Financial Statements.
−Removed: TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: of Financial Condition at March 31, 2024 (unaudited) and December 31, 2023
−Removed: of Investment at March 31, 2024 (unaudited)
−Removed: Statement of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2024
−Removed: Statement of Changes in Net Assets for the three months ended March 31, 2024
−Removed: to Financial Statements
−Removed: of Financial Condition
−Removed: March 31, 2024
+Added: INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
+Added: Statements of Financial Condition at June 30,
+Added: 2024 (unaudited) and December 31, 2023
+Added: Schedule of Investment at June 30, 2024 (unaudited)
+Added: Unaudited Statements of Operations for the three
+Added: and six months ended June 30, 2024
+Added: Unaudited Statements of Changes in Net Assets
+Added: for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024
+Added: Notes to the Financial Statements (unaudited)
+Added: CoinShares Valkyrie Bitcoin Fund
+Added: Statements of Financial Condition
+Added: June 30, 2024 (unaudited)
December 31, 2023
−Removed: Investment in bitcoin, at fair value (cost
−Removed: $ 452,528,788 and
−Removed: $ 0 at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023,
−Removed: respectively)
+Added: Investments in bitcoin, at fair value (cost $ 510,179,338 and $ 0 at June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively)
$ 518,424,674
−Removed: Trust shares sold
−Removed: Bitcoin purchased payable
+Added: $ 518,424,674
+Added: Sponsor fees payable
Total liabilities
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Net asset value per Share
−Removed: accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
−Removed: of Investment
−Removed: March 31, 2024 (a)
+Added: The accompanying notes are an integral part
+Added: of the financial statements.
+Added: CoinShares Valkyrie Bitcoin Fund
+Added: Schedule of Investment
+Added: June 30, 2024 (a)
% of Net Assets
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$ 518,313,439
−Removed: (a) No comparative
−Removed: schedules of investment have been provided as the Trust did not hold bitcoin as of December 31, 2023.
−Removed: (b) Represents less
−Removed: than 0.05 % of net assets.
−Removed: accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
−Removed: of Operations
−Removed: For the Three
−Removed: March 31, 2024 (a)
−Removed: Sponsor’s fee (Note 4)
+Added: (a) No comparative schedules
+Added: of investment have been provided as the Trust did not hold bitcoin as of December 31, 2023.
+Added: (b) Represents less than 0.05 % of net assets.
+Added: The accompanying notes are an integral part
+Added: of the financial statements.
+Added: CoinShares Valkyrie Bitcoin Fund
+Added: Statements of Operations
+Added: the Three Months Ended
+Added: 30, 2024 (Unaudited) (a)
+Added: the Six Months Ended
+Added: 30, 2024 (Unaudited) (a)
+Added: Sponsor fee (Note 4)
Sponsor fee waiver
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Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investment
+Added: ( 82,428,503 )
Net realized and change in unrealized gain (loss) on investment
+Added: ( 69,451,482 )
Net income (loss)
+Added: $ ( 69,741,963 )
Net income (loss) per share
Weighted average number of shares outstanding
−Removed: (a) No comparative
−Removed: statements of operations have been provided as the Trust had not to commenced operations as of December 31, 2023.
−Removed: accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
−Removed: of Changes in Net Assets
−Removed: the three months ended March 31, 2024
−Removed: For the Three
−Removed: March 31, 2024 (a)
−Removed: Net Assets – Beginning of Period
+Added: (a) No further comparative statements of operations have
+Added: been provided as the Trust had not commenced operations as of December 31, 2023.
+Added: The accompanying notes are an integral part
+Added: of the financial statements.
+Added: CoinShares Valkyrie Bitcoin Fund
+Added: Statements of Changes in Net Assets
+Added: June 30, 2024 (Unaudited) (a)
+Added: June 30, 2024 (Unaudited) (a)
+Added: Net Assets – Opening Balance
+Added: $ 543,197,988
+Added: ( 45,629,069 )
+Added: ( 45,702,507 )
Net investment income (loss)
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Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investment
−Removed: Net Assets – End of Period
( 82,428,503 )
−Removed: (a) No comparative
−Removed: statements of changes in net assets have been provided as the Trust had not commenced operations as of December 31, 2023.
