−Removed: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
−Removed: following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read together with, and is qualified
−Removed: in its entirety by reference to, our financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report, which
−Removed: have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“U.S.
−Removed: Quarterly Report contains “forward-looking statements” with respect to the Trust’s financial conditions, results
−Removed: of operations, plans, objectives, future performance and business.
−Removed: Statements preceded by, followed by or that include words such
−Removed: as “may,” “might,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,”
−Removed: “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential” or “continue,”
−Removed: the negative of these terms and other similar expressions are intended to identify some of the forward-looking statements.
−Removed: statements (other than statements of historical fact) included in this Quarterly Report that address activities, events or developments
−Removed: that will or may occur in the future, including such matters as changes in market prices and conditions (for bitcoin and the Shares),
−Removed: the Trust’s operations, the Sponsor’s plans and references to the Trust’s future success and other similar matters
−Removed: are forward-looking statements.
+Added: Management’s Discussion and Analysis
+Added: of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
+Added: The following discussion and analysis of our
+Added: financial condition and results of operations should be read together with, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, our financial
+Added: statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report, which have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted
+Added: accounting principles in the United States (“U.S.
+Added: This Quarterly Report contains “forward-looking
+Added: statements” with respect to the Trust’s financial conditions, results of operations, plans, objectives, future performance
+Added: and business.
+Added: Statements preceded by, followed by or that include words such as “may,” “might,” “will,”
+Added: “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,”
+Added: “predict,” “potential” or “continue,” the negative of these terms and other similar expressions are
+Added: intended to identify some of the forward-looking statements.
+Added: All statements (other than statements of historical fact) included in this
+Added: Quarterly Report that address activities, events or developments that will or may occur in the future, including such matters as changes
+Added: in market prices and conditions (for bitcoin and the Shares), the Trust’s operations, the Sponsor’s plans and references to
+Added: the Trust’s future success and other similar matters are forward-looking statements.
These statements are only predictions.
−Removed: Actual events or results may differ materially.
−Removed: These statements
−Removed: are based on certain assumptions and analyses the Sponsor made based on its perception of historical trends, current conditions
−Removed: and expected future developments, as well as other factors appropriate in the circumstances.
−Removed: Whether or not actual results and
−Removed: developments will conform to the Sponsor’s expectations and predictions, however, is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties,
−Removed: special considerations discussed in this Quarterly Report;
−Removed: economic, market and business conditions;
−Removed: use of technology by us and our vendors, including the Custodians, in conducting our
−Removed: business, including disruptions in our computer systems and data centers and our transition
−Removed: to, and quality of, new technology platforms;
−Removed: in laws or regulations, including those concerning taxes, made by governmental authorities
−Removed: or regulatory bodies;
−Removed: costs and effects of any litigation or regulatory investigations;
−Removed: ability to maintain a positive reputation;
−Removed: world economic and political developments.
−Removed: Consequently,
−Removed: all the forward-looking statements made in this Quarterly Report are qualified by these cautionary statements, and there can be
−Removed: no assurance that the actual results or developments the Sponsor anticipates will be realized or, even if substantially realized,
−Removed: that they will result in the expected consequences to, or have the expected effects on, the Trust’s operations or the value
−Removed: of the Shares.
−Removed: Should one or more of these risks discussed in the Quarterly Report or other uncertainties materialize, or should
−Removed: underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual outcomes may vary materially from those described in forward-looking statements.
−Removed: Forward-looking statements are made based on the Sponsor’s beliefs, estimates and opinions on the date the statements are
−Removed: made and neither the Trust nor the Sponsor is under a duty or undertakes an obligation to update forward-looking statements if
−Removed: these beliefs, estimates and opinions or other circumstances should change, other than as required by applicable laws.
−Removed: neither the Trust, the Sponsor, nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of any of these
−Removed: forward-looking statements.
+Added: events or results may differ materially.
+Added: These statements are based on certain assumptions and analyses the Sponsor made based on its
+Added: perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors appropriate in the circumstances.
