21Shares Ethereum Staking ETF

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. Staking Services Agreement On October 7, 2025, 21Shares Ethereum ETF (the “Trust”) entered into a Master Infrastructure-As-A-Service Agreement (the “Staking Services Agreement”) with Coinbase Crypto Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Coinbase Crypto” or the “Staking Services Provider”). Pursuant to the Staking Services Agreement, Coinbase Crypto will provide 21Shares US LLC, the sponsor of the Trust (the “Sponsor”), with certain services, including the following services, on any network protocol and/or blockchain that is supported by Coinbase Custody Trust Company, LLC: (i) staking, validating, generating or approving blocks of transactions to be added to a particular blockchain, helping to secure the network or otherwise engaging with or participating on the supported network; (ii) support for eligible changes, improvements, extensions or other new versions thereof on the network; and (iii) development, upgrades, migration, integration, testing, conversion, monitoring, maintenance, consulting, or other services and deliverables. The Staking Services Agreement with Coinbase Crypto has an initial term of two years, which automatically renews for successive twelve-month periods until terminated in accordance with its terms. Amendment to the Sponsor Agreement On October 8, 2025, the Trust entered into an Amendment to the Sponsor Agreement, by and between the Trust and the Sponsor (the “Amendment to the Sponsor Agreement”), to allow for staking of the Trust’s ether. The Amendment to the Sponsor Agreement provides that the portion of the consideration paid to the Sponsor for arranging for the staking of the Trust’s ether (the “Staking Consideration”), will be comprised of an aggregate of 25% of the gross Staking Consideration generated from staking. Of this amount, the Sponsor will pay the Staking Services Provider for their services under the Staking Services Agreement and the Trust’s ether custodians in connection with staking activities. The Trust will receive and retain the remainder of the gross Staking Consideration. The foregoing descriptions of the Staking Services Agreement and the Amendment to the Sponsor Agreement are summaries, do not purport to be complete descriptions of the Staking Services Agreement or the Amendment to the Sponsor Agreement, and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Staking Services Agreement and the Amendment to the Sponsor Agreement, copies of which are filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 hereto, respectively, and are incorporated by reference herein.

Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. On October 8, 2025, the Sponsor and CSC Delaware Trust Company, the Trustee of the Trust, entered into a Third Amended and Restated Trust Agreement (the “Trust Agreement”) to allow for staking of the Trust’s ether. A copy of the Trust Agreement is filed as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 8.01 Other Events. Sponsor Fee Waiver On October 8, 2025, the Sponsor agreed to voluntarily waive the fee it receives from the Trust as compensation for the Sponsor’s services rendered to the Trust for a period of one year beginning on October 9, 2025 and ending on October 8, 2026. Press Release On October 8, 2025, the Trust issued a press release, attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, announcing the commencement of staking activities.