−Removed: accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
−Removed: to the Unaudited Financial Statements
−Removed: Valkyrie Bitcoin Fund (the “Trust”) was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on January 20, 2021.
+Added: Net Assets – Ending Balance
+Added: $ 518,313,439
+Added: $ 518,313,439
+Added: (a) No further comparative statements of changes in net
+Added: assets have been provided as the Trust had not commenced operations as of December 31, 2023.
+Added: The accompanying notes are an integral part
+Added: of the financial statements.
+Added: CoinShares Valkyrie Bitcoin Fund
+Added: Notes to the Financial Statements (Unaudited)
+Added: June 30, 2024
+Added: CoinShares Valkyrie Bitcoin Fund, formerly known
+Added: as Valkyrie Bitcoin Fund (the “Trust”), was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on January 20, 2021.
The fiscal year for
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The trustee is Delaware Trust Company (the “Trustee”).
−Removed: The Trust’s sponsor is
−Removed: Valkyrie Digital Assets LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), which is responsible for the day-to-day
−Removed: administration of the Trust.
−Removed: The Trust is governed by the provisions of the Trust agreement (the “Trust Agreement”) executed
−Removed: by the Sponsor and the Trustee.
−Removed: The Valkyrie Bitcoin Fund is an exchange-traded fund that issues common shares of beneficial interest
−Removed: (“Shares”) representing units of fractional undivided beneficial interests in its net assets.
−Removed: There are an unlimited number
−Removed: of authorized shares.
−Removed: investment objective of the Trust is for the Shares to reflect the performance of the value of a bitcoin as represented by the CME CF
−Removed: Bitcoin Reference Rate - New York Variant (the “Index”), less the Trust’s liabilities and expenses.
−Removed: In seeking to achieve
−Removed: its investment objective, the Trust holds bitcoin and values its Shares daily based on the value of bitcoin as reflected by the Index,
−Removed: which is an independently calculated value based on an aggregation of executed trade flow of major bitcoin spot exchanges.
−Removed: offering of the Trust’s Shares is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in accordance with
−Removed: the Securities Act of 1933.
−Removed: of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
−Removed: Trust qualifies as an investment company solely for accounting purposes and not for any other purpose and follows the accounting and
−Removed: reporting guidance under the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial
−Removed: Services – Investment Companies, but is not registered, and is not required to be registered, as an investment company under
−Removed: the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
−Removed: Trust is an “emerging growth company” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”).
−Removed: The Trust will cease to be an “emerging growth company” upon the earliest of (i) it having $1.235 billion or more in annual
−Removed: revenues, (ii) at least $700 million in market value of Shares being held by non-affiliates, (iii) it issuing more than $1.0 billion
−Removed: of non-convertible debt over a three-year period or (iv) the last day of the fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of its initial
−Removed: public offering.
−Removed: as long as the Trust is an emerging growth company, unlike other public companies, it will not be required to provide an auditor’s
−Removed: attestation report on management’s assessment of the effectiveness of our system of internal control over financial reporting pursuant
−Removed: to Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002;
−Removed: or comply with any new audit rules adopted by the PCAOB after April 5, 2012, unless
−Removed: the SEC determines otherwise.
−Removed: following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Trust in the preparation of financial statements.
−Removed: The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
−Removed: Use of Estimates
−Removed: preparation of the financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the
−Removed: reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements.
−Removed: Actual results could differ from those estimates.
−Removed: Investment in Bitcoin
−Removed: Trust purchases bitcoin upon the net creation of Shares and sells bitcoin upon the net redemption of Shares.
−Removed: Transactions are recorded
−Removed: on a trade-date basis.
−Removed: Realized gains (losses) and changes in unrealized gains (losses) on open positions are determined on a specific
−Removed: identification basis and are recognized in the statement of operations in the period in which the sale occurred or the changes in unrealized
−Removed: The Trust utilizes an exchange traded price from the principal market for bitcoin as of 4:00 p.m.
