Item 1. Financial Statements
Item 1. Financial Statements (unaudited)
Statements of Financial Condition
At June 30, 2026 (unaudited) and December 31,
2025
June 30, 2026 (unaudited)
December 31, 2025
Assets
Investments in bitcoin, at fair value (cost $ 442,207,125 and $ 427,528,143 at June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively)
$ 342,431,656
$ 505,489,906
Total assets
$ 342,431,656
$ 505,489,906
Liabilities
Sponsor fees payable
$ 77,541
$ 108,999
Total liabilities
$ 77,541
$ 108,999
Net assets
$ 342,354,115
$ 505,380,907
Shares issued and outstanding, no par value, Unlimited shares authorized
20,795,000
20,425,000
Net asset value per Share
$ 16.46
$ 24.74
The accompanying notes are an integral part
of the financial statements.
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COINSHARES BITCOIN ETF
Schedules of Investment
At June 30, 2026 (unaudited) and December 31,
2025
June 30, 2026 (Unaudited)
Bitcoin
Cost
Fair Value
% of Net Assets
Investment in bitcoin
5,864
$ 442,207,125
$ 342,431,656
100.0 %
Total investment
$ 442,207,125
$ 342,431,656
100.0 %
Other assets and liabilities, net
( 77,541 )
( 0.0 )% (a)
Net Assets
$ 342,354,115
100.0 %
December 31, 2025
Bitcoin
Cost
Fair Value
% of Net Assets
Investment in bitcoin
5,767
$ 427,528,143
$ 505,489,906
100.0 %
Total investment
$ 427,528,143
$ 505,489,906
100.0 %
Other assets and liabilities, net
( 108,999 )
( 0.0 )% (a)
Net Assets
$ 505,380,907
100.0 %
(a) Represents less than 0.05 % of net assets.
The accompanying notes are an integral part
of the financial statements.
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COINSHARES BITCOIN ETF
Unaudited Statements of Operations
For the
three and six months ended June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2025
Three Months
Ended
June 30, 2026 (Unaudited)
Three Months
Ended
June 30, 2025 (Unaudited)
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2026 (Unaudited)
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2025 (Unaudited)
Expenses
Sponsor fee (Note 4)
$ 274,347
$ 363,796
$ 563,328
$ 824,349
Total expenses
274,347
363,796
563,328
824,349
Net investment income (loss)
( 274,347 )
( 363,796 )
( 563,328 )
( 824,349 )
Net realized and change in unrealized gain (loss)
Net realized gain (loss) from:
Bitcoin transferred to pay Sponsor fee
7,741
105,238
26,127
318,896
Bitcoin sold for the redemption of Shares
2,606,597
11,033,890
2,904,723
116,498,108
Net realized gain (loss)
2,614,338
11,139,128
2,930,850
116,817,004
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investment
( 57,019,947 )
130,366,125
( 177,737,232 )
( 51,464,017 )
Net realized and change in unrealized gain (loss)
( 54,405,609 )
141,505,253
( 174,806,382 )
65,352,987
Net income (loss)
$ ( 54,679,956 )
$ 141,141,457
$ ( 175,369,710 )
$ 64,528,638
Net income (loss) per share
$ ( 2.51 )
$ 6.73
$ ( 8.08 )
$ 2.64
Weighted average number of shares outstanding
21,793,846
20,971,758
21,702,044
24,475,691
The accompanying notes are an integral part
of the financial statements.
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COINSHARES BITCOIN ETF
Unaudited Statements of Changes in Net Assets
For the
three and six months ended June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2025
Three Months Ended
June 30, 2026 (Unaudited)
Three Months Ended
June 30, 2025 (Unaudited)
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2026 (Unaudited)
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2025 (Unaudited)
Net Assets – Opening Balance
$ 429,730,949
$ 480,386,204
$ 505,380,907
$ 826,115,990
Creations
8,258,459
43,128,516
65,708,126
60,709,538
Redemptions
( 40,955,337 )
( 38,869,007 )
( 53,365,208 )
( 325,566,996 )
Net investment income (loss)
( 274,347 )
( 363,796 )
( 563,328 )
( 824,349 )
Net realized gain (loss)
2,614,338
11,139,128
2,930,850
116,817,004
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investment
( 57,019,947 )
130,366,125
( 177,737,232 )
( 51,464,017 )
Net Assets – Closing Balance
$ 342,354,115
$ 625,787,170
$ 342,354,115
$ 625,787,170
The accompanying notes are an integral part
of the financial statements.
