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Ethereum ETFs.
The Staking Question.
Spot ether funds all hold the same asset, and then they split on one thing that actually matters: whether they stake it. A fund that does not stake is leaving the network’s own yield on the table on your behalf.
Spot ether ETFs hold ether directly. The difference that matters is staking: some funds stake a portion of their holdings and pass the rewards through, and some do not. Fidelity’s FETH and Grayscale’s ether funds stake. In Canada, Purpose’s ETHH stakes and 3iQ launched the first staking ether products in North America. Fees among the US funds run from 0.20 to 0.25 percent.
Lowest Confirmed Fee
VanEck Ethereum ETF, ticker ETHV.
Fidelity And Invesco
FETH and QETH. FETH stakes.
Purpose, In Canada
ETHH on the TSX. It stakes, and splits rewards 80/20 with the manager.
The Purpose Split
The share of staking rewards between the fund and the manager, as Purpose states it.
The Funds
Spot ether. Staking status is quoted from the issuer where the issuer states it, and left out where it does not.
| Fund | Issuer | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| ETHV VanEck Ethereum ETF. United States. Staking status not confirmed from the issuer fee document | VanEck | 0.20% |
| FETH Fidelity Ethereum Fund. United States. Stakes, and expects to receive staking rewards, in Fidelity’s own words | Fidelity | 0.25% |
| QETH Invesco Galaxy Ethereum ETF. United States | Invesco / Galaxy | 0.25% |
| ETHE Grayscale Ethereum Trust ETF and the Mini Trust. United States. Grayscale stakes | Grayscale | Not confirmed |
| ETHA iShares Ethereum Trust ETF. United States | BlackRock | Not confirmed |
| ETHH Purpose Ether ETF, listed 19 April 2021. TSX. Stakes a portion of its ether, rewards split 80/20 with the manager | Purpose | 1.00% |
ETHA and ETHE trade and are real funds. Their fee is marked not confirmed because it was not read off the issuer’s own page on the day. 3iQ separately runs a staking ether ETF on the TSX and describes it as among the first staking products of its kind in North America.
What Staking Changes, And What It Costs
The honest version, including the part that is a risk rather than a feature.
It Is Yield The Fund Either Takes Or Does Not
Ether staking produces a return from the network itself. A fund that stakes captures some of it. A fund that does not simply holds the asset. Between two otherwise identical funds that is a real difference, and it is larger than most of the fee spread.
The Manager Keeps A Share
Purpose states an 80/20 split of staking rewards with the manager. That is disclosed and it is normal, and it means the headline management fee is not the whole of what the manager earns from the fund. Read both numbers, not one.
Staked Ether Is Not Instantly Liquid
Staking involves exit queues at the protocol level. Funds manage that by staking only a portion, which is why issuers say a portion rather than all. It is a liquidity consideration, not a free return, and anyone selling it as free is not describing the mechanism.
The Asset Itself
A fund is a wrapper. These are the pages on what is inside it, written the same way and carrying no price either.
The Other Assets
Same rules, same sources, one page each.
Bitcoin ETFs
Eleven spot bitcoin funds trade in the United States and they hold the same asset. The fee is most of what separates them, and it ranges from 0.15 percent to 0.25 percent. The Canadian funds on the TSX cost several times more.
Solana ETFs
The Solana funds arrived late and arrived staking, which is the opposite of how bitcoin and ether went. Grayscale states it stakes one hundred percent of the fund. On the TSX, 3iQ runs at nothing for the first year.
Memecoin ETFs
Dogecoin has three listed funds in the United States. Shiba Inu and Pepe have European ETPs. Dogwifhat, Bonk and Official Trump have nothing at all, anywhere, and the pages telling you otherwise are guessing.
Fees, launch dates and staking status were read off each issuer’s own page on 17 September 2026 and are linked below. Nothing here is a price, a return or a flow figure. This is a published reference, not financial advice, and I am not a licensed advisor. Confirm every figure with the issuer before you buy anything.
Check It Against The Issuer.
Then Decide For Yourself.
Every figure on this page links to the issuer page it came from.
Not financial advice.