+Added: Whether or not actual results and developments will conform to the Sponsor’s expectations and predictions, however, is subject to
+Added: a number of risks and uncertainties, including:
+Added: ● the special considerations discussed in this Quarterly Report;
+Added: ● general economic, market and business conditions;
+Added: ● the use of technology by us and our vendors, including the Custodians, in conducting our business, including disruptions in our computer
+Added: systems and data centers and our transition to, and quality of, new technology platforms;
+Added: ● changes in laws or regulations, including those concerning taxes, made by governmental authorities or regulatory bodies;
+Added: ● the costs and effects of any litigation or regulatory investigations;
+Added: ● our ability to maintain a positive reputation;
+Added: ● other world economic and political developments.
+Added: Consequently, all the forward-looking statements
+Added: made in this Quarterly Report are qualified by these cautionary statements, and there can be no assurance that the actual results or developments
+Added: the Sponsor anticipates will be realized or, even if substantially realized, that they will result in the expected consequences to, or
+Added: have the expected effects on, the Trust’s operations or the value of the Shares.
+Added: Should one or more of these risks discussed in
+Added: the Quarterly Report or other uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual outcomes may vary materially
+Added: from those described in forward-looking statements.
+Added: Forward-looking statements are made based on the Sponsor’s beliefs, estimates
+Added: and opinions on the date the statements are made and neither the Trust nor the Sponsor is under a duty or undertakes an obligation to
+Added: update forward-looking statements if these beliefs, estimates and opinions or other circumstances should change, other than as required
+Added: by applicable laws.
+Added: Moreover, neither the Trust, the Sponsor, nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy and completeness
+Added: of any of these forward-looking statements.
Investors are therefore cautioned against placing undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
−Removed: Bitcoin ETF, formerly CoinShares Valkyrie Bitcoin Fund (the “Trust”), is a Delaware statutory trust formed on January
−Removed: On July 25, 2025, the Trust filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Certificate of Trust to change its name from CoinShares
−Removed: Valkyrie Bitcoin Fund to CoinShares Bitcoin ETF.
−Removed: The Trust issues common units of beneficial interest (“Shares”),
−Removed: which represent units of fractional undivided beneficial interest in and ownership of the Trust.
−Removed: The Shares of the Trust are listed
−Removed: on The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC (“Nasdaq” or the “Exchange”).
−Removed: CoinShares Co., a Delaware corporation,
−Removed: is the sponsor of the Trust (the “Sponsor”), and CSC Delaware Trust Company is the trustee of the Trust (the “Trustee”).
−Removed: The operations of the Trust are governed by the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the Trust, among the Trustee, the Sponsor,
−Removed: and the shareholders from time to time thereunder (the “Shareholders”), as may be amended from time to time (the “Trust
−Removed: The Trust is an exchange-traded product.
−Removed: When the Trust sells or redeems its Shares, it will do so in blocks
−Removed: of 5,000 Shares (a “Basket”) based on the quantity of bitcoin attributable to each Share of the Trust (net of accrued
−Removed: but unpaid expenses and liabilities).
−Removed: Only registered broker-dealers that have previously
−Removed: entered into an agreement with the Sponsor governing the terms and conditions of such issuance (such broker-dealers, the “Authorized
−Removed: Participants”), can place orders to receive Baskets in exchange for cash.
−Removed: Baskets may be redeemed by the Trust in exchange
−Removed: for the cash proceeds from selling the amount of bitcoin corresponding to their redemption value.
−Removed: of the Trust trade on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol BRRR.
−Removed: Sponsor maintains a website (coinshares.com/us/etf/brrr/), through which the Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly
−Removed: Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a)
−Removed: or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), can be accessed free of charge, as soon
−Removed: as reasonably practicable after such material is electronically file with, or furnished to, the U.S.
−Removed: Securities and Exchange Commission
−Removed: Additional information regarding the Trust may also be found on the SEC’s EDGAR database at www.sec.gov .
−Removed: Objectives and Principal Investment Strategies
−Removed: investment objective of the Trust is for the Shares to reflect the performance of the value of a bitcoin as represented by the
−Removed: CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate – New York Variant (the “Index”), less the Trust’s liabilities and expenses.
−Removed: Investment Strategies
−Removed: seeking to achieve its investment objective, the Trust holds bitcoin and values its Shares daily based on the value of bitcoin
−Removed: as reflected by the Index, which is an independently calculated value based on an aggregation of executed trade flow of major
−Removed: bitcoin spot exchanges.
