---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-164496"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ETHE"
cik: "0001725210"
company_name: "Grayscale Ethereum Staking ETF"
filed_at: "2024-06-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T03:35:01.931843+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Grayscale Ethereum Trust updates supplemental disclosures; staking prohibited, regulatory updates

## Summary
- Trust currently prohibited from staking Ether; may seek staking program if trust agreement amended and NYSE Arca rule change obtained.
- CME Ether futures: ~$1.04B notional on June 17, 2024; daily avg $648M volume, $684M open interest over past year.
- Index Price determined via cascading rules: Coin Metrics Index, Secondary Index, Tertiary Pricing Option, then Sponsor’s best judgment.
- Updated regulatory section: SEC charges vs Binance, Coinbase, Kraken (2023); EU MiCA partly effective June 2024, rest Dec 2024.
- New risk factors added for validator losses from staking and comparative disadvantage due to prohibition.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-164496
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ETHE
- cik: 0001725210
- company_name: Grayscale Ethereum Staking ETF
- filed_at: 2024-06-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1725210/000119312524164496/0001193125-24-164496-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1725210/000119312524164496/d796951d8k.htm

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