---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-048348"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ETHE"
cik: "0001725210"
company_name: "Grayscale Ethereum Staking ETF"
filed_at: "2024-04-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T08:07:22.936406+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Grayscale files to spin off Grayscale Ethereum Mini Trust (ETH) from ETHE; shares pro rata to ETHE holders

## Summary
- Filed Form S-1 for Grayscale Ethereum Mini Trust (proposed ticker ETH) and Schedule 14C for ETHE.
- ETH would be a lower-fee spot Ethereum ETF seeded with a portion of ETHE's Ether, subject to SEC approval.
- SEC must approve NYSE Arca 19b-4 and declare S-1/S-3 effective; no action needed from ETHE shareholders.
- Spin-off not expected to be a taxable event for ETHE or its shareholders.
- No guarantee that the spin-off and distribution will occur; pending regulatory review.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-048348
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ETHE
- cik: 0001725210
- company_name: Grayscale Ethereum Staking ETF
- filed_at: 2024-04-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1725210/000095017024048348/0000950170-24-048348-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1725210/000095017024048348/ethe-20240423.htm

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