−Removed: The Index currently uses substantially the same methodology as the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate (“BRR”),
−Removed: including utilizing the same bitcoin exchanges, which is the underlying rate to determine settlement of CME bitcoin futures contracts,
−Removed: except that the Index is calculated as of 4:00 p.m.
−Removed: ET, whereas the BRR is calculated as of 4:00 p.m.
−Removed: no assurance that the Trust will achieve its investment objective.
−Removed: The Sponsor is authorized under the Trust Agreement to substitute
−Removed: an alternative index, reference rate, or other methodology for valuing bitcoin for the Index for purposes of the Trust’s
−Removed: investment objective and valuation policies at its sole discretion and without Shareholder approval.
−Removed: The Shares are designed to
−Removed: provide investors with a cost-effective and convenient way to invest in bitcoin.
−Removed: Use of the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate – New York Variant
−Removed: each day other than a Saturday or a Sunday, or a day on which Nasdaq is closed for regular trading (a “Business Day”),
−Removed: as soon as practicable after 4:00 p.m.
−Removed: ET, the Trust evaluates the bitcoin held by the Trust as reflected by the CME CF Bitcoin
−Removed: Reference Rate – New York Variant for the Bitcoin – U.S.
−Removed: Dollar trading pair (the “Index”) and determines
−Removed: the net asset value of the Trust and the net asset value per Share (“NAV”).
−Removed: Index is calculated as of 4:00 p.m.
−Removed: The Index is designed based on the IOSCO Principles for Financial Benchmarks and is a
−Removed: Registered Benchmark under UK Benchmark Regulations (“BMR”).
−Removed: The administrator of the Index is CF Benchmarks Ltd.
−Removed: (the “Index Administrator”) a UK incorporated company, authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority
−Removed: (“FCA”) of the UK as a Benchmark Administrator, under UK BMR.
−Removed: of Operations
−Removed: Three Months Ended September 30, 2025 and 2024
−Removed: Trust’s net asset value increased from $625,905,470 at June 30, 2025, to $682,460,646 at September 30, 2025.
−Removed: in the Trust’s net assets resulted from an increase in outstanding Shares, which rose from 20,705,000 at June, 2025, to
−Removed: 21,120,000 at September 30, 2025, as a result of 1,160,000 Shares being created and 745,000 Shares being redeemed during the quarter,
−Removed: and an increase in the value of bitcoin, which appreciated 7.0% from $106,930 at June 30, 2025, to $114,394 at September 30, 2025.
−Removed: The net asset value per Share increased 6.9% from $30.22 at June 30, 2025, to $32.31 at September 30, 2025.
−Removed: net asset value per Share of $34.56 at August 13, 2025 was the highest during the quarter, compared with a low of $29.85 at July
−Removed: Trust’s net asset value increased from $518,313,439 at June 30, 2024, to $569,655,239 at September 30, 2024.
−Removed: in the Trust’s net assets resulted from an increase in outstanding Shares, which grew from 29,545,000 at June 30, 2024,
−Removed: to 31,720,000 at September 30, 2024, as a result of 2,730,000 Shares being created and 555,000 Shares being redeemed during the
−Removed: quarter, and an increase in the value of bitcoin, which appreciated 2.4% from $61,910 at June 30, 2024, to $63,418 at September
−Removed: net asset value per Share increased 2.4% from $17.54 at June 30, 2024 to $17.96 at September 30, 2024.
−Removed: net asset value per Share of $19.22 at July 22, 2024 was the highest during the quarter, compared with a low of $15.05 at August
−Removed: increase in net assets from operations for the quarter ended September 30, 2024 was $12,632,292, resulting from an increase in
−Removed: unrealized gain on the Trust’s bitcoin investment of $10,981,879, realized gains on the disposition of bitcoin of $1,994,668,
−Removed: and Sponsor Fees incurred of $344,255.
−Removed: Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025 and 2024
−Removed: Trust’s net asset value decreased from $826,115,990 at December 31, 2024, to $682,460,646 at September 30, 2025.
