{"id":72853,"date":"2026-02-17T20:01:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=72853"},"modified":"2026-02-17T20:01:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T20:01:48","slug":"blackrocks-ethereum-etf-will-take-18-of-staking-rewards-heres-the-breakdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=72853","title":{"rendered":"BlackRock&#8217;s Ethereum ETF Will Take 18% Of Staking Rewards\u2014Here&#8217;s The Breakdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>BlackRock<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BLK\" data-exchange=\"NYSE\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BLK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(NYSE:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BLK\">BLK<\/a>) has filed an amended S-1 for its iShares Staked <strong>Ethereum<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"ETH\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/ETH-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/eth\/usd\">ETH<\/a>) Trust ETF, revealing an 18% cut of staking rewards split between the sponsor and prime execution agent.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The 18% Staking Fee Structure<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/2099103\/000143774926004276\/iset20260214_s1a.htm\">amended<\/a> filing disclosed that the trust will pay an aggregate 18% of gross staking consideration as a \u201cStaking Fee,\u201d with the trust retaining the remainder.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This 18% represents the combined total of two pieces: BlackRock\u2019s staking-related portion and the prime execution agent\u2019s share.<\/p>\n<p>The prime execution agent can then pay portions onward to staking service providers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coinbase<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/COIN\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"COIN\" data-exchange=\"NASDAQ\" rel=\"noopener\">(NASDAQ:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/COIN\">COIN<\/a>) serves as both the custodian through Coinbase Custody Trust Company and the prime execution agent, giving it a significant role in the staking infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, BlackRock charges a 0.25% annual sponsor &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/02\/50665692\/blackrocks-ethereum-etf-will-take-18-of-staking-rewards-heres-the-breakdown?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"BlackRock's\" ethereum etf will take of staking rewards the breakdown>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) has filed an amended S-1 for its iShares Staked Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) Trust ETF, revealing an 18% cut of staking rewards split between the sponsor and prime execution agent. The 18% Staking Fee Structure The amended filing disclosed that the trust will pay an aggregate 18% of gross staking consideration as a \u201cStaking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-72853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72853\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}