iShares Ethereum Trust ETF 10-Q

Item 1. Financial Statements iShares ® Ethereum Trust ETF Statements of Assets and Liabilities (Unaudited) At June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 June 30, 2025 December 31, 2024 Assets Investment in ether, at fair value (a) $ 4,396,336,194 $ 3,571,669,777 Cash 20,811 37,023 Receivable for capital shares sold 6,067,847 — Total Assets 4,402,424,852 3,571,706,800 Liabilities Sponsor’s fees payable 561,369 444,633 Payable for investments purchased 6,067,675 — Total Liabilities 6,629,044 444,633 Commitments and contingent liabilities (Note 6) — — Net Assets $ 4,395,795,808 $ 3,571,262,167 Shares issued and outstanding (b) 233,720,000 141,480,000 Net asset value per Share (Note 2C) $ 18.81 $ 25.24 (a) Cost of investment in ether: $5,242,898,137 and $3,543,902,275, respectively. (b) No par value, unlimited amount authorized. See notes to financial statements. 1 Table of Contents iShares ® Ethereum Trust ETF Statements of Operations (Unaudited) For the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and the period from May 21, 2024 (Date of Seeding) to June 30, 2024 Three Months Ended June 30, 2025 For the Period from May 21, 2024 (Date of Seeding) to June 30, 2024 Six Months Ended June 30, 2025 For the Period from May 21, 2024 (Date of Seeding) to June 30, 2024 Expenses Sponsor’s fees $ 1,882,114 $ 420 $ 3,920,616 $ 420 Sponsor’s fees waived ( 751,364 ) — ( 1,543,217 ) — Total expenses 1,130,750 420 2,377,399 420 Net investment loss ( 1,130,750 ) ( 420 ) ( 2,377,399 ) ( 420 ) Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) Net realized gain (loss) from: Ether sold to pay expenses ( 423,236 ) — ( 736,407 ) — Ether sold for the redemption of Shares ( 93,180,835 ) — ( 296,522,510 ) — Net realized gain (loss) ( 93,604,071 ) (a) — ( 297,258,917 ) (b) — Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation 854,250,640 590,295 ( 874,329,445 ) 590,295 Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 760,646,569 590,295 ( 1,171,588,362 ) 590,295 Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations $ 759,515,819 $ 589,875 $ ( 1,173,965,761 ) $ 589,875 Net increase (decrease) in net assets per Share (c) $ 4.22 $ 1.47 $ ( 6.83 ) $ 1.47 (a) Includes $807,973 of realized gains and $(94,412,044) of realized losses. (b) Includes $1,244,204 of realized gains and $(298,503,121) of realized losses. (c) Net increase (decrease) in net assets per Share based on average shares outstanding during the period. See notes to financial statements. 2 Table of Contents iShares ® Ethereum Trust ETF Statements of Changes in Net Assets (Unaudited) For the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 Six Months Ended June 30, 2025 Net Assets at December 31, 2024 $ 3,571,262,167 Operations: Net investment loss ( 1,246,649 ) Net realized loss ( 203,654,846 ) Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation ( 1,728,580,085 ) Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations ( 1,933,481,580 ) Capital Share Transactions: Contributions for Shares issued 938,716,000 Distributions for Shares redeemed ( 390,105,968 ) Net increase in net assets from capital share transactions 548,610,032 Decrease in net assets ( 1,384,871,548 ) Net Assets at March 31, 2025 $ 2,186,390,619 Operations: Net investment loss ( 1,130,750 ) Net realized loss ( 93,604,071 ) Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation 854,250,640 Net increase in net assets resulting from operations 759,515,819 Capital Share Transactions: Contributions for Shares issued 1,594,046,863 Distributions for Shares redeemed ( 144,157,493 ) Net increase in net assets from capital share transactions 1,449,889,370 Increase in net assets 2,209,405,189 Net Assets at June 30, 2025 $ 4,395,795,808 Shares issued and redeemed Shares issued 126,120,000 Shares redeemed ( 33,880,000 ) Net increase in Shares issued and outstanding 92,240,000 See notes to financial statements. 3 Table of Contents iShares ® Ethereum Trust ETF Statement of Changes in Net Assets (Unaudited) For the Period from May 21, 2024 (Date of Seeding) to June 30, 2024 For the Period from May 21, 2024 (Date of Seeding) to June 30, 2024 Net Assets at May 21, 2024 $ — Operations: Net investment loss ( 420 ) Net realized gain — Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation 590,295 Net increase in net assets resulting from operations 589,875 Capital Share Transactions: Contributions for Shares issued 10,000,000 Distributions for Shares redeemed — Net increase in net assets from capital share transactions 10,000,000 Increase in net assets 10,589,875 Net Assets at June 30, 2024 $ 10,589,875 Shares issued and redeemed Shares issued 400,000 Shares redeemed — Net increase in Shares issued and outstanding 400,000 See notes to financial statements. 