The TradFi big’s iShares Staked Ethereum Belief ETF is its first yield-bearing exchange-traded product.
BlackRock right this moment debuted the iShares Staked Ethereum Belief ETF (Nasdaq: ETHB) — the agency’s first crypto exchange-traded fund to include staking and its third spot crypto ETF total.
In a press release from BlackRock right this moment, March 12, the world’s largest asset supervisor, with $14 trillion in AUM, stated that ETHB will stake “a portion of its ether holdings.” Per the asset supervisor’s devoted webpage for the fund, Coinbase Prime will present ETH custody — and presumably staking companies.
The Defiant first reported when BlackRock registered its staked Ethereum ETF final November, which took place 4 months after the U.S. Securities and Alternate Fee (SEC) acknowledged BlackRock’s submitting to allow staking in its Ethereum ETFs.
ETHB is BlackRock’s first yield-bearing ETF, although it isn’t first to market amongst staked ETH funds within the U.S. REX-Osprey launched ESK — the primary U.S. staked ETH ETF, below the 1940 Act — in September 2025, and Grayscale enabled staking on its ETH and SOL merchandise in October, as The Defiant reported.
The broader push dates again to March of final 12 months, when Cboe proposed adding staking to current Ethereum ETFs.
BlackRock is the dominant crypto ETF issuer by web belongings throughout each its spot ETH and BTC ETFs. The agency’s spot Ethereum ETF, ETHA, holds slightly below $6.6 billion in web belongings as of March 11, per information from SoSoValue. That represents greater than 50% of the U.S. Ethereum ETF market, which at present stands at $11.85 billion.
Amongst spot Bitcoin ETFs, BlackRock’s IBIT instructions over $55 billion — additionally effectively over half of the $90.89 billion in complete web belongings throughout all spot BTC ETFs buying and selling within the U.S., per SoSoValue.
After a multi-day web outflow streak, Ethereum ETFs noticed web inflows over the previous two buying and selling days, recording over $57 million in inflows yesterday, March 11.
In the meantime, right this moment, spot ETH is buying and selling simply over $2,060 at publishing time, per information from The Defiant’s price tracker.
Regardless of ETH stagnating in a good vary in current months, the quantity of ETH staked on the community continues to break new highs, reaching over 37.6 million ETH as of March 11.
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