ARK Invest and 21 Shares have removed staking plans from their updated spot Ether exchange-traded fund (ETF) proposal.
In the updated filing submitted on Friday, May 10, the clause inserted in their February 7th filing, stating that the issuer would stake a portion of the fund’s assets through third-party providers, was removed. Previously, it stated, “Sponsor may, from time to time, stake a portion of the Trust’s assets through one or more trusted Staking Providers.”
According to Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas, the update may be an effort to refine the application in response to potential feedback from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), despite the absence of official comments.
Alternatively, Balchunas suggests that the change could be a last-ditch effort or a strategic move to limit the information available for the SEC to base a potential rejection on.
The SEC must decide on VanEck’s spot Ethereum application on May 23, followed by Ark and 21Shares’s application on May 24. However, the agency is expected to decide on all similar, competing applications simultaneously.
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