BlackRock introduces ETH staking ETF with new yield feature
Investment giant BlackRock is launching a new cryptocurrency fund, the iShares Staked Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHB), which begins trading on Nasdaq. It is the company’s first crypto ETF to include Ethereum staking.
The fund will hold spot ETH and allocate part of its assets to staking within the Ethereum network, according to CoinDesk.
This structure allows investors to earn staking rewards while also gaining exposure to the asset’s price movements. ETHB becomes BlackRock’s third crypto ETF after the Bitcoin fund IBIT and the Ethereum fund ETHA. The new product expands the digital asset lineup of the world’s largest asset manager.
Investors will be able to earn staking yield
The key feature of ETHB is the combination of ETH price exposure and staking income. In the Ethereum network, validators lock coins to confirm transactions and receive rewards. This gives ETH characteristics similar to yield-generating financial instruments.
Previously, most Ethereum ETFs only provided access to the asset’s price. The absence of staking limited interest among some crypto investors. The new fund aims to remove that barrier and offer a more complete economic profile of ETH.
ETF targets a broad range of investors
According to BlackRock’s head of ETFs Jay Jacobs, the launch of ETHB expands the investment options available to clients. The fund could appeal to both retail traders and institutional market participants. Potential investors include financial advisers, hedge funds, and family offices.
The ETF also provides familiar infrastructure — institutional-grade custody and trading through brokerage accounts. This allows crypto assets to be integrated into traditional investment portfolios alongside stocks and bonds.
BlackRock strengthens its position in the crypto ETF market
ETHB will charge a management fee of 0.25%, though it will be reduced to 0.12% during the first year for the first $2.5 billion in assets. According to BlackRock, its crypto products already manage about $130 billion in assets, including ETFs, tokenized liquidity funds, and stablecoin reserve management.
The IBIT fund currently controls more than $55 billion, while ETHA manages around $6.5 billion. The company also states that its products attracted roughly 95% of inflows into crypto ETPs in 2025. Despite the growth of the industry, institutional portfolios still allocate only about 1–2% of their assets to cryptocurrencies, indicating that the market remains in an early stage of development.
Recently we wrote that BlackRock estimates that the U.S. requires 10 trillion dollars in infrastructure investment by 2033 to drive economic growth and improve mobility.
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