According to the source, a social media post claims VanEck has registered a Delaware entity for a Lido Staked Ethereum ETF, implying a formal SEC filing may follow soon (source: public social media post). Traders should seek primary confirmation via the Delaware Division of Corporations entity database and SEC EDGAR before positioning on the headline (source: Delaware Division of Corporations; SEC EDGAR). Under current U.S. approvals, spot ETH ETFs explicitly do not stake ETH and therefore do not distribute staking rewards, which frames the regulatory hurdle for any stETH-focused ETF (source: 2024 S-1 prospectuses for spot ETH ETFs filed with the U.S. SEC). Lido’s stETH accrues staking rewards and supports redemption to ETH through the protocol, factors that would affect NAV construction, liquidity management, and tax treatment in any prospective ETF (source: Lido Finance documentation). In prior crypto ETF rollouts, formation of Delaware statutory trusts has often preceded SEC submissions, so entity records can be an early signal but are not dispositive without EDGAR filings (source: SEC; Delaware Division of Corporations). Near term, traders can monitor ETH and stETH basis on centralized venues, the stETH/ETH Curve pool balance, LDO spot and options flow, and ETH implied volatility for signs of positioning around any confirmed filing (source: exchange order books and on-chain liquidity data providers).