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1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). 

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

3The Trust was formed as a Delaware statutory 

trust on September 5, 2023 and is operated as a 

grantor trust for U.S. federal tax purposes. The 

Trust has no fixed termination date. 

4On September 6, 2023 the Trust filed with the 

Commission an initial registration statement (the 

‘‘Registration Statement’’) on Form S–1 under the 

Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a). The 

description of the operation of the Trust herein is 

based, in part, on the Registration Statement. The 

Registration Statement is not yet effective and the 

Shares will not trade on the Exchange until such 

time that the Registration Statement is effective. 

5The Commission approved BZX Rule 14.11(e)(4) 

in Securities Exchange Act Release No. 65225 

(August 30, 2011), 76 FR 55148 (September 6, 2011) 

(SR–BATS–2011–018). 

6All statements and representations made in this 

filing regarding (a) the description of the portfolio, 

(b) limitations on portfolio holdings or reference 

assets, or (c) the applicability of Exchange rules and 

surveillance procedures shall constitute continued 

listing requirements for listing the Shares on the 

Exchange. 

7 15 U.S.C. 80a–1. 

Christopher C. Mohr; Comments Due: 

September 28, 2023. 

4. Docket No(s).: MC2023–277 and 

CP2023–280; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail & USPS Ground 

Advantage Contract 62 to Competitive 

Product List and Notice of Filing 

Materials Under Seal; Filing Acceptance 

Date: September 20, 2023; Filing 

Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR 

3040.130 through 3040.135, and 39 CFR 

3035.105; Public Representative: 

Christopher C. Mohr; Comments Due: 

September 28, 2023. 

This Notice will be published in the 

Federal Register. 

Erica A. Barker, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20939 Filed 9–26–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

POSTAL SERVICE 

Product Change—Priority Mail and 

USPS Ground Advantage® Negotiated 

Service Agreement 

AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Postal Service gives 

notice of filing a request with the Postal 

Regulatory Commission to add a 

domestic shipping services contract to 

the list of Negotiated Service 

Agreements in the Mail Classification 

Schedule’s Competitive Products List. 

DATES: Date of required notice: 

September 27, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sean Robinson, 202–268–8405. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

United States Postal Service® hereby 

gives notice that, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 

3642 and 3632(b)(3), on September 21, 

2023, it filed with the Postal Regulatory 

Commission a USPS Request to Add 

Priority Mail & USPS Ground 

Advantage® Contract 63 to Competitive 

Product List. Documents are available at 

www.prc.gov, Docket Nos. MC2023–278, 

CP2023–281. 

Sean Robinson, 

Attorney, Corporate and Postal Business Law. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20942 Filed 9–26–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–12–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–98467; File No. SR– 

CboeBZX–2023–070] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe 

BZX Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing of 

Proposed Rule Change To List and 

Trade Shares of the ARK 21Shares 

Ethereum ETF Under BZX Rule 

14.11(e)(4), Commodity-Based Trust 

Shares 

September 21, 2023. 

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the 

‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2

notice is hereby given that on 

September 6, 2023, Cboe BZX Exchange, 

Inc. (the ‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘BZX’’) filed 

with the Securities and Exchange 

Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’) the 

proposed rule change as described in 

Items I, II, and III below, which Items 

have been prepared by the Exchange. 

The Commission is publishing this 

notice to solicit comments on the 

proposed rule change from interested 

persons. 

I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Terms of Substance of 

the Proposed Rule Change 

Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (‘‘BZX’’ or 

the ‘‘Exchange’’) is filing with the 

Securities and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’ or ‘‘SEC’’) a proposed 

rule change to list and trade shares of 

the ARK 21Shares Ethereum ETF (the 

‘‘Trust’’),3 under BZX Rule 14.11(e)(4), 

Commodity-Based Trust Shares. 

The text of the proposed rule change 

is also available on the Exchange’s 

website (http://markets.cboe.com/us/ 

equities/regulation/rule_filings/bzx/), at 

the Exchange’s Office of the Secretary, 

and at the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room. 

II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

In its filing with the Commission, the 

Exchange included statements 

concerning the purpose of and basis for 

the proposed rule change and discussed 

any comments it received on the 

proposed rule change. The text of these 

statements may be examined at the 

places specified in Item IV below. The 

Exchange has prepared summaries, set 

forth in sections A, B, and C below, of 

the most significant aspects of such 

statements. 

A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

1. Purpose 

The Exchange proposes to list and 

trade the Shares of the ARK 21Shares 

Ethereum Trust 4 under BZX Rule 

14.11(e)(4),5 which governs the listing 

and trading of Commodity-Based Trust 

Shares on the Exchange.6

According to the Registration 

Statement, the Trust is neither an 

investment company registered under 

the Investment Company Act of 1940, as 

amended,7 nor a commodity pool for 

purposes of the Commodity Exchange 

Act (‘‘CEA’’), and neither the Trust nor 

the Sponsor is subject to regulation as 

a commodity pool operator or a 

commodity trading adviser in 

connection with the Shares. 

ARK 21Shares Ethereum Trust 

21Shares US LLC is the sponsor of the 

Trust (the ‘‘Sponsor’’). The Bank of New 

York Mellon will be the administrator 

(‘‘Administrator’’) and transfer agent 

(‘‘Transfer Agent’’). Foreside Global 

Services, LLC will be the marketing 

agent (‘‘Marketing Agent’’) in 

connection with the creation and 

redemption of ‘‘Baskets’’ of Shares. ARK 

Investment Management LLC (‘‘ARK’’) 

will provide assistance in the marketing 

of the Shares and serve as a sub-adviser. 

Coinbase Custody Trust Company, LLC, 

a third-party regulated custodian (the 

‘‘Custodian’’), will be responsible for 

custody of the Trust’s ether. 

According to the Registration 

Statement, each Share will represent a 

fractional undivided beneficial interest 

in the ether held by the Trust. The 

Trust’s assets will consist of ether held 

by the Custodian on behalf of the Trust. 

The Trust generally does not intend to 


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