−Removed: ET on the Trust’s financial statement
−Removed: measurement date to value the bitcoin held by the Trust.
−Removed: The Sponsor determines in its sole discretion the valuation sources and policies
−Removed: used to prepare the Trust’s financial statements in accordance with U.S.
−Removed: The Trust engages a third party vendor to obtain
−Removed: a price from a principal market for bitcoin, which is determined and designated by such third party vendor daily based on its consideration
−Removed: of several exchange characteristics, including the volume and frequency of trades.
−Removed: Indemnifications
−Removed: Sponsor and its affiliates (“Covered Person”) will be indemnified by the Trust and held harmless against any loss, judgment,
−Removed: liability, expense incurred or amount paid in settlement of any claim sustained by it in connection with the Covered Person’s activities
−Removed: for the Trust, without fraud, gross negligence, bad faith, willful misconduct or a material breach of the Trust Agreement on the part
−Removed: of such indemnified party arising out of or in connection with the performance of its obligations under the Trust Agreement and under
−Removed: each other agreement entered into by the Sponsor in furtherance of the administration of the Trust (including, without limiting the scope
−Removed: of the foregoing, any Participant Agreement) or any actions taken in accordance with the provisions of the Trust Agreement.
−Removed: Trustee and any of the officers, directors, employees and agents of the Trustee shall be indemnified by the Trust as primary obligor
−Removed: and held harmless against any loss, damage, liability, claim, action, suit, cost, expense, disbursement (including the reasonable fees
−Removed: and expenses of counsel), tax or penalty of any kind and nature whatsoever, arising out of, imposed upon or asserted at any time against
−Removed: such indemnified person in connection with the performance of its obligations under the Trust Agreement, the creation, operation or termination
−Removed: of the Trust or the transactions contemplated therein;
−Removed: provided, however, that neither the Trust nor the Sponsor shall be required to
−Removed: indemnify any such indemnified person for any such expenses which are a result of the willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence
−Removed: of such indemnified person.
−Removed: Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against the Trust, which
−Removed: cannot be predicted with any certainty.
−Removed: Federal Income Taxes
−Removed: Sponsor intends to take the position that the Trust will be treated as a grantor trust under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
−Removed: If so qualified, the Trust will not be subject to U.S.
+Added: On June 14, 2024, CoinShares
+Added: Co., a Delaware corporation (the “Sponsor”), succeeded Valkyrie Digital Assets LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the
+Added: “Initial Sponsor”), as the sponsor of the Trust.
+Added: The Sponsor is responsible for the day-to-day administration of the Trust.
+Added: The Trust is governed by the provisions of the Trust Agreement, as amended (the “Trust Agreement”), executed by the Initial
+Added: Sponsor and the Trustee.
+Added: The Trust is an exchange-traded fund that issues common shares of beneficial interest (“Shares”)
+Added: representing units of fractional undivided beneficial interests in its net assets.
+Added: There are an unlimited number of authorized shares.
+Added: The investment objective of the Trust is for the
+Added: Shares to reflect the performance of the value of a bitcoin as represented by the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate - New York Variant (the
+Added: “Index”), less the Trust’s liabilities and expenses.
+Added: In seeking to achieve its investment objective, the Trust holds
+Added: bitcoin and values its Shares daily based on the value of bitcoin as reflected by the Index, which is an independently calculated value
+Added: based on an aggregation of executed trade flow of major bitcoin spot exchanges.
+Added: The offering of the Trust’s Shares is registered
+Added: with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in accordance with the Securities Act of 1933.
+Added: Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant
+Added: Accounting Policies
+Added: The Trust qualifies as an investment company solely
+Added: for accounting purposes and not for any other purpose and follows the accounting and reporting guidance under the Financial Accounting
+Added: Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services – Investment Companies, but
+Added: is not registered, and is not required to be registered, as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
+Added: The Trust is an “emerging growth company”
+Added: as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”).
+Added: The Trust will cease to be an “emerging
+Added: growth company” upon the earliest of (i) it having $1.235 billion or more in annual revenues, (ii) at least $700 million in market
+Added: value of Shares being held by non-affiliates, (iii) it issuing more than $1.0 billion of non-convertible debt over a three-year period
+Added: or (iv) the last day of the fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of its initial public offering.
