XRP, SOL Out, ETH Down 70%, Hyperliquid In

Wall Avenue large Goldman Sachs has made a notable shift in its crypto-related exchange-traded (ETF) fund positions, in response to a current submitting submitted to the US Securities and Trade Fee (SEC). 

The replace reveals the agency exiting XRP- and Solana (SOL)-linked ETF publicity, whereas additionally trimming its Ethereum (ETH) ETF holdings. On the similar time, the submitting reveals it opened a brand new place tied to one of many largest decentralized exchanges (DEXs).

Goldman Sachs Exits XRP And Solana ETFs

The story begins with Goldman’s XRP ETF publicity going into the tip of This autumn 2025. At that time, the financial institution held practically $154 million value of XRP-related ETFs from issuers together with Bitwise, Franklin Templeton, Grayscale, and 21Shares. 

These holdings made Goldman Sachs one of many largest institutional holders of XRP ETF merchandise on the time. The newest SEC disclosure, nonetheless, reveals that its XRP ETF positions have been eliminated totally, reflecting a full exit through the first quarter.

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An analogous change seems with Solana-linked merchandise. Goldman Sachs had beforehand disclosed that it held publicity throughout a number of Solana funding merchandise, together with the Grayscale Solana Belief ETF, the Bitwise Solana Staking ETF, and the Constancy Solana Fund. 

Nonetheless, identical to XRP, these Solana-related ETF positions additionally disappeared in Goldman’s Q1 submitting. In different phrases, Goldman totally exited each XRP- and Solana-linked ETF holdings by the primary quarter of 2026, with no remaining hint of these positions within the up to date portfolio disclosure.

Even with these exits, Goldman Sachs didn’t go away the crypto ETF area totally. The agency nonetheless held roughly $700 million in Bitcoin ETFs. Nonetheless, its posture towards Ethereum was extra cautious: Goldman reduce its Ethereum ETF publicity by about 70%, bringing the whole all the way down to roughly $114 million. 

New Wager On Hyperliquid

What makes the change extra attention-grabbing is that Goldman Sachs seems to be redeploying at the least a few of that capital into different components of the crypto market. 

Alongside the ETF reductions and exits, the financial institution opened a brand new place tied to Hyperliquid (HYPE). In line with the submitting, Goldman acquired roughly 654,630 shares of Hyperliquid Methods (PURR), valued at about $3.3 million. 

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Past Hyperliquid, Goldman Sachs’ buying and selling exercise additionally reveals a brand new wave of publicity throughout a number of crypto-linked equities. The financial institution elevated positions in Circle (CRCL), Galaxy (GLXY), and Coinbase (COIN) shares. 

On the time of writing, Hyperliquid’s native token, HYPE, was buying and selling at round $45. It has been one of many best-performing tokens over the previous month, with good points of 10% within the final two weeks alone. 

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