UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~January~~June 2026, 2026

Grayscale Chainlink Trust ETF

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


Delaware	001-42984	86-6368584
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

c/o Grayscale Investments Sponsors, LLC 290 Harbor Drive, 4th Floor
Stamford, Connecticut		06902
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

     Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: 212 668-1427

    

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Grayscale Chainlink Trust ETF Shares	GLNK	NYSE Arca, Inc.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Item 85.0102. ~~Other~~Departure ~~Events~~of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On ~~January~~July 202, 2026, ~~CoinDesk~~Grayscale ~~Indices~~Investments Sponsors, ~~Inc.~~LLC (together with its affiliates as the context may require, “~~Index~~Grayscale”, ~~Provider~~or “the Company”), the sponsor of the registrant, announced athat ~~change~~Grayscale toOperating, LLC, the ~~Digital~~sole ~~Asset~~member ~~Trading~~of ~~Platforms~~Grayscale ~~used~~Investments Sponsors, LLC, has approved the appointment of Kathryn Masci, Senior Vice President, Finance, and Daniel Plourde, Senior Vice President, Finance, to ~~calculate~~serve as Co-Chief Financial Officers of Grayscale Investments Sponsors, LLC on an interim basis, effective July 2, 2026 and the ~~Index~~appointment ~~Price~~of (Ms. Masci as a member of the ~~“Constituent~~Board ~~Trading~~of ~~Platforms”)~~Managers of Grayscale Investments Sponsors, LLC. Ms. Masci will also serve as Principal Financial and Accounting Officer of the registrant effective July 2, 2026. Ms. Masci and Mr. Plourde will succeed Edward McGee, the current Chief Financial Officer, Principal Financial and Accounting Officer and member of the Board of Managers of Grayscale Investments Sponsors, LLC, as applicable, who has decided to step down from his position effective July 2, 2026. Mr. McGee is stepping down for personal reasons and not due to any disagreement with the Company or any matter relating to Grayscale’s ~~Chainlink~~operations, ~~Trust~~policies ~~ETF~~or (practices. He leaves the ~~“Trust”)~~Company on good terms and Grayscale thanks him for his 7 years of service.

~~Effective~~Kathryn ~~January~~Masci ~~20,~~has served as Senior Vice President of Finance of Grayscale since January 2026, ~~the~~and ~~Index~~has ~~Provider~~been ~~added~~with ~~Binance~~Grayscale ~~(LINK-U~~since May 2020.S. ~~Dollar~~Prior ~~Coin~~to ~~(“USDC”)~~serving ~~trading~~as ~~pair)~~Senior Vice President of Finance, ~~Gate~~Ms. ~~(LINK-USDC~~Masci ~~trading~~held ~~pair)~~various finance and ~~HashKey~~accounting ~~(LINK-U~~roles at Grayscale.S Prior to joining Grayscale, Ms. ~~Dollar~~Masci ~~(“USD”)~~served ~~trading~~as ~~pair)~~Assistant Controller at Garrison Capital Inc., a publicly traded business development company, from July 2019 to ~~the~~May ~~CoinDesk~~2020. ~~Chainlink~~Before ~~Benchmark~~joining ~~Rate~~Garrison ~~(formerly~~Capital, ~~known~~Ms. Masci served as ~~the~~a ~~CoinDesk~~Senior ~~LINK~~Financial ~~CCIXber~~Reporting ~~Reference~~Associate ~~Rate)~~at ~~(the~~Pzena ~~“Index”)~~Investment ~~due~~Management, toInc., ~~the~~a ~~trading~~publicly ~~platforms~~traded ~~meeting~~investment ~~the~~management ~~Index~~firm, ~~Provider’s~~where ~~conditions~~she ~~for~~oversaw ~~inclusion,~~financial reporting and ~~removed~~accounting ~~Bitfinex~~policy ~~(LINK-USD~~from ~~trading~~October ~~pair)~~2016 ~~due~~to July 2019. From July 2014 to October 2016, Ms. Masci worked at Ernst & Young LLP in the ~~trading~~Banking ~~platform~~& ~~failing~~Capital Markets and Professional Practice groups, providing audit and advisory services to ~~meet~~financial services clients and supporting the ~~Index~~consultation ~~Provider’s~~and ~~conditions~~accounting policy process for ~~inclusion~~financial asservices ~~part~~audit ofteams. ~~its~~Ms. ~~scheduled~~Masci ~~monthly~~earned ~~review.~~her AsBachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Accounting from the ~~date~~School of ~~this~~Management ~~current~~at ~~report~~Binghamton University, ~~the~~State ~~Constituent~~University ~~Trading~~of ~~Platforms~~New ~~included~~York. Ms. Masci is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in the ~~Index~~state ~~Price~~of ~~are~~New ~~as follows:~~York.

~~LINK-USD~~Daniel ~~Trading~~Plourde ~~Pairs:~~has ~~Bitstamp by~~served ~~Robinhood~~as Senior Vice President of Finance of Grayscale since January 2026, ~~Crypto~~after joining the firm as Vice President in September 2022, and has served as Assistant Treasurer of the Grayscale Funds Trust since 2025.~~com~~ Mr. Plourde has over 20 years of financial services experience, ~~Gemini~~including senior roles in treasury, ~~HashKey~~fund administration, ~~Kraken~~and financial planning. Prior to joining Grayscale, ~~LMAX~~Mr. ~~Digital~~Plourde served as Vice President at Gabelli Asset Management and Vice President of the Gabelli Funds Trusts. Previously, Mr. Plourde served as Vice President at State Street Global Advisors and ~~OKX~~Assistant Treasurer of the SPDR ETF Trusts. Mr. Plourde earned his Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting from the University of Massachusetts Boston.

LINK-USDC Trading Pairs: Bullish, Bybit, Kraken, Binance, and Gate.

The Index Provider may change the trading venues that are used to calculate an Index Price, or otherwise change the way in which an Index Price is calculated, at any time. For example, the Index Provider has scheduled monthly reviews, in which it may add or remove Constituent Trading Platforms that satisfy or fail the criteria described in “Business—Overview of the Chainlink Industry and Market—The Index and the Index Price” in the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 12, 2025.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

			Grayscale Investments Sponsors, LLC, as Sponsor of Grayscale Chainlink Trust ETF
Date:	~~January~~July 262, 2026	By:	/s/ ~~Edward~~Kathryn ~~McGee~~Masci
			Name: Edward McGeeTitle: Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)*
			Name: Kathryn MasciTitle: Co-Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)*

* The Registrant is a trust and the identified person signing this report is signing in their capacity as an authorized officer of Grayscale Investments Sponsors, LLC, the Sponsor of the Registrant.

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