---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-100806"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSSE"
cik: "0002103976"
company_name: "Morgan Stanley Ethereum Trust"
filed_at: "2026-08-25T20:15:39+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-25T20:18:57.847567+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Morgan Stanley Ethereum Trust sponsor director Kaushik Goswami resigns effective Aug 19, 2026

## Summary
- Kaushik Goswami notified Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. of resignation as director of the delegated sponsor.
- Resignation effective August 19, 2026; no successor named in filing.
- No reason for departure disclosed in the 8-K.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-100806
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSSE
- cik: 0002103976
- company_name: Morgan Stanley Ethereum Trust
- filed_at: 2026-08-25T20:15:39+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2103976/000110465926100806/0001104659-26-100806-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2103976/000110465926100806/tm2623902d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-100806
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-100806.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kaushik Goswami resigned as Director of the Delegated Sponsor at Morgan Stanley Ethereum Trust.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director of the Delegated Sponsor
  source text: Kaushik Goswami notified Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc., the delegated sponsor of Morgan Stanley Ethereum Trust (the “Delegated Sponsor”), of his intention to resign from his position as a director of the Delegated Sponsor effective August 19, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2103976/000110465926100806/0001104659-26-100806-index.htm

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