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ETHB vs TETH: Tracking, Returns & Fees

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Over the six months to Oct 28, 2026, ETHB finished 0.78 of a percentage point ahead of Ether and TETH 0.33 ahead.

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Net assets: $1.0bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Staked Ethereum Trust ETF, and $26m on Oct 28, 2026 for 21Shares Ethereum Staking ETF.

At a glance
+15.1%
ETHB returned, since launch, Mar 12, 2026
−41.1%
TETH returned, 1 year
+0.6 pts
ETHB against Ether, in percentage points
+0.3 pts
TETH against Ether, in percentage points
ETHB · since launch to Oct 28, 2026 Within a point of Ether
Within a point of EtherETHB since launch: fund +15.05%, Ether +14.47%, 0.58 pts ahead of Ether. Data to Oct 28, 2026.Ether+14.47%ETHB+15.05%0.58 pts ahead of EtherTotal return, since launch, fund against the coinWithin a point of EtherETHB since launch: fund +15.05%, Ether +14.47%, 0.58 pts ahead of Ether. Data to Oct 28, 2026.Ether+14.47%ETHB+15.05%0.58 pts ahead of EtherTotal return, since launch

ETHB since launch: fund +15.05%, Ether +14.47%, 0.58 pts ahead of Ether. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.
TETH · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 Within a point of Ether
Within a point of EtherTETH over 1 year: fund −41.05%, Ether −41.34%, 0.29 pts ahead of Ether. Data to Oct 28, 2026.Ether−41.34%TETH−41.05%about level with EtherTotal return, 1 year, fund against the coinWithin a point of EtherTETH over 1 year: fund −41.05%, Ether −41.34%, 0.29 pts ahead of Ether. Data to Oct 28, 2026.Ether−41.34%TETH−41.05%about level with EtherTotal return, 1 year

TETH over 1 year: fund −41.05%, Ether −41.34%, 0.29 pts ahead of Ether. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.

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TETH costs 0.04 points a year less.

ETHB vs TETH: Tracking, Returns & Fees
MeasureETHBTETH
Return
Total return, 1 yearnot published−41.1%
Against its benchmark
What it tracksEtherEther
Against Ether, same days0.6% ahead of0.3% ahead of
Other funds holding Ether−0.2%, 11 funds
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.25%0.21%
Net assets, ETHB as of Oct 27, 2026 and TETH as of Oct 28, 2026$1.0bn$26m
Reports to the SEC on10-K, not N-PORT
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published
ETFIQ Coin Capture Score · TETH scores higher How much of what holding the coin gave did a holder of the fund keep?

ETHB among the 25 spot crypto trusts listed less than a year

IQ Crypto Score50ETHB82.7TETH

How much of its coin's move it captured, after costs, ranked against 25 spot crypto trusts listed less than a year and 26 spot crypto trusts with a full year. 100 is best. How it is computed

ETHB 50
2.0, the lowest in this set 98.0, the highest

TETH among the 26 spot crypto trusts with a full year

TETH 82.7
1.9, the lowest in this set 98.1, the highest

A percentile among the 25 spot crypto trusts listed less than a year. TETH is a percentile among the 26 spot crypto trusts with a full year, a different set, so the two marks are not on one scale. Share of the coin's own price growth a holder kept; funds on different coins are ranked together. All crypto ETFs ranked by it →

Method

Side by side

ETHB iShares Staked Ethereum Trust ETF · Holds Ether through a custodian, first traded Mar 12, 2026 TETH 21Shares Ethereum Staking ETF · Holds Ether through a custodian, first traded Jul 23, 2024
Holds Ether Ether
Net assets, as filed $459m, balance sheet of Jun 30, 2026 $13m, balance sheet of Jun 30, 2026
Sponsor’s fee 0.25% 0.21%
Fee waiver reduced to 0.12%, first $2.5 billion of assets the whole fee, until October 8, 2026
Staking the filings say it does the filings say it does
First traded Mar 12, 2026 Jul 23, 2024
Days since its first trade 230 days 827 days
Days it has traded 160 570
Days it closed unchanged 1 5
Quoted on an exchange, every trading day on an exchange, every trading day
Fund returned, 1 year +15.1% (since launch, Mar 12, 2026) −41.1%
The coin over the same days +14.5% −41.3%
Difference, percentage points +0.6 pts +0.3 pts
Fund returned since launch +15.1% −31.3%
Difference since launch +0.6 pts +0.2 pts
Price $30.51 $11.82
Net assets, ETHB as of Oct 27, 2026 and TETH as of Oct 28, 2026 $1.0bn $26m

