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Grayscale submits SEC filing to convert Ethereum Trust to spot ETF

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Following the clearance of the primary Ethereum (ETH) futures exchange-traded fund (ETF), Grayscale Funding is ready to transform its Grayscale Ethereum Belief to a spot Ethereum spot ETF. 

The New York Inventory Alternate Arca filed for the conversion with america Securities and Alternate Fee (SEC) on Oct. 2. The prevailing Belief invested in Ethereum futures contracts as an oblique technique of publicity to ETH, whereas a spot ETF will spend money on the underlying asset itself. 

Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein introduced the transfer on X (beforehand Twitter) and highlighted the funding managers intent to offer standard funding merchandise providing publicity to cryptocurrency belongings:

“As we file to transform ETHE to an ETF, the pure subsequent step within the product’s evolution, we acknowledge this as an vital second to carry Ethereum even additional into the U.S. regulatory perimeter.”

The Grayscale Ethereum Belief was launched in March 2019 and went onto turn into an SEC reporting firm in Oct. 2020, giving the general public direct perception into the efficiency of its cryptocurrency funding automobile.

On the time of writing, the Ethereum Belief was valued at $4.9 billion, and accounts for round 2.5% of circulating ETH.