−Removed: in the Trust’s net assets resulted from a decrease in outstanding Shares, which fell from 31,260,000 at December 31, 2024,
−Removed: to 21,120,000 at September 30, 2025, and an increase in the value of bitcoin, which appreciated 22.5% from $93,381 at December
−Removed: 31, 2024, to $114,394 at September 30, 2025.
−Removed: The net asset value per Share increased 22.2% from $26.43 at December 31, 2024, to
−Removed: $32.31 at September 30, 2025.
−Removed: increase in net assets from operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 was $107,856,285, resulting from a decrease
−Removed: in unrealized gain on the Trust’s bitcoin investment of $16,289,482, realized gains on the disposition of bitcoin of $125,395,088,
−Removed: and Sponsor Fees incurred of $1,249,321.
−Removed: Trust’s net asset value increased from $0 at December 31, 2023, to $ 569,655,239 at September
−Removed: The change in the Trust’s net assets resulted from an increase in outstanding Shares, which grew from 0 at December
−Removed: 31, 2023, to 31,720,000 at September 30, 2024, and an increase in the value of bitcoin, which
−Removed: appreciated 38.3% from $ 45,853 at January 10, 2024 (the initial share purchase
−Removed: date) , to $63,418 at September 30, 2024.
−Removed: The net asset value per Share increased 38.2% from $13.00 at January
−Removed: 10, 2024 (the initial share purchase date), to $17.96 at September 30, 2024.
−Removed: increase in net assets from operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was $33,564,168, resulting from an increase
−Removed: in unrealized gain on the Trust’s bitcoin investment of $19,227,215, realized gains on the disposition of bitcoin of $14,971,689,
−Removed: and net Sponsor Fees incurred of $634,736.
−Removed: Resources and Liquidity
−Removed: Trust does not hold a cash balance except in connection with the creation and redemption of Baskets or to pay expenses not assumed
−Removed: by the Sponsor.
−Removed: To the extent the Trust does not have available cash to facilitate redemptions or pay expenses not assumed by
−Removed: the Sponsor, the Trust will sell bitcoin.
−Removed: When selling bitcoin on behalf of the Trust, the Sponsor endeavors to minimize the Trust’s
−Removed: holdings of assets other than bitcoin.
−Removed: As a consequence, the Sponsor expects that the Trust will have an immaterial amount of
−Removed: cash flow from its operations and that its cash balance will be insignificant at the end of each reporting period.
−Removed: only sources of cash are proceeds from the sale of Baskets and bitcoin.
+Added: Overview of the Trust
+Added: CoinShares Bitcoin ETF
+Added: (the “Trust”) was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on January 20, 2021.
+Added: The fiscal year for the Trust is December
+Added: The Trust issues common units of beneficial interest (“Shares”), which represent units of fractional undivided
+Added: beneficial interest in and ownership of the Trust.
+Added: The Shares of the Trust are listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC
+Added: (“Nasdaq” or the “Exchange”).
+Added: CoinShares Co., a Delaware corporation, is the sponsor of the Trust (the
+Added: CSC Delaware Trust Company is the trustee of the Trust (the “Trustee”).
+Added: Services, LLC is the transfer agent of the Trust (in such capacity, the “Transfer Agent”) and the administrator of the
+Added: Trust (in such capacity, the “Administrator”), Paralel Distributors LLC is the marketing agent of the Trust (the
+Added: “Marketing Agent”), Coinbase Custody Trust Company, LLC (“Coinbase”), BitGo Trust Company, Inc.
+Added: (“BitGo”), and Komainu (Jersey) Limited (“Komainu” and collectively with Coinbase and BitGo, the
+Added: “Custodians”) are the custodians of the Trust’s bitcoin, Coinbase, Inc., an affiliate of Coinbase, is the prime
+Added: broker of the Trust (the “Prime Broker”), and U.S.
+Added: Bank, N.A., an affiliate of the Transfer Agent and Administrator, is
+Added: the cash custodian of the Trust (the “Cash Custodian”).
+Added: The operations of the Trust are governed by the provisions of
+Added: the First Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the Trust, among the Trustee, the Sponsor, and the shareholders from time to time
+Added: thereunder (the “Shareholders”), as may be amended from time to time (the “Trust Agreement”).