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COINSHARES BITCOIN ETF
Notes to the Financial Statements (Unaudited)
1. Organization
CoinShares Bitcoin ETF (the “Trust”)
was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on January 20, 2021. The fiscal year for the Trust is December 31st. CSC Delaware Trust Company
is the trustee of the Trust (the “Trustee”). CoinShares Co., a Delaware corporation, is the sponsor of the Trust (the “Sponsor”).
The Sponsor is responsible for the day-to-day administration of the Trust. The Trust is governed by the provisions of the First Amended
and Restated Trust Agreement, as amended (the “Trust Agreement”), executed by the Sponsor and the Trustee. The Trust is an
exchange traded fund that issues common shares of beneficial interest (“Shares”) representing units of fractional undivided
beneficial interests in its net assets. There are an unlimited number of authorized shares.
The 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 Bitcoin Reference Rate - New York Variant (the
“Index”), less the Trust’s liabilities and expenses. In seeking to achieve its investment objective, the Trust holds
bitcoin and values its Shares daily based on the value of bitcoin as reflected by the Index, which is an independently calculated value
based on an aggregation of executed trade flow of major bitcoin spot exchanges.
The offering of the Trust’s Shares is registered
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in accordance with the Securities Act of 1933.
2. Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant
Accounting Policies
The Trust qualifies as
an investment company solely for accounting purposes and not for any other purpose and follows the accounting and reporting guidance under
the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services –
Investment Companies, but is not registered, and is not required to be registered, as an investment company under the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended.
The Trust is an “emerging
growth company” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”). The Trust will cease
to be an “emerging growth company” upon the earliest of (i) it having $1.235 billion or more in annual revenues, (ii) at least
$700 million in market 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 or (iv) the last day of the fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of its initial public offering.
For as long as the Trust
is an emerging growth company, unlike other public companies, it will not be required to provide an auditor’s attestation report
on management’s assessment of the effectiveness of our system of internal control over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404(b)
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002; or comply with any new audit rules adopted by the PCAOB after April 5, 2012, unless the SEC determines
otherwise.
The following is a summary
of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Trust in the preparation of financial statements. The financial statements
have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”).
(a) Use of Estimates
The preparation of the
financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of
assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could
differ from those estimates.
(b) Investment Transactions
The Trust purchases bitcoin
upon the net creation of Shares and sells bitcoin upon the net redemption of Shares. Transactions are recorded on a trade date basis.
Realized gains (losses) and changes in unrealized gains (losses) on open positions are determined on a specific identification basis and
are recognized in the statement of operations in the period in which the sale occurred or the changes in unrealized occurred.
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The Trust utilizes an exchange traded price from
the principal market for bitcoin as of 4:00 p.m. ET on the Trust’s financial statement measurement date to value the bitcoin held
by the Trust. The Sponsor determines in its sole discretion the valuation sources and policies used to prepare the Trust’s financial
statements in accordance with GAAP.
(c) Indemnifications
The Sponsor and its affiliates (each a “Covered
Person”) will be indemnified by the Trust and held harmless against any loss, judgment, liability, expense incurred or amount paid
in settlement of any claim sustained by it in connection with the Covered Person’s activities for the Trust, without fraud, gross
negligence, bad faith, willful misconduct or a material breach of the Trust Agreement on the part of such indemnified party arising out
of or in connection with the performance of its obligations under the Trust Agreement and under each other agreement entered into by the
Sponsor in furtherance of the administration of the Trust (including, without limiting the scope of the foregoing, any Participant Agreement)
or any actions taken in accordance with the provisions of the Trust Agreement.
The Trustee and any of the officers, directors,
employees and agents of the Trustee shall be indemnified by the Trust as primary obligor and held harmless against any loss, damage, liability,
claim, action, suit, cost, expense, disbursement (including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel), tax or penalty of any kind and
nature whatsoever, arising out of, imposed upon or asserted at any time against such indemnified person in connection with the performance
of its obligations under the Trust Agreement, the creation, operation or termination of the Trust or the transactions contemplated therein;
provided, however, that neither the Trust nor the Sponsor shall be required to indemnify any such indemnified person for any such expenses
which are a result of the willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence of such indemnified person.
The Trust’s maximum exposure under these
arrangements is unknown because it involves future potential claims against the Trust, which cannot be predicted with any certainty.
(d) Federal Income Taxes
The 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. If so qualified, the Trust will not
be subject to U.S. federal income tax to the extent it distributes substantially all of its investment income and capital gains to shareholders.
Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required. Rather, a pro rata portion of the Trust’s income, gain, losses and deductions
will “flow through” to each beneficial owner of Shares.
(e) Recent Accounting Pronouncements
The Sponsor has evaluated recently issued accounting
pronouncements and does not believe any such pronouncements will have a material impact on the Trust’s financial statements.
3. Investment Valuation and Calculation of Net
Asset Value (“NAV” )
FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic 820,
Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, provides a single definition of fair value, a hierarchy for measuring fair value and expanded
disclosures about fair value adjustments.
GAAP 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 market participants at the measurement
date. The Trust’s policy is to value its investments at fair value.
Various inputs are used in determining the fair
value of assets and liabilities. Inputs may be based on independent market data (“observable inputs”), or they may be internally
developed (“unobservable inputs”). These inputs are categorized into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three broad levels
for financial reporting purposes. The level of a value determined for an asset or liability within the fair value hierarchy is based on
the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy
are as follows:
Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active
markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2 — Inputs other than quoted prices
included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability either directly or indirectly, including quoted prices for similar
assets or liabilities in active markets, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability and inputs that
are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means; and
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Level 3 — Inputs that are unobservable for
the asset or liability, including the Trust’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments.
The following table summarizes the Trust’s
investments at fair value:
June 30, 2026 (Unaudited)
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Total
Bitcoin
$ 342,431,656
$ —
$ —
$ 342,431,656
Total Investments
$ 342,431,656
$ —
$ —
$ 342,431,656
December 31, 2025
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Total
Bitcoin
$ 505,489,906
$ —
$ —
$ 505,489,906
Total Investments
$ 505,489,906
$ —
$ —
$ 505,489,906
There were no transfers between Level 1 and other Levels for the six months ended June 30, 2026, or for the year ended
December 31, 2025.
The Trust fair values investments for financial
statement purposes, categorizing those investments using the hierarchy as described above.
The Trust’s NAV is calculated by subtracting
all accrued fees, expenses and other liabilities from the fair value of its bitcoin and other assets. The Trust’s NAV per share
is calculated by taking the Trust’s NAV divided by the total amount of Shares outstanding.
The following summarizes activity in bitcoin for
the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025:
Three Months Ended June 30, 2026
Bitcoin
Fair Value
Beginning Balance as of March 31, 2026
6,303
$ 429,823,599
Bitcoin purchased
110
8,253,016
Bitcoin sold for the redemption of Shares
( 545 )
( 40,952,055 )
Bitcoin transferred to pay the Sponsor fee
( 4 )
( 287,295 )
Net Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investment in bitcoin
—
( 57,019,947 )
Net Realized gain (loss) on investments in bitcoin
—
2,614,338
Ending balance as of June 30, 2026
5,864
$ 342,431,656
Three Months Ended June 30, 2025
Bitcoin
Fair Value
Beginning Balance as of March 31, 2025
5,784
$ 480,384,508
Bitcoin purchased
465
43,111,468
Bitcoin sold for the redemption of Shares
( 393 )
( 38,853,551 )
Bitcoin transferred to pay the Sponsor fee
( 2 )
( 242,208 )
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investment in bitcoin
—
130,366,125
Net realized gain (loss) on investments in bitcoin
—
11,139,128
Ending balance as of June 30, 2025
5,854
$ 625,905,470
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The following summarizes activity in bitcoin for the six months ended
June 30, 2026 and 2025:
Six Months Ended June 30, 2026
Bitcoin
Fair Value
Beginning Balance as of December 31, 2025
5,767
$ 505,489,906
Bitcoin purchased
819
65,700,401
Bitcoin sold for the redemption of Shares
( 714 )
( 53,357,576 )
Bitcoin transferred to pay the Sponsor fee
( 8 )
( 594,693 )
Net Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investment in bitcoin
—
( 177,737,232 )
Net Realized gain (loss) on investments in bitcoin
—
2,930,850
Ending balance as of June 30, 2026
5,864
$ 342,431,656
Six Months Ended June 30, 2025
Bitcoin
Fair Value
Beginning Balance as of December 31, 2024
8,849
$ 826,306,338
Bitcoin purchased
638
60,654,997
Bitcoin sold for the redemption of Shares
( 3,624 )
( 325,524,564 )
Bitcoin transferred to pay the Sponsor fee
( 9 )
( 884,288 )
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investment in bitcoin
—
( 51,464,017 )
Net realized gain (loss) on investments in bitcoin
—
116,817,004
Ending balance as of June 30, 2025
5,854
$ 625,905,470
4. Trust Expenses
The Trust pays to the
Sponsor a Sponsor fee (the “Sponsor Fee”) in accordance with the Trust Agreement. The Sponsor Fee accrues daily by applying
an annual rate of 0.25 % to the Trust’s bitcoin holdings. The Sponsor Fee is paid in bitcoins at such times as determined in
the Sponsor’s sole discretion. The Trust is not responsible for paying any fees or costs associated with the transfer of bitcoin
to the Sponsor or the sale of bitcoin for costs not included in the Sponsor Fee.
The Sponsor is obligated
to assume and pay the following fees and expenses of the Trust: the Marketing Agent fee, the Administrator fee, the Custodian fee, the
Cash Custodian fee, the Transfer Agent fee, the Trustee fee, applicable license fees, including the licensing fees related to the Index
License Agreement, fees and expenses related to trading of Shares on Nasdaq (including marketing, legal and audit fees and expenses),
legal expenses, audit fees, regulatory fees, including any fees relating to the registration of the Shares with the SEC, printing and
mailing costs and costs of maintaining the Trust’s website.
U.S. Bancorp Fund Services,
LLC, doing business as U.S. Bank Global Fund Services (“Fund Services”), an indirect subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp, serves as
the Trust’s fund accountant, fund administrator and the transfer agent of the Trust, pursuant to certain fund accounting servicing,
fund administration servicing and transfer agent servicing agreements. U.S. Bank N.A., a subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp and parent company
of Fund Services, serves as the Trust’s cash custodian pursuant to a custody agreement.
Paralel Distributors
LLC (the “Marketing Agent”) serves as the Trust’s marketing agent pursuant to a marketing agent agreement.
Coinbase Custody Trust Company, LLC, BitGo
Trust Company, Inc., and Komainu (Jersey) Limited (the “Custodians”) are custodians of the Trust.
5. Creation and Redemption of Creation Units
The Trust issues Shares
on an ongoing basis, but only in one or more blocks of 5,000 Shares (a “Basket”). The Trust issues Baskets of Shares
to certain authorized participants on an ongoing basis and redeems Shares in Baskets on an ongoing basis from authorized participants.
Authorized participants
are the only persons that may place orders to create and redeem Baskets. Authorized participants must be (1) registered broker-dealers
or other securities market participants, such as banks or other financial institutions, that are not required to register as broker-dealers
to engage in securities transactions as described below, and (2) Depository Trust Company participants.
Authorized
participants pay the transfer agent a fee for each order they place to create or redeem one or more Baskets. In addition, an
authorized participant is required to reimburse the Trust or the Sponsor, as applicable, for any operational processing and
brokerage costs, transfers 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 being purchased or sold in connection with such order (the “Execution Charges”, and
collectively with the Transfer Agent Fee, the “Transaction Fees”). The Transaction Fees may be reduced, increased or
otherwise changed by the Sponsor.
