0000930413-24-001929.txt : 20240625 0000930413-24-001929.hdr.sgml : 20240625 20240625092631 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000930413-24-001929 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12B PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20240625 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20240625 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: VanEck Ethereum Trust CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001860788 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [6221] ORGANIZATION NAME: 09 Crypto Assets IRS NUMBER: 866752793 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-42141 FILM NUMBER: 241066341 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O VANECK DIGITAL ASSETS, LLC STREET 2: 666 THIRD AVENUE, 9TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-293-2048 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O VANECK DIGITAL ASSETS, LLC STREET 2: 666 THIRD AVENUE, 9TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: VanEck Ethereum ETF DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20240215 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: VanEck Ethereum Trust DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20210505 8-A12B 1 c109196_8a12b.htm

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-A

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

VANECK ETHEREUM TRUST
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
(State of incorporation or organization)

c/o VanEck Digital Assets, LLC

666 Third Avenue, 9^th Floor
New York, New York

(Address of principal executive officers)

86-6752793
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

10017

(Zip Code)

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class to be so registered

Shares of VanEck Ethereum Trust

Name of each exchange on which each class is to be registered

Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), check the following box. x

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), check the following box. ¨

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-255888

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None.

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered.

The description of the common shares (“Shares”) representing fractional undivided beneficial interest in VanEck Ethereum Trust (the “Registrant”) to be registered hereunder is set forth in and incorporated herein by reference to Amendment No. 4 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on June 21, 2024 (File No. 333-255888) and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement subsequently filed with the Commission, including any prospectus relating thereto filed subsequently pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Item 2. Exhibits.

Pursuant to the Instructions as to Exhibits with respect to Form 8-A, no exhibits are required to be filed with this registration statement on Form 8-A because no other securities of the Registrant are registered on Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. and the Shares registered hereby are not being registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

Date: June 25, 2024

	VanEck Ethereum Trust

	By:	VanEck Digital Assets, LLC, as Sponsor of the Trust

	By:	/s/ Jonathan R. Simon
	Name:	Jonathan R. Simon
	Title:	Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary


*	The Registrant is a trust and the person specified above is signing in his capacity as an officer of VanEck Digital Assets, LLC, the Sponsor of the Registrant.