+Added: an exchange-traded fund that sells or redeems common shares of beneficial interest (“Shares”) in blocks of 5,000 Shares
+Added: (a “Basket”) based on the quantity of bitcoin attributable to each Share of the Trust (net of accrued but unpaid
+Added: expenses and liabilities).
+Added: There are an unlimited number of authorized Shares.
+Added: The Trust’s inception of operation was January
+Added: The Trust had no operations prior to January 11, 2024, other than matters relating to its organization and the registration
+Added: of the Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”).
+Added: The offering of the Trust’s Shares is registered
+Added: with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) in accordance with the 1933 Act.
+Added: Shares of the Trust trade on Nasdaq under the
+Added: ticker symbol BRRR.
+Added: The Sponsor maintains a
+Added: website (coinshares.com/us/etf/brrr/), through which the Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current
+Added: Reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
+Added: Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), can be accessed free of charge, as soon as reasonably practicable after such material
+Added: is electronically filed with, or furnished to, the SEC.
+Added: Additional information regarding the Trust may also be found on the SEC’s
+Added: EDGAR database at www.sec.gov .
+Added: Investment Objectives and Principal Investment Strategies
+Added: Investment Objectives
+Added: The investment objective
+Added: of the Trust is for the Shares to reflect the performance of the value of a bitcoin as represented by the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate
+Added: – New York Variant (the “Index”), less the Trust’s liabilities and expenses.
+Added: Principal Investment Strategies
+Added: In seeking to achieve its
+Added: investment objective, the Trust holds bitcoin and values its Shares daily based on the value of bitcoin as reflected by the Index, which
+Added: is an independently calculated value based on an aggregation of executed trade flow of major bitcoin spot exchanges.
+Added: The Sponsor is authorized
+Added: under the Trust Agreement to substitute an alternative index, reference rate, or other methodology for valuing bitcoin for the Index for
+Added: purposes of the Trust’s investment objective and valuation policies at its sole discretion and without Shareholder approval.
+Added: Shares are designed to provide investors with a cost-effective and convenient way to invest in bitcoin.
+Added: Valuation of Bitcoin;
+Added: Use of the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate –
+Added: New York Variant
+Added: On each day other than a
+Added: Saturday or a Sunday, or a day on which Nasdaq is closed for regular trading (a “Business Day”), as soon as practicable after
+Added: ET, the Trust evaluates the bitcoin held by the Trust as reflected by the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate – New York Variant
+Added: for the Bitcoin – U.S.
+Added: Dollar trading pair (the “ CF Benchmarks Index”)
+Added: and determines the net asset value of the Trust and the net asset value per Share (“NAV”).
+Added: The CF Benchmarks Index is
+Added: calculated as of 4:00 p.m.
+Added: The CF Benchmarks Index is designed based on the IOSCO Principles for Financial Benchmarks and is a Registered
+Added: Benchmark under UK Benchmark Regulations (“BMR”).
+Added: The administrator of the CF Benchmarks Index is CF Benchmarks Ltd.
+Added: “Index Administrator”) a UK incorporated company, authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”)
+Added: of the UK as a Benchmark Administrator, under UK BMR.
+Added: Results of Operations
+Added: The Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 and 2025
+Added: The Trust’s net asset value decreased from
+Added: $505,380,907 at December 31, 2025, to $429,730,949 at March 31, 2026.
+Added: The change in the Trust’s net assets resulted from an increase
+Added: in outstanding Shares, which rose from 20,425,000 at December 31, 2025, to 22,335,000 at March 31, 2026, as a result of 2,510,000 Shares
+Added: (502 Baskets) being created and 600,000 Shares (120 Baskets) being redeemed during the quarter, and a decrease in the value of bitcoin,
+Added: which depreciated 22.2% from $87,650 at December 31, 2025, to $68,198 at March 31, 2026.
+Added: The net asset value per Share decreased
+Added: 22.2% from $24.74 at December 31, 2025, to $19.24 at March 31, 2026.
+Added: The net asset value per Share
+Added: of $27.53 at January 14, 2026 was the highest during the quarter, compared with a low of $18.03 at February 5, 2026.
