approval or disapproval that would be 
facilitated by an oral presentation of views, data, and arguments, the 
Commission will consider, pursuant to Rule 19b-4, any request for an 
opportunity to make an oral presentation.\17\
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    \17\ Section 19(b)(2) of the Act, as amended by the Securities 
Acts Amendments of 1975, Pub. L. 94-29 (June 4, 1975), grants the 
Commission flexibility to determine what type of proceeding--either 
oral or notice and opportunity for written comments--is appropriate 
for consideration of a particular proposal by a self-regulatory 
organization. See Securities Acts Amendments of 1975, Senate Comm. 
on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs, S. Rep. No. 75, 94th Cong., 1st 
Sess. 30 (1975).

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    Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and 
arguments regarding whether the proposed rule change should be approved 
or disapproved by September 18, 2025. Any person who wishes to file a 
rebuttal to any other person's submission must file that rebuttal by 
October 2, 2025.
    Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods:

Electronic Comments

    <bullet> Use the Commission's internet comment form (<a href="https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml">https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml</a>); or
    <bullet> Send an email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0e7c7b626b236d6163636b607a7d4e7d6b6d20696178"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d3a1a6bfb6feb0bcbebeb6bda7a093a0b6b0fdb4bca5">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>. Please include 
file number SR-CboeBZX-2025-069 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

    <bullet> Send paper comments in triplicate to Secretary, Securities 
and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549-1090.

All submissions should refer to file number SR-CboeBZX-2025-069. This 
file number should be included on the subject line if email is used. To 
help the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently, 
please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on 
the Commission's internet website (<a href="https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml">https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml</a>). Copies of the filing will be available for inspection and 
copying at the principal office of the Exchange. Do not include 
personal identifiable information in submissions; you should submit 
only information that you wish to make available publicly. We may 
redact in part or withhold entirely from publication submitted material 
that is obscene or subject to copyright protection. All submissions 
should refer to file number SR-CboeBZX-2025-069 and should be submitted 
on or before September 18, 2025. Rebuttal comments should be submitted 
by October 2, 2025.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\18\
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    \18\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(57).
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Vanessa A. Countryman,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-16447 Filed 8-27-25; 8:45 am]
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