{"id":490109,"date":"2025-07-17T19:46:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T18:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=490109"},"modified":"2025-07-17T21:29:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T20:29:29","slug":"nasdaq-applies-to-include-staking-in-blackrocks-ethereum-etf-as-sec-weighs-broader-industry-requests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/nasdaq-applies-to-include-staking-in-blackrocks-ethereum-etf-as-sec-weighs-broader-industry-requests\/","title":{"rendered":"Nasdaq applies to include staking in BlackRock&#8217;s Ethereum ETF as SEC weighs broader industry requests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/nasdaq\/\">Nasdaq<\/a> filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)<\/span> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/listingcenter.nasdaq.com\/assets\/rulebook\/nasdaq\/filings\/SR-NASDAQ-2025-053.pdf\">on July 16<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to add staking to <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/blackrock\/\">BlackRock\u2019s<\/a> iShares Ethereum Trust (<a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/products\/ishares-ethereum-trust-etf\/\">ETHA<\/a>) exchange-traded fund (ETF).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rule change would add a detailed \u201cstaking\u201d section permitting BlackRock to stake Ethereum (<a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/ethereum\/\">ETH<\/a>) directly or through one or more trusted staking providers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BlackRock would treat received rewards as income, and the firm must hold the staked coins in arrangements consistent with a<\/span> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/sec-removes-key-hurdle-for-ethereum-etfs-by-exempting-staking-from-securities-rules\/\">May statement<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the SEC Division of Corporation Finance on certain protocol staking activities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notably, the asset manager must also obtain either a counsel opinion or US government guidance on federal tax treatment before it starts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, in the event of slashing or forking, BlackRock will not subsidize or absorb incoming losses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nasdaq stated that its proposal would enable ETHA to capture returns while operating under defined constraints intended to protect shareholders and the market.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Competitive queue and deadlines<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BlackRock joins a queue of issuers that have asked regulators to let their US-based spot Ethereum products earn protocol rewards.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/cboe-global-markets\/\">Cboe<\/a> seeks authority for <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/fidelity-investments\/\">Fidelity\u2019s<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/products\/fidelity-ethereum-fund\/\">FETH<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/franklin-templeton\/\">Franklin Templeton\u2019s<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/products\/franklin-ethereum-etf\/\">EZET<\/a>, Invesco <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/galaxy-digital\/\">Galaxy\u2019s<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/products\/invesco-galaxy-ethereum-etf\/\">QETH<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/21shares\/\">21shares\u2019<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/products\/21shares-core-ethereum-etf\/\">CETH<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On NYSE Arca, <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/bitwise\/\">Bitwise<\/a> seeks approval to stake the ETH held in its <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/products\/bitwise-ethereum-fund\/\">ETHW<\/a>. At the same time, <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/grayscale-investments\/\">Grayscale<\/a> seeks the same approval for its <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/products\/grayscale-ethereum-trust\/\">ETHE<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/products\/grayscale-ethereum-mini-trust\/\">mini trust<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bloomberg ETF analyst <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/people\/james-seyffart\/\">James Seyffart<\/a> reacted to the Nasdaq submission on X,<\/span> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JSeyff\/status\/1945891290274566240\">saying<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it was \u201cabout time.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first final deadline for prior filings is in October, while the deadline for Nasdaq\u2019s filing on BlackRock\u2019s ETF is in early April.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, Seyffart believes it is unlikely for the SEC approval to take that long.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Flows support issuer push<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">US-listed spot Ethereum ETFs attracted<\/span> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/ethereum-soars-past-3400-sparking-altcoin-season-buzz\/\">more than $726 million in net inflows<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> across nine funds on July 16, marking a daily record.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ETHA led allocations with $499.2 million, marking a record for daily inflows into the fund, representing nearly 69% of the total.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The heavy inflows may indicate that institutional investors are betting on Ethereum\u2019s fundamentals, such as its infrastructure for stablecoins and tokenized assets.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nasdaq filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on July 16 to add staking to 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