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  July 19, 2024

  VIA EDGAR

  U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

  Division of Corporation Finance

  100 F Street, NE

  Washington, D.C.  20549

          Re:

          Request for Acceleration of Effectiveness

          Franklin Ethereum Trust (the “Registrant”)

          Registration Statement on Form S-1

          File No. 333-277008

  Ladies and Gentlemen:

  Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the Registrant hereby requests that the effective date of
    the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 as amended be accelerated so that it will become effective at 4:30 p.m., Eastern time on July 22, 2024, or as soon as practicable thereafter. The Registrant hereby
    confirms that it is aware of its obligations under the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

  Please direct questions or comments relating to this filing to J. Stephen Feinour, Jr. at (215) 564-8521 or, to Miranda L. Sturgis, Esq. at (215)
    564-8131.

          Sincerely,

          FRANKLIN ETHEREUM TRUST

          By:

          Franklin Holdings, LLC,

          as its Sponsor

          By:

          /s/ David Mann

          Name:

          David Mann

          Title:

          President and Chief Executive Officer

          CC:

          Julie Sterner Patel, Franklin Templeton

          Navid J. Tofigh, Franklin Templeton

            J. Stephen Feinour, Jr., Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

            Miranda Sturgis, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP