DTCC lists 21Shares Polkadot Staking ETF shares under ticker TDOT

The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation has added 21Shares’ Polkadot Staking ETF to its listings under the ticker TDOT, a step that formalizes the product’s place in the US exchange-traded fund ecosystem. The listing coincides with 21Shares rebranding the fund from its original name, the “21Shares Polkadot ETF,” to the “21Shares Polkadot Staking ETF,” a change that went live on August 27, 2026. The name swap is less cosmetic than it sounds. Staking-forward branding signals to institutional allocators exactly what the product does: it holds DOT tokens, stakes between 40% and 95% of those holdings through network validators, and passes the resulting yield back to shareholders on a quarterly basis. What the fund actually does The staking yield currently sits at 2.04%, which is modest by crypto standards but meaningful when layered on top of any price appreciation in DOT. The fund charges a management fee of 0.30%, leaving most of that yield intact for shareholders. Custodial duties are split across Anchorage Digital, BitGo, and Coinbase entities, a roster that covers the major institutional-grade crypto custodians operating in the US. From seed capital to a smaller footprint TDO...