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Activity in the number and value of Shares
created and redeemed for the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 is as follows:
Number of Shares
Value of Shares
June 30, 2026
June 30, 2025
June 30, 2026
June 30, 2025
Creations
390,000
1,645,000
$ 8,258,459
$ 43,128,516
Redemptions
( 1,930,000 )
( 1,390,000 )
$ ( 40,955,337 )
$ ( 38,869,007 )
Net change in Shares created and redeemed
( 1,540,000 )
255,000
$ ( 32,696,878 )
$ 4,259,509
Activity in the number and value of Shares
created and redeemed for the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 is as follows:
Number of Shares
Value of Shares
June 30, 2026
June 30, 2025
June 30, 2026
June 30, 2025
Creations
2,900,000
2,255,000
$ 65,708,126
$ 60,709,538
Redemptions
( 2,530,000 )
( 12,810,000 )
$ ( 53,365,208 )
$ ( 325,566,996 )
Net change in Shares created and redeemed
370,000
( 10,555,000 )
$ 12,342,918
$ ( 264,857,458 )
6. Investment Transactions
For the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025,
the cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of bitcoin by the Trust, were as follows:
Purchases
Sales
June 30, 2026
June 30, 2025
June 30, 2026
June 30, 2025
$ 65,700,401
$ 60,654,997
$ 53,952,269
$ 326,408,852
7. Related Party Transactions
Certain officers of the
Trust are affiliated with the Sponsor and are not paid any fees by the Trust for serving in such capacities.
For the six months ended June 30, 2025, the Trust
incurred $ 824,349 in Sponsor Fees. For the six months ended June 30, 2026, the Trust incurred $ 563,328 in Sponsor Fees.
As of June 30, 2026,
affiliates of the Sponsor owned 18,140,000 Shares of the Trust.
8. Commitments and Contingencies
In the normal
course of business, the Trust may enter into contracts that contain a variety of general indemnification clauses. The Trust’s maximum
exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trust which have not yet
occurred and cannot be predicted with any certainty. However, the Sponsor believes the risk of loss under these arrangements to be remote.
9. Segment Reporting
The Principal
Accounting Officer of the Sponsor performs the functions of the Trust’s Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”).
The CODM monitors the operating results of the Trust as a whole, and the Trust’s asset allocation is managed in accordance with its prospectus
dated July 25, 2025 (the “Prospectus”). The Trust operates as a single operating and reporting segment pursuant to its investment
objective. The Trust’s Prospectus describes the Trust’s fees, investment objective, and principal risks, among other items. The Trust’s
portfolio composition, total returns, expense ratios and changes in net assets used by the CODM to assess segment performance and make
resource allocations are consistent with the information presented within the Trust’s financial statements. The financial information
provided to and reviewed by the CODM is presented within the Trust’s financial statements.
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10. Financial Highlights
The Trust is presenting the following financial
highlights related to investment performance and operations of a Share outstanding for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 and
2025, respectively. The total return at NAV is based on the change in NAV of 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, LLC during the period. An individual investor’s
return and ratios may vary based on the timing of capital transactions.
Financial Highlights (Unaudited)
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2026
and 2025:
Three Months Ended
June 30, 2026
(unaudited)
Three Months Ended
June 30, 2025 (unaudited)
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2026
(unaudited)
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2025 (unaudited)
Net Asset Value
Net Asset Value per Share, beginning of period
$ 19.24
$ 23.49
$ 24.74
$ 26.43
Net investment income (loss)
( 0.01 )
( 0.02 )
( 0.03 )
( 0.03 )
Net realized and change in unrealized Gain (loss)
( 2.77 )
6.75
( 8.25 )
3.82
Net income (loss)
( 2.78 )
6.73
( 8.28 )
3.79
Net asset value per Share, end of period
$ 16.46
$ 30.22
$ 16.46
$ 30.22
Market Value per Share, beginning of period
$ 19.13
$ 23.30
$ 24.73
$ 26.45
Market Value per Share, end of period
$ 16.55
$ 30.47
$ 16.55
$ 30.47
Ratio to average net assets
Net investment income (loss) (1)
( 0.25 )%
( 0.25 )%
( 0.25 )%
( 0.25 )%
Gross expenses (1)
0.25 %
0.25 %
0.25 %
0.25 %
Net expenses (1)
0.25 %
0.25 %
0.25 %
0.25 %
Total return, at net asset value (2)
( 14.45 )%
28.65 %
( 33.47 )%
14.34 %
Total return, at market value (2)
( 13.49 )%
30.77 %
( 33.08 )%
15.20 %
(1) Annualized
(2) Not annualized
11. Subsequent Events
The Sponsor has evaluated all subsequent events
through the issuance of the financial statements and has noted no events requiring adjustment or additional disclosure in the financial
statements during the period.
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