- Grayscale's Ethereum Staking ETF said it has begun directly distributing staking rewards to investors.
- It said this is the first case among U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs of paying staking rewards to investors.
- ETHE is an ETF that directly holds Ethereum, and it warned that investment risks exist and that it will pay $0.083178 per share held.
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Grayscale's Ethereum (ETH) Staking exchange-traded fund (ETF) listed in the United States has begun directly distributing staking rewards to investors.
On the 5th, according to GlobeNewswire, Grayscale said its Ethereum staking ETF (ETHE) had finalized a decision to sell staking rewards earned from October 6 through December 31 of last year and distribute them to existing shareholders. As a result, ETHE became the first U.S. spot Ethereum ETF to pass staking rewards on to investors.
With this distribution, ETHE shareholders will receive $0.083178 per share held. The record date is January 5, and the payment date is the 6th. ETHE went ex-dividend at the start of trading that day.
ETHE is an ETF structured to directly hold Ethereum. However, its regulatory framework differs from that of standard ETFs subject to the Investment Company Act of 1940, and it was also noted that investment risks, including the possibility of principal loss, exist and that this is not a direct investment in Ethereum.
Peter Mintzberg, Grayscale's chief executive officer (CEO), called it "the first case in the United States of an Ethereum ETF delivering staking rewards to investors" and said it was "a turning point that brought a new revenue structure for digital assets into regulated ETFs." He added that "it is meaningful in that it connects blockchain-native revenues like staking to actual investment performance."
Meanwhile, Grayscale was the first asset manager to apply staking to Ethereum products in October last year and operates the Ethereum Staking Mini ETF (ETH) alongside ETHE. The two products changed their names in January 2026 to reflect staking functionality.
