BlackRock Files With SEC to Include Staking in Ethereum ETF
The post BlackRock Files With SEC to Include Staking in Ethereum ETF appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. In brief The Nasdaq has filed a 19b-4 rules change request that would allow BlackRock’s iShares Ethereum Trust ETF to add staking. The filing is the latest for Ethereum funds hoping to include staking functionality. Ethereum funds have pulled in $2.3 billion worth of investment over a nine-day streak. BlackRock aims to include staking in its spot Ethereum exchange-traded fund, according to a rules change request submitted on Thursday by Nasdaq, where the fund is listed, to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Adding staking functionality to the iShares Ethereum Trust (ETHA) would allow the product, which debuted last July, to earn yield by using the held ETH to validate transactions on the Ethereum blockchain, according to the 19b-4 proposal. Multiple issuers, including Fidelity, Grayscale, and 21Shares, are also seeking to include staking in their funds. The SEC is due to issue decisions in October on similar requests for staking submitted by Cboe and the NYSE. It has an April deadline to weigh in on ETHA, although Bloomberg analyst James Seyffart wrote in an X post Thursday that he doubted “it will take that long for a potential approval.” “We think staking will likely be approved by at least 4Q25,” Seyffart also wrote. Staking is not “done”. There are plenty of ETH staking ETF filings already on the books. Final deadline for earlier filings is in late October. The Blackrock filing today won’t have a final deadline until ~April 2026 (but we think staking will likely be approved by at least 4Q25) https://t.co/QWn9L2DVPA — James Seyffart (@JSeyff) July 17, 2025 The feature has been controversial, with proponents saying it would increase returns while critics raise concerns about security vulnerabilities and market manipulation. Prospectuses for ETHA and the other eight Ethereum funds currently trading indicated that the products would not include…
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In brief The Nasdaq has filed a 19b-4 rules change request that would allow BlackRock’s iShares Ethereum Trust ETF to add staking. The filing is the latest for Ethereum funds hoping to include staking functionality. Ethereum funds have pulled in $2.3 billion worth of investment over a nine-day streak. BlackRock aims to include staking in its spot Ethereum exchange-traded fund, according to a rules change request submitted on Thursday by Nasdaq, where the fund is listed, to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Adding staking functionality to the iShares Ethereum Trust (ETHA) would allow the product, which debuted last July, to earn yield by using the held ETH to validate transactions on the Ethereum blockchain, according to the 19b-4 proposal. Multiple issuers, including Fidelity, Grayscale, and 21Shares, are also seeking to include staking in their funds. The SEC is due to issue decisions in October on similar requests for staking submitted by Cboe and the NYSE. It has an April deadline to weigh in on ETHA, although Bloomberg analyst James Seyffart wrote in an X post Thursday that he doubted “it will take that long for a potential approval.” “We think staking will likely be approved by at least 4Q25,” Seyffart also wrote. Staking is not “done”. There are plenty of ETH staking ETF filings already on the books. Final deadline for earlier filings is in late October. The Blackrock filing today won’t have a final deadline until ~April 2026 (but we think staking will likely be approved by at least 4Q25) https://t.co/QWn9L2DVPA — James Seyffart (@JSeyff) July 17, 2025 The feature has been controversial, with proponents saying it would increase returns while critics raise concerns about security vulnerabilities and market manipulation. Prospectuses for ETHA and the other eight Ethereum funds currently trading indicated that the products would not include…
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