+Added: decrease in net assets from operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2026 was $ 120,689,754 , resulting
+Added: from a decrease in unrealized gain on the Trust’s bitcoin investment of $ 120,717,285, realized
+Added: gains on the disposition of bitcoin of $ 316,512 and Sponsor Fees incurred of $ 288,981 .
+Added: net asset value decreased from $826,115,990 at December 31, 2024, to $480,386,204 at March 31, 2025.
+Added: The change in the Trust’s net
+Added: assets resulted from a decrease in outstanding Shares, which fell from 31,260,000 at December 31, 2024, to 20,450,000 at March 31, 2025,
+Added: as a result of 610,000 Shares (122 Baskets) being created and 11,420,000 Shares (2,284 Baskets) being redeemed during the quarter, and
+Added: a decrease in the value of bitcoin, which depreciated 11.1% from $93,381 at December 31, 2024, to $83,057 at March 31, 2025.
+Added: The net asset
+Added: value per Share decreased 11.1% from $26.43 at December 31, 2024 to $23.49 at March 31, 2025.
+Added: The net asset
+Added: value per Share of $30.17 at January 21, 2025 was the highest during the quarter, compared with a low of $22.21 at March 10, 2025.
+Added: in net assets from operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2025 was $76,612,819, resulting from a decrease in unrealized gain on the
+Added: Trust’s bitcoin investment of $181,830,142, realized gains on the disposition of bitcoin of $105,677,876, and Sponsor Fees incurred
+Added: Cash Resources and Liquidity
+Added: The Trust does not hold a
+Added: cash balance except in connection with the creation and redemption of Baskets or to pay expenses not assumed by the Sponsor.
+Added: To the extent
+Added: the Trust does not have available cash to facilitate redemptions or pay expenses not assumed by the Sponsor, the Trust will sell bitcoin.
+Added: When selling bitcoin on behalf of the Trust, the Sponsor endeavors to minimize the Trust’s holdings of assets other than bitcoin.
+Added: As a consequence, the Sponsor expects that the Trust will have an immaterial amount of cash flow from its operations and that its cash
+Added: balance will be insignificant at the end of each reporting period.
+Added: The Trust’s only sources of cash are proceeds from the sale of
+Added: Baskets and bitcoin.
The Trust will not borrow to meet liquidity needs.
−Removed: exchange for the Sponsor Fee, the Sponsor has agreed to assume most of the expenses incurred by the Trust.
−Removed: The Sponsor Fee accrues
−Removed: at an annual rate of 0.25% of the Trust’s Bitcoin Holdings.
−Removed: As a result, the only ordinary expense of the Trust is the Sponsor
−Removed: The Trust is not aware of any trends, demands, conditions or events that are reasonably likely to result in material changes
−Removed: to its liquidity needs.
−Removed: Balance Sheet Arrangements and Contractual Obligations
−Removed: Trust has not used, nor does it expect to use in the future, special purpose entities to facilitate off balance sheet financing
−Removed: arrangements and have no loan guarantee arrangements or off balance sheet arrangements of any kind other than agreements entered
−Removed: into in the normal course of business, which may include indemnification provisions related to certain risks service providers
−Removed: undertake in performing services for the Trust.
−Removed: While the Trust’s exposure under such indemnification provisions cannot
−Removed: be estimated, these general business indemnifications are not expected to have a material impact on a Trust’s financial
−Removed: Fee payments made to the Sponsor are calculated as a fixed percentage of the Trust’s Bitcoin Holdings.
−Removed: As such, the Sponsor
−Removed: cannot anticipate the payment amounts that will be required under these arrangements for future periods as the Trust’s net
−Removed: assets are not known until a future date.
−Removed: Accounting Policies
−Removed: Market and Fair Value Determination
−Removed: Trust’s periodic financial statements may not utilize the net asset value of the Trust determined by reference to the Index
−Removed: to the extent the methodology used to calculate the Index is deemed not to be consistent with GAAP.
+Added: In exchange for the Sponsor
+Added: Fee, the Sponsor has agreed to assume most of the expenses incurred by the Trust.
+Added: The Sponsor Fee accrues at an annual rate of 0.25% of
+Added: the Trust’s bitcoin holdings.
