21Shares' Polkadot Staking ETF has been listed by the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) under the ticker TDOT, a step that formalises the product's place in the US exchange-tra
21Shares' Polkadot Staking ETF has been listed by the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) under the ticker TDOT, a step that formalises the product's place in the US exchange-traded fund ecosystem.
The DTCC listing coincides with a name change for the fund. 21Shares rebranded it from the "21Shares Polkadot ETF" to the "21Shares Polkadot Staking ETF," a change that went live on August 27, 2026. The updated name reflects the fund's core strategy: TDOT holds $DOT and stakes between 40% and 95% of its holdings through network validators, currently generating a staking yield of 2.04%. The management fee remains 0.30%.
21Shares has applied the same staking-plus-ETF model to Ethereum under the ticker TETH, Solana under TSOL, and Sui under TSUI, with the August 2026 rebranding wave updating all four products to carry the "Staking ETF" label explicitly.
21Shares launched its Polkadot ETF under the ticker TDOT on Nasdaq, and Bloomberg Senior ETF Analyst Eric Balchunas noted the fund was seeded with $11 million. That made it the first US spot Polkadot ETF when it began trading in March 2026. As of late August 2026, assets under management have settled in the range of $7.5 million to $7.9 million.
The DTCC sits at the centre of US securities settlement, so a fund appearing on its listing directory is a routine but closely watched step. With the rebrand complete and the DTCC listing confirmed, the question for TDOT is whether the staking-forward positioning can rebuild assets toward and beyond its $11 million seed level.
SourcesCrypto Briefing: DTCC lists 21Shares Polkadot Staking ETF shares under ticker TDOTNasdaq: 21Shares Launches Polkadot ETF (TDOT) in the United StatesThe Block: First spot Polkadot ETF launches in US issued by 21Shares
