21Shares Ethereum Staking ETF

GLOSSARY OF DEFINED TERMS

“Advisers Act”: The Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended.

“Article 8”: Article 8 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code.

“1940 Act”: Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

“Additional Trust Expenses”: Certain extraordinary, non-recurring expenses that are not Sponsor-paid Expenses (as defined below), which the Sponsor does not assume, including, but not limited to, taxes and governmental charges, expenses and costs of any extraordinary services performed by the Sponsor (or any other service provider) on behalf of the Trust to protect the Trust or the interests of Shareholders, any indemnification of the ether Custodians, Administrator or other agents, service providers or counterparties of the Trust, the fees and expenses related to the listing, and extraordinary legal fees and expenses, including any legal fees and expenses incurred in connection with litigation, regulatory enforcement or investigation matters.

“Administrator”: The Bank of New York Mellon.

“Authorized Participant”: One that purchases or redeems Baskets from or to the Trust.

“Basket” or “Creation Basket”: A block of 10,000 Shares used by the Trust to issue or redeem Shares.

“Blockchain” or “Ethereum blockchain”: The public transaction ledger of the Ethereum network on which validators or validator pools stake ether allowing them to be selected to add records of recent transactions (called “blocks”) to the chain of transactions in exchange for an award of ether from the Ethereum network and the payment of transaction fees, if any, from users whose transactions are recorded in the block being added.

“Business Day”: Any day other than a day when the Exchange is closed for regular trading.

“CBDCs”: Central bank digital currencies.

“Cash Custodian”: The Bank of New York Mellon

“CEA”: Commodity Exchange Act of 1936, as amended.

“CFTC”: Commodity Futures Trading Commission, an independent agency with the mandate to regulate commodity futures and options in the United States.

“Code”: Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

“Coinbase Global”: Coinbase Global, Inc., the parent of Coinbase, Inc.

“Cold Vault Balance”: The Trust’s “cold storage” or similarly secure technology.

“Connected Trading Venue”: Trading venues (including third-party venues and the Prime Broker’s own execution venue) where the Prime Broker executes orders to buy and sell ether on behalf of clients.

“Constituent Exchange”: A trading venue that is eligible as in any of the CME CF Cryptocurrency Pricing Products if it offers a market that facilitates the spot trading of the relevant base digital asset against the corresponding quote asset, including markets where the quote asset is made fungible with the accepted digital assets and makes trade data and order data available through an application programming interface with sufficient reliability, detail and timeliness.

“DeFi”: Decentralized finance.

“DFPI”: California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation.

“DTC”: The Depository Trust Company. DTC will act as the securities depository for the Shares.

“DTC Participant”: An entity that has an account with DTC.

“DSTA”: Delaware Statutory Trust Act.

“Ether”: A digital asset based on the decentralized, open-source protocol of the peer-to-peer Ethereum computer network.

“Ether Counterparty”: Designated third party, who is not an Authorized Participant but who may be an affiliate of an Authorized Participant, or the Prime Broker or Lender, as applicable, with whom the Sponsor has entered into an agreement on behalf of the Trust, that will, acting as a counterparty, deliver, receive or convert to U.S. dollars the ether related to the Authorized Participant’s creation or redemption order.

“Ether Custodians”: Coinbase Custody Trust Company, LLC, Anchorage Digital Bank N.A, BitGo New York Trust Company, LLC.

“Ethereum”: The open-source, decentralized, peer-to-peer Ethereum network, and the system as a whole that is involved in maintaining the ledger of ether ownership and facilitating the transfer of ether among parties

“Ethereum blockchain”: The blockchain ledger for Ethereum.

“Exchange”: Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.

“Exchange Act”: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

“FinCEN”: The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.

“FINRA”: Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, formerly the National Association of Securities Dealers.

“GAAP”: Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

“Indirect Participants”: Banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a DTC Participant, either directly or indirectly.

“Incidental Rights”: Rights to acquire, or otherwise establish dominion and control over, any virtual currency or other asset or right, which rights are incident to the Trust’s ownership of ether and arise without any action of the Trust, or of the Sponsor on behalf of the Trust.

“Index”: CME CF Ether-Dollar Reference Rate — New York Variant

“Index Provider”: CF Benchmarks Ltd.

“IRS”: U.S. Internal Revenue Service.

