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Organization

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2025

Organization [Abstract]

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Organization

The 21Shares Ethereum ETF (the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust, formed on September 5, 2023, pursuant to the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (“DSTA”). The Trust operates pursuant to a Second Amended and Restated Trust Agreement (the “Trust Agreement”). CSC Delaware Trust Company, a Delaware trust company, is the trustee of the Trust (the “Trustee”). On August 27, 2025, 21Shares Ethereum ETF (the “Trust”)’s sponsor, 21Shares US LLC (the “Sponsor”), caused a Certificate of Amendment to the Trust’s Certificate of Trust to be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in order to change the name of the Trust from “21Shares Core Ethereum ETF” to “21Shares Ethereum ETF”. The Trust is managed and controlled by the Sponsor. The Sponsor is a limited liability company formed in the state of Delaware on June 16, 2021, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Jura Pentium Inc., whose ultimate parent company is 21co Holdings Limited (formerly known as Amun Holdings Limited). Coinbase Custody Trust Company, LLC (“Coinbase”), BitGo New York Trust Company, LLC (“BitGo”), and Anchorage Digital Bank N.A (“Anchorage”, and, together with Coinbase and BitGo, as the context may require, the “Custodian”, “Custodians” and each a “Custodian”) are the custodians for the Trust and hold all of the Trust’s ether on the Trust’s behalf. The transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”), the administrator for the Trust (the “Administrator”), and the cash custodian (the “Cash Custodian”), is Bank of New York Mellon.

The Trust is an exchange-traded fund that issues common units of beneficial interest (the “Shares”) representing fractional undivided beneficial interests in its net assets that trade on the Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (the “Exchange”). The Shares were listed for trading on the Exchange on July 23, 2024, and currently trade under the ticker symbol “TETH”.

The Trust’s investment objective is to seek to track the performance of ether, as measured by the performance of the CME CF Ether-Dollar Reference Rate — New York Variant (the “Index”), adjusted for the Trust’s expenses and other liabilities, and to reflect rewards from staking a portion of the Trust’s ether, to the extent the Sponsor in its sole discretion determines that the Trust may do so without undue legal or regulatory risk, such as, without limitation, the risk of jeopardizing the Trust’s ability to qualify as a grantor trust for U.S. Federal income tax purposes. CF Benchmarks Ltd. is the administrator for the Index (the “Index Provider”). The Index is designed to reflect the performance of ether in U.S. dollars. In seeking to achieve its investment objective, the Trust holds ether at its Custodians and values its Shares daily based on the Index.

The Trust is an “emerging growth company” as that term is used in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and, as such, the Trust may elect to comply with certain reduced public company reporting requirements.

The Sponsor served as the “Seed Capital Investor” to the Trust. On May 1, 2024, the Sponsor, in its capacity as Seed Capital Investor, subject to certain conditions, purchased two Shares at a per-Share price of $50.00 (the “Initial Seed Shares”). Total proceeds to the Trust from the sale of these Initial Seed Shares were $100. Delivery of the Seed Shares were made on May 1, 2024.

On June 18, 2024 (the “Seed Capital Purchase Date”), the Sponsor, in its capacity as Seed Capital Investor, purchased the Seed Creation Baskets comprising 20,000 Shares (the “Seed Creation Baskets”). In its capacity as the Seed Capital Investor, the Sponsor, has acted as a statutory underwriter in connection with this purchase. The total proceeds to the Trust from the sale of the Seed Creation Baskets were $340,739. On June 18, 2024, the Trust purchased ether with the proceeds of the Seed Creation Baskets by transacting with an ether counterparty, which is a designated third party who is not an Authorized Participant (as defined below) but who may be an affiliate of an Authorized Participant and with whom the Sponsor has entered into an agreement on behalf of the Trust (a “Trading Counterparty”), to acquire ether on behalf of the Trust in exchange for cash provided by the Sponsor, in its capacity as Seed Capital Investor. All ether acquired in connection with the Seed Creation Baskets is held by the one or more of the Custodians.

The statement of assets and liabilities and schedule of investment on September 30, 2025, and the statements of operations, and changes in net assets for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, and for the period May 1, 2024 (initial seed creation date) through September 30, 2024, have been prepared on behalf of the Trust and are unaudited. In the opinion of management of the Sponsor of the Trust, all adjustments (which include normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the financial position and results of operations for the period ended September 30, 2025, and for all interim periods presented have been made. In addition, interim period results are not necessarily indicative of results for a full-year period.

The fiscal year-end of the Trust is December 31st.