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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Jun. 30, 2024
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

A.
Basis of Presentation

The financial statements of the Trust have been prepared using U.S. GAAP. The Trust is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP for financial statement purposes and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial ServicesInvestment Companies, but is not registered, and is not required to be registered, under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

B.
Accounting Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. In addition, the Trust monitors for material events or transactions that may occur or become known after the period-end date and before the date the financial statements are issued.

C.
Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Trust defines cash as cash held by the Cash Custodian (as defined below). There were no cash equivalents held by the Trust as of June 30, 2024.

D.
Trust Expenses

The Sponsor is responsible for all routine operational, administrative and other ordinary expenses of the Trust, including, but not limited to, the Trustee’s fees, the fees of the Bank of New York Mellon (the “Administrator” and the “Transfer Agent”) (for its services as the Administrator, Transfer Agent, and Cash Custodian (defined herein)), the fees of the Ethereum Custodian, the fees of

Galaxy Digital Funds LLC (the “Execution Agent”), fees associated with listing Shares on Cboe BZX (the “Exchange”), Securities and Exchange Commission registration fees, printing and mailing costs, legal costs and audit fees.

The Trust will pay the Sponsor a unified fee (the “Sponsor Fee”) as compensation for services performed under the Trust Agreement. The Trust’s only ordinary recurring expense is the Sponsor Fee.

The Sponsor Fee will be accrued daily and paid monthly in arrears on the first Business Day of the month in U.S. dollars, and will be calculated by the Administrator. The Sponsor also paid the costs of the Trust’s organization.

There were no Sponsor Fees incurred during the period June 17, 2024 through June 30, 2024.

In certain cases, the Trust will pay for some expenses in addition to the Sponsor’s fee. These exceptions include expenses not assumed by the Sponsor (i.e., expenses other than those identified in the first paragraph of Section D of this Note 2), litigation and indemnification expenses, judgments, transactional expenses, taxes and other expenses not expected to be incurred in the ordinary course of the Trust’s business.

E.
Federal Income Taxes

The Sponsor intends to take the position that the Trust is properly treated as a grantor trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Assuming that the Trust is a grantor trust, the Trust will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax and, therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is required. Rather, if the Trust is a grantor trust, each beneficial owner of Shares will be treated as directly owning its pro rata share of the Trust’s assets and a pro rata portion of the Trust’s income, gain, losses and deductions will “flow through” to each beneficial owner of Shares.