+Added: For as long as the Trust is an emerging growth
+Added: company, unlike other public companies, it will not be required to provide an auditor’s attestation report on management’s
+Added: assessment of the effectiveness of our system of internal control over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley
+Added: or comply with any new audit rules adopted by the PCAOB after April 5, 2012, unless the SEC determines otherwise.
+Added: The following is a summary of significant accounting
+Added: policies consistently followed by the Trust in the preparation of financial statements.
+Added: The financial statements have been prepared in
+Added: conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”).
+Added: (a) Use of Estimates
+Added: The preparation
+Added: of the financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts
+Added: of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements.
+Added: Actual results
+Added: could differ from those estimates.
+Added: (b) Investment Transactions
+Added: The Trust purchases bitcoin
+Added: upon the net creation of Shares and sells bitcoin upon the net redemption of Shares.
+Added: Transactions are recorded on a trade-date basis.
+Added: Realized gains (losses) and changes in unrealized gains (losses) on open positions are determined on a specific identification basis and
+Added: are recognized in the statement of operations in the period in which the sale occurred or the changes in unrealized occurred.
+Added: The Trust utilizes an exchange traded price from
+Added: the principal market for bitcoin as of 4:00 p.m.
+Added: ET on the Trust’s financial statement measurement date to value the bitcoin held
+Added: by the Trust.
+Added: The Sponsor determines in its sole discretion the valuation sources and policies used to prepare the Trust’s financial
+Added: statements in accordance with U.S.
+Added: The Trust engages a third-party vendor to obtain a price from a principal market for bitcoin,
+Added: which is determined and designated by such third-party vendor daily based on its consideration of several exchange characteristics, including
+Added: the volume and frequency of trades.
+Added: (c) Indemnifications
+Added: The Sponsor and its affiliates
+Added: (each a “Covered Person”) will be indemnified by the Trust and held harmless against any loss, judgment, liability, expense
+Added: incurred or amount paid in settlement of any claim sustained by it in connection with the Covered Person’s activities for the Trust,
+Added: without fraud, gross negligence, bad faith, willful misconduct or a material breach of the Trust Agreement on the part of such indemnified
+Added: party arising out of or in connection with the performance of its obligations under the Trust Agreement and under each other agreement
+Added: entered into by the Sponsor in furtherance of the administration of the Trust (including, without limiting the scope of the foregoing,
+Added: any Participant Agreement) or any actions taken in accordance with the provisions of the Trust Agreement.
+Added: The Trustee and any of
+Added: the officers, directors, employees and agents of the Trustee shall be indemnified by the Trust as primary obligor and held harmless against
+Added: any loss, damage, liability, claim, action, suit, cost, expense, disbursement (including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel),
+Added: tax or penalty of any kind and nature whatsoever, arising out of, imposed upon or asserted at any time against such indemnified person
+Added: in connection with the performance of its obligations under the Trust Agreement, the creation, operation or termination of the Trust or
+Added: the transactions contemplated therein;
+Added: provided, however, that neither the Trust nor the Sponsor shall be required to indemnify any such
+Added: indemnified person for any such expenses which are a result of the willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence of such indemnified
+Added: The Trust’s maximum
+Added: exposure under these arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against the Trust, which cannot be predicted
+Added: with any certainty.
+Added: (d) Federal Income Taxes
+Added: intends to take the position that the Trust will be treated as a grantor trust under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
+Added: so qualified, the Trust will not be subject to U.S.
federal income tax to the extent it distributes substantially all of its investment
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income, gain, losses and deductions will “flow through” to each beneficial owner of Shares.
−Removed: Valuation and Calculation of Net Asset Value (“NAV”)
−Removed: defines fair value as the price the Trust would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between
−Removed: market participants at the measurement date.
+Added: Investment Valuation and Calculation of Net
+Added: Asset Value (“NAV”)
+Added: GAAP defines fair value
+Added: as the price the Trust would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants
+Added: at the measurement date.
