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ORGANIZATION
3 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
ORGANIZATION [Abstract]  
ORGANIZATION
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ORGANIZATION
 
The Franklin Solana Trust (the “Trust”) was formed as a Delaware statutory trust on February 10, 2025 and is governed by the provisions of the Third Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust executed as of November 21, 2025 (the "Declaration of Trust"). The Trust is not registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”) and is not a commodity pool for purposes of the Commodity Exchange Act (“Commodity Exchange Act” or “CEA”). The accompanying financial statements relate to the Trust, as registrant, and the one series that it currently offers, the Franklin Solana ETF (the “Fund”), presented on a combined basis. Separate, series level financial statements are provided for the Fund in another section of this report. The Trust had no operations prior to the Fund's launch, other than matters relating to its organization and the registration of the Fund under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The Sponsor of the Trust and the Fund (the “Sponsor”) is Franklin Holdings, LLC. The Sponsor is a Delaware limited liability company formed on July 21, 2021. The Sponsor is not subject to regulation by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) as a commodity pool operator with respect to the Fund, or a commodity trading advisor with respect to the Fund. The Fund issues shares (the “Shares”), which represent units of fractional undivided beneficial interest in and ownership of the Fund. The Shares of the Fund are listed on the NYSE Arca, Inc. ("NYSE Arca" or the "Exchange").
 
The Fund seeks to reflect generally the performance of the price of Solana and rewards from staking as much of the Fund's Solana as is practicable (i.e., up to 100%) ("Staking Rewards") to the extent the Sponsor in its sole discretion determines that the Fund may do so without undue legal or regulatory risk, such as without limitation, by adversely affecting the Fund's status as a grantor trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes (the "Staking Requirement"). The Shares have been designed to remove obstacles associated with the complexities and operational burdens involved in a direct investment in Solana by providing an investment with a value that reflects the price of the Solana owned by the Fund at such time, less the Fund's expenses. The Fund is not a proxy for a direct investment in Solana. Rather, the Shares are intended to provide a cost-effective alternative means of obtaining investment exposure through the securities markets that is similar to an investment in Solana. The Fund is a passive investment vehicle and is not a leveraged product. The Sponsor does not actively manage the Solana held by the Fund. This means that the Sponsor does not sell Solana at times when its price is in the expectation of future price increases. The Fund will not utilize leverage, derivatives or similar instruments or transactions in seeking to meet its investment objective.
 
CSC Delaware Trust Company, a subsidiary of Corporation Service Company (the “Trustee”), is the sole trustee of the Trust; Coinbase Custody Trust Company, LLC (the “Solana Custodian”) is the custodian for the Fund’s Solana holdings; and the Bank of New York Mellon is the custodian for the Fund’s cash holdings (the “Cash Custodian” and together with the Solana Custodian, the “Custodians”) and also serves as the Fund’s administrator and transfer agent (the “Administrator” or “Transfer Agent”). The Administrator is generally responsible for the day-to-day administration of the Fund, including the calculation of the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) per Share. The Solana Custodian is responsible for safekeeping the Solana owned by the Fund. Franklin Distributors, LLC is the marketing agent of the Fund (the “Marketing Agent”). Coinbase Crypto Services, LLC (“Coinbase Crypto” or “Staking Provider”) serves as the Staking Provider for the Fund. Coinbase Inc., an affiliate of the Solana Custodian, is the Fund’s Prime Broker (Prime Broker). The Trust is not an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act, and is not required to register under such Act. The Sponsor is not registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) as an investment adviser and is not subject to regulation by the SEC as such in connection with its activities with respect to the Trust and the Fund. The Fund is not a commodity pool for purposes of the Commodity Exchange Act, and the Sponsor is not subject to regulation by the CFTC as a commodity pool operator or a commodity trading advisor with respect to the Fund.
 
The Fund issues and redeems Shares only to certain eligible financial institutions called Authorized Participants and only in one or more blocks of 50,000 Shares ("Creation Units"). Creation Units are directly redeemable only by Authorized Participants. Creation Units are issued and redeemed in exchange for Solana and/or cash. Individual Shares will not be redeemed by the Fund but will be listed and traded on NYSE Arca, Inc. under the ticker symbol "SOEZ." The market price of the Shares may be different than the Fund's NAV per Share. The Fund issues and redeems Shares in Creation Units on a continuous basis at the applicable NAV per Share on the transaction order date. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, the Shares are not redeemable securities.
 
