Grayscale Investments has withdrawn its staking proposal for a proposed spot ether exchange-traded fund, according to an amended preliminary proxy statement.
previously filing, Grayscale offered investors the ability to stake their Ether with trust. That language was not included in the preliminary proxy for the amendment. name Submitted Tuesday for Grayscale Ethereum ETH
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“The primary purpose of Amendment 2 is to remove Proposition 2 from the preliminary proxy statement,” Grayscale said in a filing Tuesday.
Other issuers have also removed the staking component from their spot Ethereum ETF applications. fidelity It brought up the possibility of receiving compensation in its S-1 registration statement earlier Tuesday.
Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart said Grayscale’s move was expected.
“It looks like Grayscale is removing the staking language when submitting $ETHE for conversion to an ETF (this was expected),” Seyffart said. post At X.
Grayscale filed Form 19b-4 with NYSE Arca in October. switch Grayscale Ethereum is a trust for spot ether ETF. Grayscale also previously filed to convert the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust into an in-kind Bitcoin ETF, which it successfully converted after a court ruling. Victory And it will receive final approval from the SEC in January.
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