The Trust’s policy is to value investments held at fair value.
−Removed: Valuation Measurement:
+Added: Fair Valuation Measurement:
FASB established a framework for measuring fair value in accordance with GAAP.
−Removed: Under FASB ASC Topic 820, Fair
−Removed: Value Measurement, various inputs are used in determining the value of investments.
−Removed: The inputs or methodology used for valuing investments
−Removed: are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments.
−Removed: The three levels of inputs of the fair
−Removed: value hierarchy are defined as follows:
−Removed: 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
−Removed: 2 — Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly
−Removed: or indirectly.
−Removed: These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for similar securities,
−Removed: interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates and similar data.
−Removed: 3 — Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available;
−Removed: representing the
−Removed: Trust’s own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability and would be based
−Removed: on the best information available.
−Removed: following table presents information about the Trust’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value as of March 31, 2024:
+Added: Under FASB ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement, various
+Added: inputs are used in determining the value of investments.
+Added: The inputs or methodology used for valuing investments are not necessarily an
+Added: indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments.
+Added: The three levels of inputs of the fair value hierarchy are defined
+Added: Level 1 — Unadjusted
+Added: quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
+Added: Level 2 — Observable
+Added: inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly.
+Added: inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment
+Added: speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates and similar data.
+Added: Level 3 — Unobservable
+Added: inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available;
+Added: representing the Trust’s own assumptions
+Added: about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability and would be based on the best information available.
+Added: The following table presents information about
+Added: the Trust’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value as of June 30, 2024:
$ 518,424,674
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$ 518,424,674
−Removed: There were no transfers between Level 1 and other Levels for the three months ended March 31, 2024.
−Removed: The Trust held no
−Removed: bitcoin as of December 31, 2023
−Removed: financial instrument’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the
−Removed: fair value measurement.
−Removed: The availability of observable inputs can vary from security to security and is affected by a wide variety of
−Removed: factors, including, for example, the type of security, whether the security is new and not yet established in the marketplace, the liquidity
−Removed: of markets, and other characteristics particular to the security.
−Removed: To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are
−Removed: less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment.
−Removed: Accordingly, the degree of judgment
−Removed: exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3.
−Removed: Trust fair values investments for financial statement purposes, categorizing those investments using the hierarchy as described above.
−Removed: fair value of bitcoin held by the Trust is determined based on a GAAP-consistent pricing source.
−Removed: The Trust’s NAV is calculated
−Removed: by subtracting all accrued fees, expenses and other liabilities from the fair value of its bitcoin and other assets.
−Removed: NAV per share is calculated by taking the Trust’s NAV divided by the total amount of Shares outstanding.
−Removed: Trust pays to the Sponsor a Sponsor’s fee in accordance with the Trust agreement.
−Removed: The Sponsor’s fee accrues daily by applying
+Added: There were no transfers between Level 1 and other Levels for the six months ended June 30, 2024.
+Added: A financial instrument’s level within the
+Added: fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement.
+Added: The availability of
+Added: observable inputs can vary from security to security and is affected by a wide variety of factors, including, for example, the type of
+Added: security, whether the security is new and not yet established in the marketplace, the liquidity of markets, and other characteristics
+Added: particular to the security.
+Added: To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the
+Added: market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment.
+Added: Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value
+Added: is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3.
+Added: The Trust fair values investments for financial
+Added: statement purposes, categorizing those investments using the hierarchy as described above.
+Added: The fair value of bitcoin held by the Trust is
+Added: determined based on a GAAP-consistent pricing source.
+Added: The Trust’s NAV is calculated by subtracting all accrued fees, expenses and
+Added: other liabilities from the fair value of its bitcoin and other assets.
+Added: The Trust’s NAV per share is calculated by taking the Trust’s
+Added: NAV divided by the total amount of Shares outstanding.
+Added: Trust Expenses
+Added: The Trust pays to the
+Added: Sponsor a Sponsor fee (the “Sponsor Fee”) in accordance with the Trust Agreement.
+Added: The Sponsor Fee accrues daily by applying
an annual rate of 0.25 % to the Trust’s bitcoin holdings.