4 Table of Contents iShares ® Ethereum Trust ETF Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) For the six months ended June 30, 2025 and For the Period from May 21, 2024 (Date of Seeding) to June 30, 2024 Six Months Ended June 30, 2025 Period from May 21, 2024 (Date of Seeding) to June 30, 2024 Cash Flows from Operating Activities Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations $ ( 1,173,965,761 ) $ 589,875 Adjustments to reconcile net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: Purchases of ether ( 2,526,542,897 ) ( 10,000,000 ) Proceeds from ether sold 536,355,793 — Net realized gain/(loss) 297,258,917 — Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation 874,329,445 ( 590,295 ) Change in operating assets and liabilities: Sponsor’s fees payable 116,736 420 Net cash used in operating activities $ ( 1,992,447,767 ) $ ( 10,000,000 ) Cash Provided by Financing Activities Proceeds from issuance of Shares $ 2,526,695,016 $ 10,000,000 Payments for Shares redeemed ( 534,263,461 ) — Net cash provided by financing activities $ 1,992,431,555 $ 10,000,000 Cash Net decrease in cash $ ( 16,212 ) $ — Cash, beginning of period 37,023 — Cash, end of period $ 20,811 $ — See notes to financial statements. 5 Table of Contents iShares ® Ethereum Trust ETF Schedules of Investments (Unaudited) At June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 June 30, 2025 Description Quantity Cost Fair Value Ether 1,768,573 $ 5,242,898,137 $ 4,396,336,194 Total Investments – 100.01 % 4,396,336,194 Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets – (0.01) % ( 540,386 ) Net Assets – 100.00 % $ 4,395,795,808 December 31, 2024 Description Quantity Cost Fair Value Ether 1,071,415 $ 3,543,902,275 $ 3,571,669,777 Total Investments – 100.01 % 3,571,669,777 Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets – (0.01) % ( 407,610 ) Net Assets – 100.00 % $ 3,571,262,167 See notes to financial statements. 6 Table of Contents iShares ® Ethereum Trust ETF Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) June 30, 2025 1 - Organization The iShares Ethereum Trust ETF (the “Trust”) was organized on November 9, 2023 as a Delaware statutory trust. The trustee is BlackRock Fund Advisors (the “Trustee”), which is responsible for the day-to-day administration of the Trust. The Trust’s sponsor is iShares Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”). The Bank of New York Mellon serves as the “Trust Administrator.” The Trust is governed by the provisions of the Third Amended and Restated Trust Agreement (the “Trust Agreement”) executed by the Sponsor, the Trustee and Wilmington Trust, National Association, a national association (“Delaware Trustee”), as of July 8, 2025. The Trust issues units of beneficial interest (“Shares”) representing fractional undivided beneficial interests in its net assets. On May 21, 2024, BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. (the “Seed Capital Investor”) purchased 400,000 Shares for $ 10,000,000 at a per-Share price of $ 25.00 (the “Seed Creation Baskets”). The Seed Capital Investor did not receive from the Trust, the Sponsor or any of their affiliates any fee or other compensation in connection with the purchase of Seed Creation Baskets. On June 24, 2024, the Trust purchased approximately 3,031 ether with the proceeds of the Seed Creation Baskets using Coinbase Inc. (the “Prime Execution Agent”). The costs incurred in connection with the purchase of ether with the proceeds of the Seed Creation Baskets were borne by the Trust. The Sponsor’s fee started accruing daily at an annualized rate equal to 0.25 % of the net asset value of the Trust on June 24, 2024. The Trust’s registration statement on Form S- 1 relating to its continuous public offering of Shares was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on July 22, 2024 ( Effective Date) and the Shares were listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“NASDAQ”) on July 23, 2024. The Trust seeks to reflect generally the performance of the price of ether. The Trust seeks to reflect such performance before payment of the Trust’s expenses and liabilities. The Shares are intended to constitute a simple means of making an investment similar to an investment in ether. The accompanying unaudited financial statements were prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions for Form 10 -Q and the rules and regulations of the SEC. In the opinion of management, all material adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments considered necessary for a fair statement of the interim period financial statements, have been made. Interim period results are not necessarily indicative of results for a full-year period. These financial statements and the notes thereto should be read in conjunction with the Trust’s financial statements included in its Annual Report on Form 10 -K for the year ended December 31, 2024, as filed with the SEC on March 5, 2025. The Trust qualifies as an investment company solely for accounting purposes and not for any other purpose and follows the accounting and reporting guidance under the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services - Investment Companies, but is not registered, and is not required to be registered, as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. 