2025-18676Notice

Ethereum ETFs Get a Boring Rule Swap on NYSE Arca

Published Date: 9/26/2025

Notice

Summary

NYSE Arca is switching how the Grayscale Ethereum Trust ETF and its Mini version are listed and traded, moving from a special 'Non-Generic' rule to a more standard 'Generic' one. This change affects investors who trade these ETFs and aims to streamline trading without changing the funds themselves. The update took effect right away on September 19, 2025, with no direct cost impact announced.

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

ETF Listing Moved to Generic Rule

On September 19, 2025, NYSE Arca changed how the Grayscale Ethereum Trust ETF and the Grayscale Ethereum Mini Trust ETF are listed and traded: they moved from Rule 8.201-E (Non-Generic) to Rule 8.201-E (Generic). This lets those ETFs operate under the Exchange's generic listing standards (so they can be listed and traded without a separate Commission approval order) and requires the funds to meet the continued listing requirements in Rule 8.201-E (Generic).

Immediate Effect; No Announced Cost Change

The Exchange's proposed rule change became operative immediately upon filing on September 19, 2025. The filing indicates the change was intended to streamline trading and does not announce any direct cost impact or changes to the funds themselves.

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9/19/2025
9/26/2025

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