−Removed: The Sponsor’s fee will be payable in bitcoins at such times as determined
+Added: The Sponsor Fee will be payable in bitcoins at such times as determined
in the Sponsor’s sole discretion.
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to the Sponsor or the sale of bitcoin for costs not included in the Sponsor Fee.
−Removed: Sponsor is obligated to assume and pay the following fees and expenses of the Trust:
−Removed: the Marketing fee, the Administrator fee, the Custodian
−Removed: fee, the Cash Custodian fee, the Transfer Agent fee, the Trustee fee, applicable license fees, including the licensing fees related to
−Removed: the Index License Agreement, fees and expenses related to trading of Shares on Nasdaq (including marketing, legal and audit fees and
−Removed: expenses), legal expenses, audit fees, regulatory fees, including any fees relating to the registration of the Shares with the SEC, printing
−Removed: and mailing costs and costs of maintaining the Trust’s website.
−Removed: Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, doing business as U.S.
−Removed: Bank Global Fund Services (“Fund Services”), an indirect subsidiary of
−Removed: Bancorp, serves as the Trust’s fund accountant, fund administrator and the transfer agent of the Trust, pursuant to certain
−Removed: fund accounting servicing, fund administration servicing and transfer agent servicing agreements.
+Added: The Sponsor is obligated
+Added: to assume and pay the following fees and expenses of the Trust:
+Added: the Marketing Agent fee, the Administrator fee, the Custodian fee, the
+Added: Cash Custodian fee, the Transfer Agent fee, the Trustee fee, applicable license fees, including the licensing fees related to the Index
+Added: License Agreement, fees and expenses related to trading of Shares on Nasdaq (including marketing, legal and audit fees and expenses),
+Added: legal expenses, audit fees, regulatory fees, including any fees relating to the registration of the Shares with the SEC, printing and
+Added: mailing costs and costs of maintaining the Trust’s website.
+Added: Bancorp Fund Services,
+Added: LLC, doing business as U.S.
+Added: Bank Global Fund Services (“Fund Services”), an indirect subsidiary of U.S.
+Added: Bancorp, serves as
+Added: the Trust’s fund accountant, fund administrator and the transfer agent of the Trust, pursuant to certain fund accounting servicing,
+Added: fund administration servicing and transfer agent servicing agreements.
Bank N.A., a subsidiary of U.S.
−Removed: Bancorp and parent company of Fund Services, serves as the Trust’s cash custodian pursuant to a custody agreement.
−Removed: Distributors LLC serves as the Trust’s marketing agent pursuant to a marketing agent agreement.
−Removed: Custody Trust Company, LLC and BitGo Trust Company, Inc.
−Removed: (the “Custodians”)
−Removed: are custodians and Coinbase, Inc., an affiliate of the Custodian, is the prime broker of the Trust.
−Removed: and Redemption of Creation Units
−Removed: Trust issues Shares on an ongoing basis, but only in one or more blocks of 5,000 Shares (a “Basket”).
−Removed: The Trust issues Baskets
−Removed: of Shares to certain authorized participants on an ongoing basis and redeems Shares in Baskets on an ongoing basis from Authorized Participants.
−Removed: participants are the only persons that may place orders to create and redeem Baskets.
−Removed: Authorized participants must be (1) registered
−Removed: broker-dealers or other securities market participants, such as banks or other financial institutions, that are not required to register
−Removed: as broker-dealers to engage in securities transactions as described below, and (2) Depository Trust Company participants.
−Removed: participants pay the transfer agent a fee for each order they place to create or redeem one or more Baskets.
−Removed: In addition, an authorized
−Removed: participant is required to reimburse the Trust or the Sponsor, as applicable, for any operational processing and brokerage costs, transfers
−Removed: fees, network fees, stamp taxes and part or all of the spread between the expected bid and offer side of the market related to the bitcoin
−Removed: being purchased or sold in connection with such order (the “Execution Charges”, and collectively with the Transfer Agent
−Removed: Fee, the “Transaction Fees”).
