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Grayscale has declared a staking rewards distribution for its Ethereum Staking exchange-traded fund , the first time a US-listed spot crypto exchange-traded product has scheduled a payout tied to onchain staking activity.
Grayscale Ethereum Trust ETF shareholders will receive about $0.08 per share from proceeds of the sale of staking rewards, with the payout scheduled for Tuesday based on holdings recorded at market close on Monday, according to a, with staking conducted through institutional custodians and third-party validator providers. The move made ETHE and Grayscale Ethereum Mini Trust ETF the first US-listed spot crypto ETPs to gain exposure to Ether staking. Staking is the process of locking up cryptocurrency on a proof-of-stake blockchain to help validate transactions and secure the network in exchange for periodic rewards. In the case of Grayscale’s Ethereum Trust ETF, rewards are converted to cash and distributed to investors in dollars rather than being paid out in Ether , which launched in July 2024, currently does not include staking.US spot Ether ETFs began trading in July 2024, making 2025 the first full calendar year in which they were available to investors. During the year, the funds BlackRock’s iShares Ethereum Trust ETF is the largest by market cap at roughly $11.1 billion, followed by Grayscale’s ETHE with about $4.1 billion and the Grayscale Ethereum Mini Trust ETF at around $1.5 billion.
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