Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
Registration No. 333-278878
Grayscale Ethereum Mini Trust ETF
Supplement No. 1 Dated November 4, 2024
To the Prospectus Dated July 22, 2024
This prospectus supplement (this “Supplement”) is part of and should be read in conjunction with the prospectus of Grayscale Ethereum Mini Trust ETF
(the “Trust”), dated July 22, 2024 (the “Prospectus”). Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used in this Supplement shall have the same meanings as in the Prospectus.
The purpose of this Supplement is to update the relevant disclosure in the Prospectus to reflect the entry into Amendment No. 2, dated as of
November 4, 2024, to the Trust’s Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement, dated as of July 17, 2024, as amended by Amendment No. 1, by and among CSC Delaware Trust Company, as trustee, Grayscale Investments,
LLC, as sponsor of the Trust, and the Shareholders from time to time thereunder, which (i) changes the name of the Trust and (ii) generally provides that distributions from the Trust, if any, will be made solely in cash, each effective as
of November 4, 2024.
Name Change of the Trust
Effective November 4, 2024, the name of the Trust changed from “Grayscale Ethereum Mini Trust (ETH)” to “Grayscale Ethereum Mini Trust
ETF”.
Updates to the Prospectus
The
following disclosure shall replace the section titled “Prospectus Summary—The Offering—Termination Events” on page 16 of the Prospectus (with
strike-through representing deletions and double
underlining representing additions, where applicable):
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Upon dissolution of the Trust and surrender of Shares by the shareholders, shareholders will receive a distribution in U.S. dollars or interests in any liquidating trust or other vehicle formed to hold
Ether, at the sole discretion of the Sponsor, after the Sponsor has sold the Trust’s Ether, if applicable, and has paid or made provision for the Trust’s claims and obligations. See “Business—Description of the
Trust Agreement—Termination of the Trust.” In exercising its discretion, the Sponsor expects to take into consideration a number of factors including, but not limited to, the intention that the Shares offer
investors an opportunity to gain exposure to digital assets through an investment in securities, the operational challenges of transferring Ether to the Trust’s shareholders via their brokers or brokerage platforms and the ability of those
parties to receive Ether or cash, as well as the tax consequences of distributing cash or Ether. Based on the foregoing considerations, the The
Sponsor currently expects such distributions to be made in cash and to execute the sales of any Ether in connection with the termination of the Trust through eligible financial institutions that are
subject to federal and state licensing requirements and practices regarding AML and KYC regulations, which may include a Liquidity Provider or one or more of their respective affiliates. |
The following disclosure shall replace the fourth paragraph in the section titled “Business—Service Providers of
the Trust—The Sponsor” on page 105 of the Prospectus (with strike-through representing deletions):
The Sponsor is generally responsible for the day-to-day administration of the Trust under the provisions of the Trust Agreement. This includes (i) preparing
and providing periodic reports and financial statements on behalf of the Trust for investors, (ii) processing orders to create Baskets and coordinating the processing of such orders with the Custodian and the Transfer Agent, (iii) calculating and
publishing the NAV and the NAV per Share of the Trust each business day as of 4:00 p.m., New York time, or as soon thereafter as practicable, (iv) selecting and monitoring the Trust’s service providers and from time to time engaging additional,
successor or replacement service providers, (v) instructing the Custodian to transfer the Trust’s Ether as needed to pay the Sponsor’s Fee and any Additional Trust Expenses, (vi) upon dissolution of the Trust, distributing cash proceeds of
the sale of the Trust’s remaining Ether, or interests in any liquidating trust or other vehicle formed to hold Ether to the owners of record of the Shares and (vii) establishing the principal market for GAAP valuation. In addition, if there is a fork in the Ethereum Network after which there is a dispute as to which network
resulting from the fork is the Ethereum Network, the Sponsor has the authority to select the network that it believes in good faith is the Ethereum Network, unless such selection or authority would otherwise conflict with the Trust Agreement.