VanEck filed a Form RW with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on October 14, 2026, withdrawing its proposed Lido stETH ETF filing. The withdrawal removes the proposal from active co
VanEck filed a Form RW with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on October 14, 2026, withdrawing its proposed Lido stETH ETF filing. The withdrawal removes the proposal from active consideration, and the available SEC records do not state a reason for the decision.
The filing appears under VanEck's SEC EDGAR profile as a Form RW, the standard submission used to withdraw a registration statement before it advances to active review. The withdrawal applies specifically to the proposed Lido stETH ETF, a product that would have given investors regulated exposure to Lido's liquid staking token, stETH. For related coverage, see 数据：VanEck ETF 钱包通过 Gemini 出售约1076万美元 BTC 和 ETH.
Form RW signals that the filer no longer intends to proceed under the current submission. It does not constitute a denial by the SEC, nor does it carry any regulatory penalty. For context on a related earlier report, kanalcoin.com noted that VanEck had sought to withdraw the Lido staked Ethereum ETF registration, consistent with the October 14 filing now confirmed.
VanEck has continued developing staking-adjacent digital asset products in parallel. The firm updated its VBNB ETF to add a BNB staking secondary objective in a separate filing, showing that the withdrawal of the stETH proposal does not represent a full retreat from staking-related structures. Other issuers are also active in this space; Grayscale separately filed a Worldcoin ETF targeting Nasdaq in the same period.
With the Form RW on record, the proposed Lido stETH ETF is no longer proceeding under this filing. Any future product would require VanEck to submit a new registration statement and restart the SEC review process from the beginning.
For retail platforms and exchanges across Southeast Asia, including markets in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand where liquid staking products have drawn growing retail interest, the withdrawal narrows near-term access to a regulated stETH vehicle in U.S. markets. VanEck's broader digital asset strategy, including commentary from executive Matthew Siegel on Bitcoin's mainstream trajectory, suggests the firm remains committed to regulated crypto products even as this specific proposal is closed.
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