---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950103-25-004586"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ETHE"
cik: "0001725210"
company_name: "Grayscale Ethereum Staking ETF"
filed_at: "2025-04-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T18:26:02.228268+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Grayscale hires Diana Zhang as COO; Hugh Ross to depart by May 31

## Summary
- Diana Zhang appointed COO of Grayscale Operating, LLC, effective May 6, 2025.
- Zhang reports to CEO Peter Mintzberg; she was most recently COO of BlockTower Capital.
- Outgoing COO Hugh Ross, in role since 2021, will assist transition through May 31, 2025.
- Zhang's 18+ year career includes executive roles at Bridgewater Associates and BlockTower Capital.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950103-25-004586
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ETHE
- cik: 0001725210
- company_name: Grayscale Ethereum Staking ETF
- filed_at: 2025-04-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1725210/000095010325004586/0000950103-25-004586-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1725210/000095010325004586/dp227433_8k-ethe.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950103-25-004586
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950103-25-004586.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950103-25-004586.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Hugh Ross departed as Chief Operating Officer at Grayscale Ethereum Staking ETF.
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: Hugh Ross, the current Chief Operating Officer of Grayscale Operating, LLC, who has decided to step down from his position and is expected to remain with Grayscale to assist with the transition of his responsibilities until his departure on or prior to May 31, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1725210/000095010325004586/0000950103-25-004586-index.htm
- Executive change
  Diana Zhang was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at Grayscale Ethereum Staking ETF.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: the appointment of Diana Zhang to serve as the new Chief Operating Officer of Grayscale Operating, LLC, effective May 6, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1725210/000095010325004586/0000950103-25-004586-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.