---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-220483"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ETHE"
cik: "0001725210"
company_name: "Grayscale Ethereum Staking ETF"
filed_at: "2025-09-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T05:34:37.538400+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Grayscale Ethereum Trust shareholders approve Ether staking and sponsor staking fee

## Summary
- Shareholders approved staking Ether held by Trust (99.75% consent) and sponsor staking fee (98.93% consent).
- Sponsor may receive a staking fee as a per annum percentage of staking consideration, payable daily in Ether.
- Trust expects NYSE Arca Generic Listing Standards approval by Sep 29, 2025; staking deferred until then.
- Supplemental risk factor disclosures filed regarding staking and other amendments to the Trust Agreement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-220483
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ETHE
- cik: 0001725210
- company_name: Grayscale Ethereum Staking ETF
- filed_at: 2025-09-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1725210/000119312525220483/0001193125-25-220483-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1725210/000119312525220483/ethe-20250925.htm

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