ARK Invest and 21Shares' Ethereum spot ETF proposal will not include staking. In a previous filing, it was mentioned that the ETF may include a staking component, but the latest filing removed this part when it was updated on Friday.
Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas said the move may mean that the issuer is improving the application documents based on the SEC's comments (which would be good news). ARK Invest and 21 Shares have not yet commented on this.
It is reported that industry insiders have weakened their optimism about the SEC's approval of the spot Ethereum ETF in the past few months, with Balchunas reducing its probability of approval from 70% to 25%. (The Block)