Grayscale Investments has become the first U.S. asset manager to enable staking in its ether-based exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

In a Monday announcement, Grayscale said staking would be a feature in the Grayscale Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHE) and the Grayscale Ethereum Mini Trust ETF (ETH).

The firm also enabled staking in its Grayscale Solana Trust (GSOL), which is yet to receive U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approval to list as a spot crypto ETF.

Previously, concerns over U.S. securities laws prevented staking from being included in ETF structures, but changes in oversight have now made such integration possible.

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“Thanks to new regulatory guidance, investors can now benefit from the value accrual of staking. No action needed, no change to exposure,” said Grayscale CEO Peter Mintzberg on X. 

The update means that holders of ETHE and ETH can now passively earn rewards tied to Ethereum’s proof-of-stake protocol, without the need to directly manage wallets, run validator nodes, or handle technical complexities.