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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-114156"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSSE"
cik: "0002103976"
company_name: "Morgan Stanley Ethereum Trust"
filed_at: "2026-10-07T00:07:13+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T16:03:59.988917+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 names Craig Abruzzo Co-COO and director, effective Oct 1, 2026

## Summary
- Craig Abruzzo assumes Co-Chief Operating Officer of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc., the Trust's delegated sponsor, effective October 1, 2026.
- Abruzzo is also appointed a director of the Delegated Sponsor and continues as Managing Director; the sponsor is a wholly-owned Morgan Stanley subsidiary.
- He was previously global Head of Enterprise Controls at Morgan Stanley and global co-head of Foreign Exchange and Emerging Markets in the Fixed Income Division.
- Earlier roles include global head of Futures and Derivatives Clearing and risk manager for global Prime Brokerage and European equity derivatives.
- Before Morgan Stanley, Abruzzo was a swaps and derivatives attorney at Cravath, Swaine and Moore; J.D. from NYU School of Law.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-114156
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSSE
- cik: 0002103976
- company_name: Morgan Stanley Ethereum Trust
- filed_at: 2026-10-07T00:07:13+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2103976/000110465926114156/0001104659-26-114156-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2103976/000110465926114156/tm2627146d1_8k.htm

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