2 - Significant Accounting Policies A. Basis of Accounting The following significant accounting policies are consistently followed by the Trust in the preparation of its financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. B. Ether Coinbase Custody Trust Company, LLC (the “Ether Custodian”) is responsible for safekeeping the ether owned by the Trust. Anchorage Digital Bank N.A. is the “Additional Ether Custodian” for the Trust. At the current time, the Sponsor has no plans to move any of the Trust’s ether to the Additional Ether Custodian. The Ether Custodian and the Additional Ether Custodian are appointed by the Trustee. The net asset value of the Trust equals the total assets of the Trust, which consists solely of ether and cash, less total liabilities of the Trust, each determined by the Trustee pursuant to policies established from time to time by the Trustee or its affiliates or otherwise described herein. The Trust’s periodic financial statements are prepared in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurement” (“ASC Topic 820” ) and utilize an exchange-traded price from the Trust’s principal market for ether as of 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) on the Trust’s financial statement measurement date. The Sponsor determines in its sole discretion the valuation sources and policies used to prepare the Trust’s financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The Trust engages a third -party vendor to obtain a price from a principal market for ether, which is determined and designated by such third -party vendor daily based on its consideration of several exchange characteristics, including oversight, and the volume and frequency of trades. The Sponsor has the exclusive authority to determine the Trust’s net asset value, which it has delegated to the Trustee under the Trust Agreement. The Trustee has delegated to the Trust Administrator the responsibility to calculate the net asset value of the Trust and the net asset value per Share (“NAV”), based on a pricing source selected by the Trustee. In determining the Trust’s net asset value, the Trust Administrator values the ether held by the Trust based on an index (the “Index”), unless the Sponsor in its sole discretion determines that the Index is unreliable. The methodology used to calculate the Index price to value ether in determining the net asset value of the Trust may not be deemed consistent with U.S. GAAP. The CME CF Ether–Dollar Reference Rate – New York Variant for the ether – U.S. Dollar trading pair (the “CF Benchmarks Index”) shall constitute the Index, unless the CF Benchmarks Index is not available or the Sponsor in its sole discretion determines the CF Benchmarks Index is unreliable as the Index and therefore determines not to use the CF Benchmarks Index as the Index. If the CF Benchmarks Index is not available or the Sponsor determines, in its sole discretion, that the CF Benchmarks Index is unreliable (together a “Fair Value Event”), the Trust’s holdings may be fair valued on a temporary basis in accordance with the fair value policies approved by the Trustee. 7 Table of Contents Additionally, the Trust Administrator monitors for unusual prices and escalates to the Trustee if detected. If the CF Benchmarks Index is not used, the Trust will notify Shareholders in a prospectus supplement, in its periodic Exchange Act reports and/or on the Trust’s website. The Trust Administrator calculates the net asset value of the Trust and the NAV once on each day other than a Saturday or a Sunday, or a day on which NASDAQ is closed for regular trading (a “Business Day”). The NAV for a normal trading day will be released after 4:00 p.m. ET. Trading during the core trading session on NASDAQ typically closes at 4:00 p.m. ET. However, NAVs are not officially released until after the completion of a comprehensive review of the NAV and prices utilized to determine the NAV of the Trust by the Trust Administrator. Upon the completion of the end of day reviews by the Trust Administrator the NAV is released to the public typically by 5:30 p.m. ET and generally no later than 8:00 p.m. ET. The period between 4:00 p.m. ET and the NAV release after 5:30 p.m. ET (or later) provides an opportunity for the Trust Administrator and the Trustee to detect, flag, investigate, and correct unusual pricing should it occur and implement a Fair Value Event, if necessary. Any such correction could adversely affect the value of the Shares. The Trust’s periodic financial statements may not utilize net asset value of the Trust to the extent the methodology used to calculate the Index is deemed not to be consistent with U.S. GAAP. Gain or loss on sales of ether is calculated on a trade date basis using the average