+Added: As a result, the only ordinary expense of the Trust is the Sponsor Fee.
+Added: The Trust is not aware of
+Added: any trends, demands, conditions or events that are reasonably likely to result in material changes to its liquidity needs.
+Added: Off Balance Sheet Arrangements and Contractual Obligations
+Added: The Trust has not used, nor
+Added: does it expect to use in the future, special purpose entities to facilitate off balance sheet financing arrangements and have no loan
+Added: guarantee arrangements or off balance sheet arrangements of any kind other than agreements entered into in the normal course of business,
+Added: which may include indemnification provisions related to certain risks service providers undertake in performing services for the Trust.
+Added: While the Trust’s exposure under such indemnification provisions cannot be estimated, these general business indemnifications are
+Added: not expected to have a material impact on the Trust’s financial position.
+Added: Sponsor Fee payments made
+Added: to the Sponsor are calculated as a fixed percentage of the Trust’s bitcoin holdings.
+Added: As such, the Sponsor cannot anticipate the
+Added: payment amounts that will be required under these arrangements for future periods as the Trust’s net assets are not known until
+Added: a future date.
+Added: Critical Accounting Policies
+Added: Principal Market and Fair Value Determination
+Added: Trust’s periodic financial statements may not utilize the net asset value of the Trust determined by reference to the Index to
+Added: the extent the methodology used to calculate the Index is deemed not to be consistent with GAAP.
The Trust’s periodic
financial statements will be prepared in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting
−Removed: Standards Codification Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” (“ASC Topic 820”) and utilize
−Removed: an exchange-traded price from the Trust’s principal market for bitcoin on the Trust’s financial statement measurement
+Added: Standards Codification Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” (“ASC Topic 820”) and utilize an
+Added: exchange-traded price from the Trust’s principal market for bitcoin on the Trust’s financial statement measurement date.
The Sponsor will determine at its sole discretion the valuation sources and policies used to prepare the Trust’s financial
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Topic 820 because it is expected to be a quoted price in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
−Removed: determine which market is the Trust’s principal market (or in the absence of a principal market, the most advantageous market)
−Removed: for purposes of calculating the Trust’s financial statements, the Trust follows ASC 820-10, which outlines the application
−Removed: of fair value accounting.
−Removed: ASC 820-10 determines fair value to be the price that would be received for bitcoin in a current sale,
−Removed: which assumes an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date.
−Removed: ASC 820-10 requires the Trust to assume
−Removed: that bitcoin is sold in its principal market to market participants or, in the absence of a principal market, the most advantageous
−Removed: Market participants are defined as buyers and sellers in the principal or most advantageous market that are independent,
−Removed: knowledgeable, and willing and able to transact.
−Removed: The Trust may transact through digital asset brokers or dealers, in multiple
−Removed: markets, and its application of ASC 820-10 reflects this fact.
−Removed: The Trust anticipates that, while multiple venues and types of
−Removed: markets will be available to the digital asset brokers or dealers from whom the Sponsor acquires or disposes of the Trust’s
−Removed: bitcoin, the principal market in each scenario is determined by looking at the market-based level of volume and bitcoin trading
−Removed: Digital asset brokers or dealers may transact in a Brokered Market, a Dealer Market, Principal-to-Principal Markets
−Removed: and Exchange Markets (each as defined in the FASB ASC Master Glossary).
+Added: The Sponsor will
+Added: determine at its sole discretion the valuation sources and policies used to prepare the Trust’s financial statements in
+Added: accordance with U.S.
+Added: which market is the Trust’s principal market (or in the absence of a principal market, the most advantageous market) for purposes
+Added: of calculating the Trust’s financial statements, the Trust follows ASC 820-10, which outlines the application of fair value accounting.
+Added: ASC 820-10 determines fair value to be the price that would be received for bitcoin in a current sale, which assumes an orderly transaction
+Added: between market participants on the measurement date.
+Added: ASC 820-10 requires the Trust to assume that bitcoin is sold in its principal market
+Added: to market participants or, in the absence of a principal market, the most advantageous market.
+Added: Market participants are defined as buyers
+Added: and sellers in the principal or most advantageous market that are independent, knowledgeable, and willing and able to transact.
