BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, is confirmed to be working on a spot ether ETF, according to a 19b-4 filing made on Thursday afternoon.

Nasdaq made that filing for the proposed ETF called the iShares Ethereum Trust, hours after BlackRock filed to register an entity in Delaware. The asset manager has shown increasing interest in crypto over the past months and is currently awaiting a decision on an application for a spot bitcoin ETF from the Securities and Exchange Commission. 

The proposed ether ETF would use Coinbase Custody Trust Company as custodian, according to the filing. It will use the CME CF Ether-Dollar Reference Rate - New York Variant.

BlackRock declined to comment on the fund when contacted by The Block earlier in the day.

"The investment objective of the Trust is to reflect generally the performance of the price of ether," Nasdaq said in the filing. Ether surged earlier in the day on the news of the Delaware entity, rising 9.9% to $2,066 at 4:43 p.m. ET, according to CoinGecko.

Other asset managers including Grayscale, Ark Invest, ProShares and Valkyrie have filed applications for spot ether ETFs. Any approval could take months, and the SEC has delayed existing applications for proposed spot bitcoin funds multiple times.

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