The Trust is an “emerging growth company” as that term is used in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, subject to reduced public company reporting requirements under U.S. federal securities laws.
 
On September 22, 2025, Franklin Resources Inc. (the "Seed Capital Investor"), an affiliate of the Sponsor, subject to conditions, purchased 4,000 Shares at a per-Share price equal to $25.00 (the "Initial Seed Shares"). Delivery of the Initial Seed Shares was made on September 22, 2025. Total proceeds to the Fund from the sale of the Initial Seed Shares were $100,000. On November 25, 2025, the Initial Seed Shares were redeemed for $100,000 and the Seed Capital Investor purchased two creation units in a cash transaction comprised of a total of 100,000 Shares at a per-Share price based on 8,500 Solana per Creation Unit (or 0.17 Solana per Share), for a total of 17,000 Solana (the "Seed Creation Units"). The cash proceeds to the Fund from the sale of the Seed Creation Units were used by the Fund to purchase 17,000 Solana at the price of $136.65 per Solana on November 25, 2025 (exclusive of transaction and other costs incurred in connection with the conversion of the cash proceeds to Solana, which were paid by the Seed Capital Investor). Thus, the ultimate total proceeds to the Fund from the sale of the Seed Creation Units were $2,323,133.80 (an amount representing 17,000 Solana). Further, the transaction and other costs incurred in connection with the Seed Creation Units were paid by the Seed Capital Investor and not borne by the Fund. The Seed Capital Investor acted as a statutory underwriter with respect to the Seed Creation Units. Shares of the Fund were first listed and began trading on December 3, 2025.
 
The accompanying combined statements of assets and liabilities and combined schedules of investments at June 30, 2026 and March 31, 2026, and the combined statement of operations, combined statement of cash flows, and combined statement of changes in net assets for the three month period ended June 30, 2026, have been prepared on behalf of the Trust, as registrant, combined with its one currently offered series, the Fund, and for the Fund separately (included below in a separate section of this report). In the opinion of management of the Sponsor of the Trust, all adjustments (which include only normal recurring adjustments) necessary to state fairly the financial position and results of operations for all periods stated have been made. In addition, interim period results are not necessarily indicative of results for a full-year period. These financial statements and the notes thereto should be read in conjunction with the Trust's and the Fund's financial statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026.
The fiscal year end of the Trust and the Fund is March 31st.
Franklin Solana ETF [Member]  
ORGANIZATION [Abstract]  
ORGANIZATION
1.
ORGANIZATION
 
The Franklin Solana Trust (the “Trust”) was formed as a Delaware statutory trust on February 10, 2025 and is governed by the provisions of the Third Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust executed as of November 21, 2025 (the "Declaration of Trust"). The Trust is not registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”) and is not a commodity pool for purposes of the Commodity Exchange Act (“Commodity Exchange Act” or “CEA”). The accompanying financial statements relate to the one series that the Trust currently offers, the Franklin Solana ETF (the “Fund”). The Trust had no operations prior to the Fund's launch, other than matters relating to its organization and the registration of the Fund under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The Sponsor of the Trust and the Fund (the “Sponsor”) is Franklin Holdings, LLC. The Sponsor is a Delaware limited liability company formed on July 21, 2021. The Sponsor is not subject to regulation by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) as a commodity pool operator with respect to the Fund, or a commodity trading advisor with respect to the Fund. The Fund issues shares (the “Shares”), which represent units of fractional undivided beneficial interest in and ownership of the Fund. The Shares of the Fund are listed on the NYSE Arca, Inc. ("NYSE Arca" or the "Exchange").
 
The Fund seeks to reflect generally the performance of the price of Solana and rewards from staking as much of the Fund's Solana as is practicable (i.e., up to 100%) ("Staking Rewards") to the extent the Sponsor in its sole discretion determines that the Fund may do so without undue legal or regulatory risk, such as without limitation, by adversely affecting the Fund's status as a grantor trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes (the "Staking Requirement"). The Shares have been designed to remove obstacles associated with the complexities and operational burdens involved in a direct investment in Solana by providing an investment with a value that reflects the price of the Solana owned by the Fund at such time, less the Fund's expenses. The Fund is not a proxy for a direct investment in Solana. Rather, the Shares are intended to provide a cost-effective alternative means of obtaining investment exposure through the securities markets that is similar to an investment in Solana. The Fund is a passive investment vehicle and is not a leveraged product. The Sponsor does not actively manage the Solana held by the Fund. This means that the Sponsor does not sell Solana at times when its price is in the expectation of future price increases. The Fund will not utilize leverage, derivatives or similar instruments or transactions in seeking to meet its investment objective.
 