+Added: may transact through digital asset brokers or dealers, in multiple markets, and its application of ASC 820-10 reflects this fact.
+Added: Trust anticipates that, while multiple venues and types of markets will be available to the digital asset brokers or dealers from whom
+Added: the Sponsor acquires or disposes of the Trust’s bitcoin, the principal market in each scenario is determined by looking at the market-based
+Added: level of volume and bitcoin trading activity.
+Added: Digital asset brokers or dealers may transact in a Brokered Market, a Dealer Market, Principal-to-Principal
+Added: Markets and Exchange Markets (each as defined in the FASB ASC Master Glossary).
Based on information reasonably available to the Trust,
Exchange Markets have the greatest volume and level of activity for the asset.
−Removed: The Trust therefore looks to accessible Exchange
−Removed: Markets as opposed to the Brokered Market, Dealer Market and Principal-to-Principal Markets to determine its principal market.
−Removed: As a result of the aforementioned analysis, an Exchange Market has been selected as the Trust’s principal market.
−Removed: determines its principal market (or in the absence of a principal market the most advantageous market) on a quarterly basis to
−Removed: determine which market is its Principal Market for the purpose of calculating fair value for the creation of quarterly and annual
−Removed: financial statements.
−Removed: Sponsor has developed a process for identifying a principal market, as prescribed in ASC 820-10, which outlines the
−Removed: application of fair value accounting.
−Removed: The process begins by identifying publicly available, well-established and reputable
−Removed: bitcoin trading venues (Exchange Markets, as defined in the FASB ASC Master Glossary), which are selected by the Sponsor and
−Removed: its affiliates at their sole discretion.
−Removed: The Sponsor then identifies the principal market for bitcoin during that period and
−Removed: uses the price for bitcoin from that venue as of 4:00 p.m.
+Added: The Trust therefore looks to accessible Exchange Markets
+Added: as opposed to the Brokered Market, Dealer Market and Principal-to-Principal Markets to determine its principal market.
+Added: As a result of
+Added: the aforementioned analysis, an Exchange Market has been selected as the Trust’s principal market.
+Added: The Trust determines its principal
+Added: market (or in the absence of a principal market the most advantageous market) on a quarterly basis to determine which market is its Principal
+Added: Market for the purpose of calculating fair value for the creation of quarterly and annual financial statements.
+Added: Sponsor has developed a process for identifying a principal market, as prescribed in ASC 820-10, which outlines the application of
+Added: fair value accounting.
+Added: The process begins by identifying publicly available, well-established and reputable bitcoin trading venues
+Added: (Exchange Markets, as defined in the FASB ASC Master Glossary), which are selected by the Sponsor and its affiliates at their sole
+Added: The Sponsor then identifies the principal market for bitcoin during that period and uses the price for bitcoin from that
+Added: venue as of 4:00 p.m.
ET as the principal market price.
−Removed: Company Considerations
−Removed: Trust is an investment company for GAAP purposes and follows accounting and reporting guidance in accordance with the FASB ASC
−Removed: Topic 946, Financial Services – Investment Companies.
−Removed: The Trust uses fair value as its method of accounting for Bitcoin
−Removed: in accordance with its classification as an investment company for accounting purposes.
−Removed: The Trust is not a registered investment
−Removed: company under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
−Removed: GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported
−Removed: amounts in the financial statements and accompanying notes.
−Removed: Actual results could differ from those estimates and these differences
−Removed: could be material.
−Removed: Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
−Removed: applicable to Smaller Reporting Companies.
+Added: Investment Company Considerations
+Added: is an investment company for GAAP purposes and follows accounting and reporting guidance in accordance with the FASB ASC Topic 946, Financial
+Added: Services – Investment Companies.
+Added: The Trust uses fair value as its method of accounting for Bitcoin in accordance with its classification
+Added: as an investment company for accounting purposes.
+Added: The Trust is not a registered investment company under the Investment Company Act of
+Added: GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts in the financial statements and accompanying
+Added: Actual results could differ from those estimates and these differences could be material.
+Added: Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures
+Added: About Market Risk.
+Added: As a smaller reporting company, the Trust is not
+Added: required to provide the information required by this item.
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