---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-25-101662"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ETHE"
cik: "0001725210"
company_name: "Grayscale Ethereum Staking ETF"
filed_at: "2025-08-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T21:30:31.444917+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Grayscale appoints Barry Silbert as Board Chairman; adds four senior executives

## Summary
- Barry Silbert returns as Chairman of the Board; Mark Shifke steps down but remains Director.
- New management hires: Diana Zhang (COO), Ramona Boston (CMO), Andrea Williams (CCO), Maxwell Rosenthal (CHRO), reporting to CEO Peter Mintzberg.
- Grayscale reports over $35B in AUM across 36+ products including Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs.
- Board is considering further expansion to include independent directors.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-101662
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ETHE
- cik: 0001725210
- company_name: Grayscale Ethereum Staking ETF
- filed_at: 2025-08-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1725210/000095017025101662/0000950170-25-101662-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1725210/000095017025101662/ethe-20250804.htm

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