As of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

Window by window

Window by window: ETHB vs TETH: Tracking, Returns & Fees
Total returnThe coin over the same daysDifference, percentage points
WindowETHBTETHETHBTETHETHBTETH
1 month−11.2%−11.3%−11.3%−11.3%+0.1 pts0.0 pts
3 months+26.0%+25.8%+25.6%+25.6%+0.4 pts+0.2 pts
6 months+6.9%+6.5%+6.1%+6.1%+0.8 pts+0.3 pts
1 year–−41.1%–−41.3%–+0.3 pts
Since each listedNot the same days: ETHB Mar 2026 · TETH Jul 2024+15.1%−31.3%+14.5%−31.5%+0.6 pts+0.2 pts

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The same coin, two trusts

ETHB and TETH hold the same asset. Both are 1933 Act trusts holding Ether through a custodian, so neither has a portfolio to compare: the whole of each fund is one line. Over the days each has traded, ETHB finished 0.58 of a percentage point ahead of Ether and TETH 0.29 of a percentage point ahead, but the two windows are not the same days, so neither number is set against the other here. That gap is the fee, the custody, the creation and redemption friction and the market’s pricing of the shares, compounded into one number. TETH has 597 more days of record than ETHB, and a longer record is a longer window over which a cost can show itself.

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About each fund
ETHB

ETHB’s own filings say it does (10-Q, Aug 11, 2026).

ETHB holds Ether through a custodian and trades on an exchange, so a holder gets the coin’s return inside a brokerage account rather than a wallet. Over the time since launch to Oct 28, 2026, Ether moved +14.5% and ETHB returned +15.1%. That leaves it 0.58 of a percentage point ahead. That difference is the fee, the custody cost, the friction of creating and redeeming shares in blocks, and whatever the market paid for the shares rather than for the coin, all of it together. It is the only number on this page the sponsor does not publish itself. ETHB charges 0.25% a year and finished 0.6% ahead of Ether, which a fee cannot do on its own. Ether is a proof of stake chain, so a fund holding it can stake. What the prices show is that it finished 0.6% ahead of Ether’s own price over the same days, against −0.2% for the other 11 funds holding Ether. After a fee, an in-kind ETP ahead of the asset it holds got there by staking. A spot trust is not a registered investment company. It files a 10-K rather than an N-PORT, and its holding is one line: the Ether it custodies.

TETH

TETH’s own filings say it does (10-Q, Aug 14, 2026). It charges 0.21% and finished only −0.3% behind Ether, so staking covered about 0.5% of that fee over these days.

TETH holds Ether through a custodian and trades on an exchange, so a holder gets the coin’s return inside a brokerage account rather than a wallet. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, Ether moved −41.3% and TETH returned −41.1%. That leaves it 0.29 of a percentage point ahead. TETH charges 0.21% a year and finished 0.3% ahead of Ether, which a fee cannot do on its own.

Questions people ask

Which tracked Ether more closely, ETHB or TETH?
Over the days each has traded, ETHB finished 0.58 of a percentage point ahead of Ether and TETH 0.29 of a percentage point ahead. Those are not set against each other here, because the two windows are not the same days, so neither is nearer its coin than the other on this page. Each difference carries the fee, the custody cost, the friction of creating and redeeming shares in blocks and whatever the market paid for the shares rather than for the coin.
Do ETHB or TETH pay a staking yield?
Ether is a proof of stake chain, so staking is possible. Whether either trust stakes, and what the sponsor keeps of it, is a term in its own filings and is read from those rather than assumed.
What is the difference between ETHB and TETH?
Both hold Ether through a custodian and both trade on an exchange, so what separates them is what each costs a holder over time. ETHB is sponsored by iShares and first traded Mar 12, 2026; TETH by 21Shares, first traded Jul 23, 2024.
Which is cheaper, ETHB or TETH?
ETHB charges 0.25% a year and TETH charges 0.21%, so TETH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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