CSC Delaware Trust Company, a subsidiary of Corporation Service Company (the “Trustee”), is the sole trustee of the Trust; Coinbase Custody Trust Company, LLC (the “Solana Custodian”) is the custodian for the Fund’s Solana holdings; and the Bank of New York Mellon is the custodian for the Fund’s cash holdings (the “Cash Custodian” and together with the Solana Custodian, the “Custodians”) and also serves as the Fund’s administrator and transfer agent (the “Administrator” or “Transfer Agent”). The Administrator is generally responsible for the day-to-day administration of the Fund, including the calculation of the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) per Share. The Solana Custodian is responsible for safekeeping the Solana owned by the Fund. Franklin Distributors, LLC is the marketing agent of the Fund (the “Marketing Agent”). Coinbase Crypto Services, LLC (“Coinbase Crypto” or “Staking Provider”) serves as the Staking Provider for the Fund. Coinbase Inc., an affiliate of the Solana Custodian, is the Fund’s Prime Broker ("Prime Broker"). The Trust is not an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act, and is not required to register under such Act. The Sponsor is not registered with the Securities and Exchange to the Trust and the Fund. The Fund is not a commodity pool for purposes of the Commodity Exchange Act, and the Sponsor is not subject to regulation by the CFTC as a commodity pool operator or a commodity trading advisor with respect to the Fund.
 
The Fund issues and redeems Shares only to certain eligible financial institutions called Authorized Participants and only in one or more blocks of 50,000 Shares ("Creation Units"). Creation Units are directly redeemable only by Authorized Participants. Creation Units are issued and redeemed in exchange for Solana and/or cash. Individual Shares will not be redeemed by the Fund but will be listed and traded on NYSE Arca, Inc. under the ticker symbol "SOEZ." The market price of the Shares may be different than the Fund's NAV per Share. The Fund issues and redeems Shares in Creation Units on a continuous basis at the applicable NAV per Share on the transaction order date. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, the Shares are not redeemable securities.
 
The Trust is an “emerging growth company” as that term is used in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, subject to reduced public company reporting requirements under U.S. federal securities laws.
 
On September 22, 2025, Franklin Resources Inc. (the "Seed Capital Investor"), an affiliate of the Sponsor, subject to conditions, purchased 4,000 Shares at a per-Share price equal to $25.00 (the "Initial Seed Shares"). Delivery of the Initial Seed Shares was made on September 22, 2025. Total proceeds to the Fund from the sale of the Initial Seed Shares were $100,000. On November 25, 2025, the Initial Seed Shares were redeemed for $100,000 and the Seed Capital Investor purchased two creation units in a cash transaction comprised of a total of 100,000 Shares at a per-Share price based on 8,500 Solana per Creation Unit (or 0.17 Solana per Share), for a total of 17,000 Solana (the "Seed Creation Units"). The cash proceeds to the Fund from the sale of the Seed Creation Units were used by the Fund to purchase 17,000 Solana at the price of $136.65 per Solana on November 25, 2025 (exclusive of transaction and other costs incurred in connection with the conversion of the cash proceeds to Solana, which were paid by the Seed Capital Investor). Thus, the ultimate total proceeds to the Fund from the sale of the Seed Creation Units were $2,323,133.80 (an amount representing 17,000 Solana). Further, the transaction and other costs incurred in connection with the Seed Creation Units were paid by the Seed Capital Investor and not borne by the Fund. The Seed Capital Investor acted as a statutory underwriter with respect to the Seed Creation Units. Shares of the Fund were first listed and began trading on December 3, 2025.
 
The accompanying statements of assets and liabilities and schedules of investments at June 30, 2026 and March 31, 2026, and statement of operations, statement of cash flows, and statement of changes in net assets for the three month period ended June 30, 2026, have been prepared on behalf of the Fund individually as the sole operating series of the Trust. Separate combined financial statements and schedules on behalf of the Trust, as registrant combined with the Fund as its sole currently offered series, are presented above in a separate section of this report. In the opinion of management of the Sponsor of the Trust, all adjustments (which include only normal recurring adjustments) necessary to state fairly the financial position and results of operations for all periods stated have been made. In addition, interim period results are not necessarily indicative of results for a full-year period. These financial statements and the notes thereto should be read in conjunction with the Trust's and the Fund's financial statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026.
The fiscal year end of the Trust and the Fund is March 31st.