---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-041199"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ETH"
cik: "0002020455"
company_name: "Grayscale Ethereum Staking Mini ETF"
filed_at: "2026-02-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T04:10:35.505221+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Grayscale Ethereum Staking Mini ETF Receives SEC Approval for In-Kind Creations/Redeptions

## Summary
- SEC granted regulatory approval for NYSE Arca crypto ETPs to conduct in-kind creations and redemptions.
- Amendments signed with Authorized Participants Jane Street Capital and Virtu Americas LLC to enable in-kind transactions.
- In-kind orders now available as an alternative to cash-based process; APs may also use cash or in-kind.
- Updated Annual Report disclosures reflect receipt of In-Kind Regulatory Approval and Staking Condition satisfied.
- Sponsor may engage additional Authorized Participants in the future; no changes to custody arrangements.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-041199
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ETH
- cik: 0002020455
- company_name: Grayscale Ethereum Staking Mini ETF
- filed_at: 2026-02-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2020455/000119312526041199/0001193125-26-041199-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2020455/000119312526041199/eth-20260202.htm

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