Source-grounded facts extracted from Grayscale Ethereum Classic Trust (ETC)'s SEC 8-K filings across all families, newest first. Each cites a verbatim SEC excerpt.
Hugh Ross departed as Chief Operating Officer at Grayscale Ethereum Classic Trust (ETC).
“Ms. Zhang will succeed Hugh Ross, the current Chief Operating Officer of Grayscale Operating, LLC, who has decided to step down from his position and is expected to remain with Grayscale to assist with the transition of his responsibilities until his departure on or prior to May 31, 2025.”
Diana Zhang was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at Grayscale Ethereum Classic Trust (ETC).
“announced that GSO Intermediate Holdings Corporation, the sole managing member of Grayscale Operating, LLC, the sole member of Grayscale Investments Sponsors, LLC, has approved the appointment of Diana Zhang to serve as the new Chief Operating Officer of Grayscale Operating, LLC, effective May 6, 2025.”
Edward McGee was appointed as Interim principal executive officer at Grayscale Ethereum Classic Trust (ETC).
“Mr. Edward McGee, the Chief Financial Officer of Grayscale and principal financial officer of the Company, will serve as principal executive officer on an interim basis until Mr. Mintzberg’s commencement date.”
Peter Mintzberg was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Grayscale Ethereum Classic Trust (ETC).
“the appointment of Peter Mintzberg to serve as Grayscale’s new Chief Executive Officer and the principal executive officer of the Company, and a member of the Board of Directors of Grayscale, effective August 15, 2024.”
Michael Sonnenshein departed as Chief Executive Officer and principal executive officer at Grayscale Ethereum Classic Trust (ETC).
“Michael Sonnenshein, the current Chief Executive Officer of Grayscale and the principal executive officer of the Company, who has decided to step down from his position, effective immediately.”
Material Agreements
Grayscale Ethereum Classic Trust (ETC) amended Amendment No. 4 to Second Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement with Grayscale Investments, LLC and Delaware Trust Company (effective 2024-03-22).
“On March 22, 2024, Grayscale Investments, LLC, the sponsor (the “Sponsor”) of Grayscale Ethereum Classic Trust (ETC) (the “Trust”) and the Delaware Trust Company, the trustee (the “Trustee”) of the Trust entered into Amendment No. 4 (the “Amendment No. 4”) to the Trust’s Second Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement (the “Trust Agreement”) in order to modify the definition of “Business Day””
Auditor Changes
Grayscale Ethereum Classic Trust (ETC) engaged KPMG LLP as its auditor.
“the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Sponsor approved the engagement of KPMG LLP (“KPMG”) to be the Trust’s independent registered public accounting firm to perform independent audit services for the Trust beginning with its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024.”
Auditor Changes
Grayscale Ethereum Classic Trust (ETC) dismissed Marcum LLP as its auditor.
“the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Grayscale Investments, LLC, the sponsor (the “Sponsor”) of Grayscale Ethereum Classic Trust (ETC) (the “Trust”), approved the dismissal of the current independent registered public accounting firm of the Trust, Marcum LLP (“Marcum”), effective March 1, 2024.”
Facts are extracted by an LLM and gated to those whose source quote is present verbatim in the filing text. Coverage is best-effort while backfill and monitoring mature; this is not yet a full-market index. See methodology.