“IR Virtual Currency”: Virtual currency tokens, or other assets or rights, acquired by the Trust through the exercise (subject to the applicable provisions of the Trust Agreement) of any Incidental Right.

“KYT”: Know-Your-Transaction.

“Lender”: Coinbase Credit, Inc.

“Marketing Agent”: Foreside Global Services, LLC.

“Mutually Capped Liabilities”: In respect of the Coinbase Custodian’s obligations to indemnify the Trust and its affiliates against third-party claims and losses to the extent arising out of or relating to, among others, the Coinbase Custodian’s gross negligence, violation of its confidentiality, data protection and/or information security obligations, or violation of any law, rule or regulation with respect to the provision of its services, the Coinbase Custodian’s liability shall not exceed the greater of (A) $5 million and (B) the aggregate fees paid by the Trust to the Coinbase Custodian in the 12 months prior to the event giving rise to the Coinbase Custodian’s liability.

“NAV”: Net asset value of the Trust.

“NAV per Share”: Net asset value of the Trust per Share.

“NFA”: National Futures Association.

“OFAC”: Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department.

“PB Mutually Capped Liabilities”: In respect of the Prime Broker’s obligations to indemnify the Trust and its affiliates against third-party claims and losses to the extent arising out of or relating to, among others, the Prime Broker’s gross negligence, violation of its confidentiality, data protection and/or information security obligations, violation of any law, rule or regulation with respect to the provision of its services, or the full amount of the Trust’s assets lost due to the insolvency of or security event at a Connected Trading Venue, the Prime Broker’s liability shall not exceed the greater of (A) $5 million and (B) the aggregate fees paid by the Trust to the Prime Broker in the 12 months prior to the event giving rise to the Prime Broker’s liability.

“Prime Broker”: Coinbase, Inc.

“Principal Market NAV”: Net asset value of the Trust determined on a GAAP basis.

“Principal Market NAV per Share”: Net asset value of the Trust per Share determined on a GAAP basis.

“Redemption Order Date”: The date a redemption order is received in satisfactory form by the Marketing Agent.

“Register”: The record of all Shareholders and holders of the Shares in certificated form kept by the Administrator.

“Relevant Coinbase Entities”: Coinbase Global and Coinbase Inc.

“SEC”: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Securities Act”: The Securities Act of 1933.

“Seed Capital Investor”: 21Shares US LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

“Seed Creation Baskets”: Shares of the Trust purchased by the Seed Capital Investor.

“Shares”: Common shares representing fractional undivided beneficial interests in the Trust.

“Shareholders”: Holders of Shares.

“Staking Activities”: employing any portion of the Trust’s assets in actions where any portion of the Trust’s ether becomes subject to the Ethereum proof-of-stake validation or is used to earn additional ether or generate income or other earnings.

“Sponsor”: 21Shares US LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

“Sponsor-paid Expenses”: The fees and other expenses incurred by the Trust in the ordinary course of its affairs, which the Sponsor assumes and pays, excluding taxes, but including (i) the Marketing Fee, (ii) fees to the Administrator, if any, (iii) fees to the Ether Custodians, (iv) fees to the Transfer Agent, (v) fees to the Trustee, (vi) the fees and expenses related to any future listing, trading or quotation of the Shares on any listing exchange or quotation system (including legal, marketing and audit fees and expenses), (vii) ordinary course legal fees and expenses but not litigation-related expenses, (viii) audit fees, (ix) regulatory fees, including if applicable any fees relating to the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, (x) printing and mailing costs; (xi) costs of maintaining the Sponsor’s website and (xii) applicable license fees, provided that any expense that qualifies as an Additional Trust Expense will be deemed to be an Additional Trust Expense and not a Sponsor-paid Expense.

“Sponsor Indemnified Party”: The Sponsor and each of its shareholders, members, directors, officers, employees, affiliates and subsidiaries.

“Trade Credits”: Ether or cash that are borrowed by the Trust as trade credits.

“Transfer Agent”: The Bank of New York Mellon.

“Trust”: 21Shares Core Ethereum ETF.

“Trust Agreement”: Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of 21Shares Core Ethereum ETF.

“Trustee”: Delaware Trust Company, a Delaware trust company.

“U.S Treasury Department”: U.S. Department of the Treasury.

“You”: The owner or holder of Shares.