cost method. The following tables summarize activity in ether for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and for the period from May 21, 2024 ( Date of Seeding) to June 30, 2024: Three Months Ended June 30, 2025 Quantity Cost Fair Value Realized Gain (Loss) Beginning balance 1,191,766 $ 3,887,465,641 $ 2,186,653,058 $ — Ether purchased 651,971 1,593,981,362 1,593,981,362 — Ether sold for the redemption of shares ( 74,771 ) ( 237,314,542 ) ( 144,133,707 ) ( 93,180,835 ) Ether sold to pay expenses ( 393 ) ( 1,234,324 ) ( 811,088 ) ( 423,236 ) Net realized loss — — ( 93,604,071 ) — Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation — — 854,250,640 — Ending balance 1,768,573 $ 5,242,898,137 $ 4,396,336,194 $ ( 93,604,071 ) For the Period from May 21, 2024 (Date of Seeding) to June 30, 2024 Quantity Cost Fair Value Realized Gain (Loss) Beginning balance — $ — $ — $ — Ether purchased 3,031 10,000,000 10,000,000 — Ether sold for the redemption of shares — — — — Ether sold to pay expenses — — — — Net realized gain — — — — Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation — — 590,295 — Ending balance 3,031 $ 10,000,000 $ 10,590,295 $ — The following tables summarize activity in ether for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and for the period from May 21, 2024 ( Date of Seeding) to June 30, 2024: Six Months Ended June 30, 2025 Quantity Cost Fair Value Realized Gain (Loss) Beginning balance 1,071,415 $ 3,543,902,275 $ 3,571,669,777 $ — Ether purchased 954,503 2,532,610,572 2,532,610,572 — Ether sold for the redemption of shares ( 256,443 ) ( 830,710,219 ) ( 534,187,709 ) ( 296,522,510 ) Ether sold to pay expenses ( 902 ) ( 2,904,491 ) ( 2,168,084 ) ( 736,407 ) Net realized loss — — ( 297,258,917 ) — Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation — — ( 874,329,445 ) — Ending balance 1,768,573 $ 5,242,898,137 $ 4,396,336,194 $ ( 297,258,917 ) 8 Table of Contents For the Period from May 21, 2024 (Date of Seeding) to June 30, 2024 Quantity Cost Fair Value Realized Gain (Loss) Beginning balance — $ — $ — $ — Ether purchased 3,031 10,000,000 10,000,000 — Ether sold for the redemption of shares — — — — Ether sold to pay expenses — — — — Net realized gain — — — — Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation — — 590,295 — Ending balance 3,031 $ 10,000,000 $ 10,590,295 $ — C. Calculation of Net Asset Value On each Business Day, as soon as practicable after 4:00 p.m. ET, the net asset value of the Trust is obtained by subtracting all accrued fees, expenses and other liabilities of the Trust from the total assets held by the Trust. The Trust Administrator computes the NAV by dividing the net asset value of the Trust by the number of Shares outstanding on the date the computation is made. D. Cash and Cash Equivalents Cash includes non-interest bearing, non-restricted cash maintained with one banking institution that does not exceed U.S. federally insured limits. E. Offering of the Shares Shares are issued and redeemed continuously in aggregations of 40,000 Shares (a “Basket”) or integral multiples thereof, based on the quantity of ether attributable to each Share (net of accrued but unpaid Sponsor’s fee and any accrued but unpaid expenses or liabilities). Individual investors cannot purchase or redeem Shares in direct transactions with the Trust. Only registered broker-dealers that are eligible to settle securities transactions through the book-entry facilities of the Depository Trust Company and that have entered into a contractual arrangement with the Sponsor governing, among other matters, the creation and redemption of Shares (such broker-dealers, the “Authorized Participants”), can place orders to receive Baskets in exchange for cash or ether. Baskets may be redeemed by the Trust in exchange for an amount of ether corresponding to their redemption value or for the cash proceeds from selling the amount of ether corresponding to their redemption value. In connection with cash creations and redemptions, the Trust engages in ether transactions for converting cash into ether (in association with purchase orders) and ether into cash (in association with redemption orders) by choosing, in its sole discretion, to trade directly with third parties (each, an “Ether Trading Counterparty”), who are not registered broker-dealers pursuant to written agreements between such Ether Trading Counterparties and the Trust, or choosing to trade through the Prime Execution Agent acting in an agency capacity with third parties through its Coinbase Prime service pursuant to the Prime Execution Agent Agreement. F. Federal Income Taxes The Trust is treated as a grantor trust for federal income tax purposes and, therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is required. Any interest, expenses, gains and losses are passed through to the holders of Shares of the Trust. The Sponsor has analyzed applicable tax laws and regulations and their application to the Trust as of June 30, 2025 and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability. G. Segment Reporting The Chief Financial Officer of the Sponsor acts as the Trust’s Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) and is responsible for assessing performance and allocating resources with respect to the Trust. The CODM has concluded that the Trust operates as a single operating segment since the Trust has a single investment strategy as disclosed in its prospectus, against which the CODM assesses performance. The financial information provided to and reviewed by the CODM is presented within the Trust’s financial statements. 