---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-25-021189"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TETH"
cik: "0001992508"
company_name: "21Shares Ethereum ETF"
filed_at: "2025-03-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-25T07:47:05.771041+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CEO, President/CFO step down at 21Shares Core Ethereum ETF sponsor; successors named

## Summary
- CEO Harry Rashwan stepped down; Russell Barlow appointed CEO of sponsor 21Shares US LLC.
- President & CFO Ophelia Snyder stepped down; Duncan Moir appointed President.
- Edel Bashir appointed COO of sponsor.
- All changes effective March 1, 2025, as part of parent 21co reorganization.
- New officers have asset management backgrounds; Barlow, Moir, Bashir previously at abrdn.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-25-021189
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TETH
- cik: 0001992508
- company_name: 21Shares Ethereum ETF
- filed_at: 2025-03-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1992508/000121390025021189/0001213900-25-021189-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1992508/000121390025021189/ea023337801-8k_21shares.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-25-021189
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-25-021189.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-25-021189.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Edel Bashir was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at 21Shares Ethereum ETF.
  - Action: assumed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: Ms. Edel Bashir assumed the role of Chief Operating Officer of the Sponsor.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1992508/000121390025021189/0001213900-25-021189-index.htm
- Executive change
  Russell Barlow was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at 21Shares Ethereum ETF.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: was succeeded by Mr. Russell Barlow as Chief Executive Officer of the Sponsor;
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1992508/000121390025021189/0001213900-25-021189-index.htm
- Executive change
  Duncan Moir was appointed as President at 21Shares Ethereum ETF.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President
  source text: was succeeded in her role as President of the Sponsor by Mr. Duncan Moir;
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1992508/000121390025021189/0001213900-25-021189-index.htm
- Executive change
  Harry Rashwan departed as Chief Executive Officer at 21Shares Ethereum ETF.
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Mr. Harry Rashwan, who was serving as Chief Executive Officer of the Sponsor, stepped down from such role to take on a new leadership role within 21co and was succeeded by Mr. Russell Barlow as Chief Executive Officer of the Sponsor;
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1992508/000121390025021189/0001213900-25-021189-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ophelia Snyder departed as President and Chief Financial Officer at 21Shares Ethereum ETF.
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Ms. Ophelia Snyder, who was serving as President and Chief Financial Officer of the Sponsor, stepped down from such roles to take on a new leadership role within 21co and was succeeded in her role as President of the Sponsor by Mr. Duncan Moir;
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1992508/000121390025021189/0001213900-25-021189-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.