---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-144586"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ETHE"
cik: "0001725210"
company_name: "Grayscale Ethereum Staking ETF"
filed_at: "2026-04-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T07:03:28.818130+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Grayscale Ethereum Staking ETF adopts Delayed Delivery Orders for liquidity-constrained redemptions

## Summary
- Delayed Delivery Orders defer ETH delivery to liquidity providers when unstaked reserves exhausted.
- Variable fee adjusted for delayed delivery is fixed; no further compensation if actual delivery date differs.
- Orders used only after 'unforeseen and atypical adverse liquidity event' and Liquidity Sleeve depleted.
- Effective April 6, 2026; Staking Condition satisfied prior to implementation.
- Mechanism intended to supplement liquidity reserve; no assurance of sufficient future liquidity.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-144586
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ETHE
- cik: 0001725210
- company_name: Grayscale Ethereum Staking ETF
- filed_at: 2026-04-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1725210/000119312526144586/0001193125-26-144586-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1725210/000119312526144586/ethe-20260402.htm

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