3 - Trust Expenses The Sponsor’s fee is accrued daily at an annualized rate equal to 0.25 % of the net asset value of the Trust and is payable at least quarterly in arrears in U.S. dollars or in-kind or any combination thereof. For the six months ended June 30, 2025, the Sponsor’s fee was $ 3,920,616 . The Sponsor may, at its sole discretion and from time to time, waive all or a portion of the Sponsor’s fee for stated periods of time. The Sponsor is under no obligation to waive any portion of its fees and any such waiver shall create no obligation to waive any such fees during any period not covered by the waiver. For a twelve -month period, starting July 23, 2024, the Sponsor waived a portion of the Sponsor’s fee so that the Sponsor’s fee after the fee waiver would be equal to 0.12 % of the net asset value of the Trust for the first $ 2.5 billion of the Trust’s assets. In the future, if the Sponsor decides to waive all or a portion of the Sponsor’s fee, Shareholders will be notified in a prospectus supplement, in its periodic Exchange Act reports and/or on the Trust’s website. For the six months ended June 30, 2025, the amount waived was $ 1,543,217 . The Sponsor has agreed to assume the marketing and the following administrative expenses of the Trust: the fees of the Trustee, the Delaware Trustee, the Trust Administrator, the Ether Custodian, the Additional Ether Custodian, and The Bank of New York Mellon (the “Cash Custodian”), NASDAQ listing fees, SEC registration fees, printing and mailing costs, tax reporting fees, audit fees, license fees and expenses and up to $ 500,000 per annum in ordinary legal fees and expenses. The Sponsor may determine in its sole discretion to assume legal fees and expenses of the Trust in excess of the $ 500,000 per annum required under the Trust Agreement. To the extent that the Sponsor does not voluntarily assume such fees and expenses, they will be the responsibility of the Trust. 9 Table of Contents 4 - Related Parties The Sponsor and the Trustee are considered to be related parties to the Trust. The Trustee’s fee is paid by the Sponsor and is not a separate expense of the Trust. 5 - Indemnification The Trust Agreement provides that the Sponsor shall indemnify the Trustee, its directors, employees, delegees and agents against, and hold each of them harmless from, any loss, liability, claim, cost, expense or judgment of any kind whatsoever (including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) that is incurred by any of them and that arises out of or is related to ( 1 ) any offer or sale by the Trust of Baskets, ( 2 ) acts performed or omitted pursuant to the provisions of the Trust Agreement (A) by the Trustee, its directors, employees, delegees and agents or (B) by the Sponsor or ( 3 ) any filings with or submissions to the SEC in connection with or with respect to the Shares, except that the Sponsor shall not have any obligations to pay any indemnification amounts incurred as a result of and attributable to ( x ) the willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith of, or material breach of the terms of the Trust Agreement by, the Trustee, (y) information furnished in writing by the Trustee to the Sponsor expressly for use in the registration statement, or any amendment thereto, filed with the SEC relating to the Shares that is not materially altered by the Sponsor or (z) any misrepresentations or omissions made by an authorized participant (other than the Sponsor) in connection with such authorized participant’s offer and sale of Shares. The Trust Agreement provides that the Trustee shall indemnify the Sponsor, its directors, employees, delegees and agents against, and hold each of them harmless from, any loss, liability, claim, cost, expense or judgment of any kind whatsoever (including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) ( 1 ) caused by the willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith of the Trustee or ( 2 ) arising out of any information furnished in writing to the Sponsor by the Trustee expressly for use in the registration statement, or any amendment thereto or periodic report, filed with the SEC relating to the Shares that is not materially altered by the Sponsor. The Trust Agreement provides that the Sponsor and its shareholders, directors, officers, employees, affiliates (as such term is defined under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) and subsidiaries and agents shall be indemnified from the Trust and held harmless against any loss, liability, claim, cost, expense or judgment of any kind whatsoever (including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) arising out of or in connection with the performance of their obligations under the Trust Agreement or any actions taken in accordance with the provisions of the Trust Agreement and incurred without their ( 1 ) willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith or ( 2 ) reckless disregard of their obligations and duties under the Trust Agreement. The Trust has agreed that the Cash Custodian will only be responsible for any loss or damage suffered by the Trust as a direct result of the Cash Custodian’s negligence, fraud or willful default in the performance of its duties. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against the Trust, which cannot be predicted with any certainty. 6 - Commitments and Contingent Liabilities In the normal course of business, the Trust may enter into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trust. 7 - Concentration Risk Substantially all of the Trust’s assets are holdings of ether, which creates a concentration risk associated with fluctuations in the price of ether. Accordingly, a decline in the price of ether will have an adverse effect on the value of the Shares of the Trust. Factors that may have the effect of causing a decline in the price of ether include negative perception of digital assets; a lack of stability and standardized regulation in the digital asset markets; the closure or temporary shutdown of digital asset platforms due to fraud, business failure, security breaches or government mandated regulation; and a loss of investor confidence. 10 Table of Contents 8 - Financial Highlights The following financial highlights relate to investment performance and operations for a Share outstanding for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025. Three Months Ended June 30, 2025 Six Months Ended June 30, 2025 Net asset value per Share, beginning of period $ 13.89 $ 25.24 Net investment loss (a) ( 0.01 ) ( 0.01 ) Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (b) 4.93 ( 6.42 ) Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations 4.92 ( 6.43 ) Net asset value per Share, end of period $ 18.81 $ 18.81 Total return, at net asset value (c)(d) 35.42 % ( 25.48 )% Ratio to average net assets: Net investment income (loss) (e) ( 0.15 )% ( 0.15 )% Total expenses (e) 0.25 % 0.25 % Total expenses after fees waived (e) 0.15 % 0.15 % (a) Based on average Shares outstanding during the period. (b) The amounts reported for a Share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses on investment for the period due to the timing of Share transactions in relation to the fluctuating fair values of the Trust’s underlying investment. (c) Based on the change in net asset value of a Share during the period. (d) Percentage is not annualized. (e) Percentage is annualized. 9 - Investment Valuation U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price the Trust would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Trust’s policy is to value its investment at fair value. Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of assets and liabilities. Inputs may be based on independent market data (“observable inputs”) or they may be internally developed (“unobservable inputs”). These inputs are categorized into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes. The level of a value determined for an asset or liability within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows: Level 1 −  Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities; Level 2 −  Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability either directly or indirectly, including quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not considered to be active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability, and inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means; and Level 3 −  Unobservable inputs that are unobservable for the asset or liability, including the Trust’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments. At June 30, 2025 the value of the ether held by the Trust is categorized as Level 1. 10 - Subsequent Events On July 29, 2025, the SEC issued 19b - 4 orders permitting in-kind creations and redemptions by authorized participants for the Trust. On July 31, 2025, the amendment to the Trust’s S- 1 registration statement was declared effective. As a result of these regulatory actions, the Trust is authorized to create and redeem shares with authorized participants on an in-kind basis. Other than the items noted above, there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment to, or additional disclosure in, the financial statements. 11 Table of Contents