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 <p class="is-style-lead">VanEck has declared its support for the development of Ethereum by pledging to <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="donate" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/donate.html">donate</a> some of its upcoming Ethereum exchange-traded fund (ETF) <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="profit" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/profit.html">profit</a>s.</p> 
 <p>Global asset management company VanEck has promised to give the Ethereum Protocol Guild 10% of its Ethereum Futures ETF <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="profit" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/profit.html">profit</a>s for the next ten years.</p> 
 <p>The firm, which manages a portfolio with an asset value of nearly $80 billion, made the announcement in a Sept. 29 post on X.</p> 
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    <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Big announcement!<br><br>We intend to <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="donate" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/donate.html">donate</a> 10% of our $EFUT ETF <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="profit" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/profit.html">profit</a>s (https://t.co/gr652AkUvv) to @ProtocolGuild for at least 10 years.<br><br>Thank you, Ethereum <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="contributors" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/contributors.html">contributors</a>, for nearly a decade of relentless building &amp; ongoing stewardship of this common infrastructure.<br><br>Details </p>— VanEck (@vaneck_us) September 29, 2023 
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 <p>Its decision to direct funds towards the Ethereum (ETH) community acknowledged the protocol guild’s considerable contributions to building and maintaining the Ethereum infrastructure over the past decade.</p> 
 <p>The guild is a collective comprising 152 Ethereum core developers who, VanEck stated, have been instrumental in maintaining the network’s core protocol.</p> 
 <p>The ETH community received the announcement positively, as exemplified by delegate founder 0xfoobar’s surprised and appreciative comments.</p> 
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    <p lang="en" dir="ltr">this is kinda insane, never would've expected to see it in a million years<br><br>"ethereum alignment" is an incredibly value-accretive narrative, rare to see such large institutions understand this https://t.co/wMdbDs2waL</p>— foobar (@0xfoobar) September 30, 2023 
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 <p>The Protocol Guild has received prior support from other leading teams within the Ethereum ecosystem, such as Uniswap, Arbitrum, Optimism, and Lido.</p> 
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 <p>The Ethereum Strategy ETF, or EFUT, intends to grow funds through investing in ETH futures contracts. Still, VanEck’s pledge comes even as it clarifies that the fund is yet to be available for trading.&nbsp;</p> 
 <p>Additionally, the investment firm stated it has yet to receive any assurances that the fund will even be allowed to commence operations.</p> 
 <p>However, the company broadcast its expectation of getting the nod for EFUT in a recent TV commercial, sparking speculation that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was set to approve an Ether futures ETF ahead of a looming government shutdown.</p> 
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    <p lang="en" dir="ltr">When you’re ready, ENTER THE ETHER. The VanEck Ethereum Strategy ETF ($EFUT) is coming soon. Read our press release: https://t.co/4QPOVd5nB2 pic.twitter.com/vSF3HzMuvC</p>— VanEck (@vaneck_us) September 28, 2023 
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 <p>Bloomberg analyst James Seyffart also included VanEck’s ETF in a list of nine futures ETFs he thinks could be given accelerated approval by the SEC as early as Oct. 2.</p> 
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    <p lang="en" dir="ltr">OKAY: This looks to be the full list of #Ethereum Futures ETFs that will be given SEC accelerated approval to launch on Monday. Assuming they are all operationally ready to go &amp; assuming no last minute entrants. A potential 9 ETFs with ETH futures trading on Monday pic.twitter.com/eQF6MWL4kP</p>— James Seyffart (@JSeyff) September 29, 2023 
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 <p>Seyffart characterized VanEck’s <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="profit" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/profit.html">profit</a> pledge as the opening salvo in an impending marketing war between firms looking to enter the Ethereum ETF space. His observation came in the wake of Bitwise, another long-term player in the crypto ETF sector, announcing the establishment of two ETH futures ETFs to commence on Oct. 2.</p> 
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