Earlier successful the day, BlackRock registered firm entity “iShares Ethereum Trust” successful Delaware, the archetypal hint that a filing for a spot Ethereum ETF filing was imminent.

Blackrock’s plans for a spot Ethereum exchange-traded money (ETF) has present been confirmed, per a 19b-4 signifier filing submitted to the United States Securities and Exhange Commission connected Nov. 9.
Nasdaq filed the 19b-4 signifier to securities regulator connected behalf of the $9 trillion plus absorption steadfast for a projected ETF called the shares Ethereum Trust.
The determination signals BlackRock’s volition to grow beyond Bitcoin with its ETF aspirations.

Earlier connected Nov. 9, it emerged that BlackRock registered firm entity “iShares Ethereum Trust” successful Delaware, the archetypal hint that a spot Ethereum ETF filing could beryllium imminent.
UPDATE: BlackRock #Ethereum ETF confirmed. They conscionable submitted a 19b-4 filing with Nasdaq pic.twitter.com/pLhuhhK7jo
— James Seyffart (@JSeyff) November 9, 2023BlackRock and different fiscal firms person expressed involvement successful cryptocurrency-backed ETFs implicit the past fewer months.
Bloomberg ETF expert James Seyffart noted that determination are astatine slightest 5 firms successful the moving to triumph the Securities and Exchange Commission’s support for a spot Ethereum ETF.
Related: Ethereum futures ETFs garner lukewarm reception connected archetypal time of trading
Among them are VanEck, ARK 21Shares, Invesco, Grayscale and Hashdex.
— James Seyffart (@JSeyff) November 9, 2023