+Added: Bancorp and parent company
+Added: of Fund Services, serves as the Trust’s cash custodian pursuant to a custody agreement.
+Added: Paralel Distributors
+Added: LLC (the “Marketing Agent”) serves as the Trust’s marketing agent pursuant to a marketing agent agreement.
+Added: Coinbase Custody Trust Company, LLC and BitGo
+Added: Trust Company, Inc.
+Added: (the “Custodians”) are custodians of the Trust.
+Added: Creation and Redemption of Creation Units
+Added: The Trust issues Shares
+Added: on an ongoing basis, but only in one or more blocks of 5,000 Shares (a “Basket”).
+Added: The Trust issues Baskets of Shares
+Added: to certain authorized participants on an ongoing basis and redeems Shares in Baskets on an ongoing basis from Authorized Participants.
+Added: Authorized participants
+Added: are the only persons that may place orders to create and redeem Baskets.
+Added: Authorized participants must be (1) registered broker-dealers
+Added: or other securities market participants, such as banks or other financial institutions, that are not required to register as broker-dealers
+Added: to engage in securities transactions as described below, and (2) Depository Trust Company participants.
+Added: Authorized participants
+Added: pay the transfer agent a fee for each order they place to create or redeem one or more Baskets.
+Added: In addition, an authorized participant
+Added: is required to reimburse the Trust or the Sponsor, as applicable, for any operational processing and brokerage costs, transfers fees,
+Added: network fees, stamp taxes and part or all of the spread between the expected bid and offer side of the market related to the bitcoin being
+Added: purchased or sold in connection with such order (the “Execution Charges”, and collectively with the Transfer Agent Fee, the
+Added: “Transaction Fees”).
The Transaction Fees may be reduced, increased or otherwise changed by the Sponsor.
−Removed: Activity in the number and value of Shares created and redeemed for the three months ended March 31, 2024 are as follows:
+Added: Activity in the number and value of Shares
+Added: created and redeemed for the six months ended June 30, 2024 are as follows:
Number of Shares
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$ 543,084,070
+Added: ( 2,495,000 )
+Added: $ ( 45,702,507 )
Net change in Shares created and redeemed
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Investment Transactions
−Removed: For the three months ended March 31, 2024, the
−Removed: cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of bitcoin by the Trust, were as follows:
+Added: For the six months ended June 30, 2024, the cost
+Added: of purchases and proceeds from sales of bitcoin by the Trust, were as follows:
$ 543,007,288
Related Party Transactions
−Removed: Certain officers of the Trust are affiliated with
−Removed: the Sponsor and are not paid any fees by the Trust for serving in such capacities.
−Removed: The Sponsor agreed to waive Sponsor fees for the
−Removed: initial three months of the Trust’s operations, through April 10, 2024.
−Removed: For the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Trust incurred
−Removed: $ 114,185 in Sponsor fees, of which, $ 114,185 was waived by the Sponsor.
−Removed: On January 10, 2024, Valkyrie Funds LLC, an affiliate
−Removed: of the Sponsor, purchased 40,000 Shares at a per-Share price of $ 13.00 .
+Added: Certain officers of the
+Added: Trust are affiliated with the Sponsor and are not paid any fees by the Trust for serving in such capacities.
+Added: The Initial Sponsor agreed
+Added: to waive Sponsor fees for the first three months of the Trust’s operations, through April 10, 2024.
+Added: For the six months ended June
+Added: 30, 2024, the Trust incurred $ 447,348 in Sponsor Fees, of which, $ 156,867 was waived by the Initial Sponsor.
+Added: On January 10, 2024,
+Added: Valkyrie Funds LLC, at such time an affiliate of the Initial Sponsor, purchased 40,000 Shares at a per-Share price of $ 13.00 .
Delivery of these Shares was made on January 11, 2024.
Total proceeds to the Trust from the sale of these Shares was $ 520,000 .
−Removed: On March 15, 2024, the Trust entered into an agreement
−Removed: with CoinShares Co., a Delaware corporation, to act as Co-Sponsor of the Trust in an advisory capacity.
−Removed: In connection with adding CoinShares
−Removed: as Co-Sponsor of the Trust, the Trust Agreement was amended.
−Removed: CoinShares Co.
−Removed: is a wholly owned subsidiary of CoinShares International
−Removed: Limited, a Jersey company.
−Removed: June 14, 2024 (the “Effective Date”), Valkyrie Digital Assets LLC shall withdraw as Sponsor to the Trust.
−Removed: Pursuant to Section
−Removed: 6.9 of the Trust Agreement, on the Effective Date of the Sponsor’s withdrawal as Sponsor to the Trust, CoinShares Co.
−Removed: shall automatically
−Removed: and without further action by the Sponsor, Trustee or the Shareholders (as defined in the Trust Agreement) become the successor Sponsor
−Removed: and shall have all the powers, rights, duties and obligations of the Sponsor under the Trust Agreement.
+Added: On March 15, 2024, the
+Added: Trust entered into an agreement with CoinShares Co., a Delaware corporation, to act as Co-Sponsor of the Trust in an advisory capacity.
+Added: Effective June 14, 2024 (the “Effective Date”), the Initial Sponsor withdrew as Co-Sponsor
+Added: to the Trust.
+Added: Pursuant to Section 6.9 of the Trust Agreement, on the Effective Date of the Initial Sponsor’s withdrawal as Co-Sponsor
+Added: to the Trust, CoinShares Co.
+Added: automatically and without further action by the Co-Sponsor, Trustee or the Shareholders (as defined in the
+Added: Trust Agreement) became the successor Sponsor and has all the powers, rights, duties and obligations of the Sponsor under the Trust Agreement.
+Added: of June 30, 2024, affiliates of the Sponsor own 18,140,000 Shares of the Trust.
Commitments and Contingencies
−Removed: In the normal course of business, the Trust may enter into contracts that contain a variety of general indemnification clauses.
−Removed: maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trust which have
−Removed: not yet occurred and cannot be predicted with any certainty.
−Removed: However, the Sponsor believes the risk of loss under these arrangements to
+Added: In the normal
+Added: course of business, the Trust may enter into contracts that contain a variety of general indemnification clauses.
+Added: The Trust’s maximum
+Added: exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trust which have not yet
+Added: occurred and cannot be predicted with any certainty.
+Added: However, the Sponsor believes the risk of loss under these arrangements to be remote.
Financial Highlights
The Trust is presenting the following financial
−Removed: highlights related to investment performance and operations of a Share outstanding for the period from January 10, 2024 (the initial share
−Removed: purchase date) through March 31, 2024.
−Removed: The total return at NAV is based on the change in NAV of a Share during the period and the total
−Removed: return at market value is based on the change in market value of a Share on the Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC during the period.
−Removed: An individual
−Removed: investor’s return and ratios may vary based on the timing of capital transactions.
−Removed: Fiancial Highlights (Unaudited)
−Removed: For the period January 10, 2024 through March
−Removed: March 31, 2024
+Added: highlights related to investment performance and operations of a Share outstanding for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and the period
+Added: from January 10, 2024 (the initial share purchase date) through June 30, 2024.
+Added: The total return at NAV is based on the change in NAV of
+Added: a Share during the period and the total return at market value is based on the change in market value of a Share on the Nasdaq Stock Market,
+Added: LLC during the period.
+Added: An individual investor’s return and ratios may vary based on the timing of capital transactions.
+Added: Financial Highlights (Unaudited)
+Added: For the three months ended June 30, 2024 and the
+Added: period January 10, 2024 through June 30, 2024
+Added: Three Months Ended
+Added: June 30, 2024
+Added: June 30, 2024
Net Asset Value
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(2) Not annualized
−Removed: (3) Includes voluntary reimbursement of sponsor fees of 0.25 %
+Added: (3) Includes voluntary reimbursement of sponsor fees of 0.03 % and 0.09 %
Subsequent Events
The Sponsor has evaluated all subsequent events
−Removed: through the issuance of the financial statements and has noted no events other than those described in Note 7 requiring adjustment or
−Removed: additional disclosure in the financial statements.
+Added: through the issuance of the financial statements and has noted no events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial
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