Item 1A. Risk Factors
Item 1 A. Risk Factors.
Except for the modified risk factor set forth below, there have been no material changes from risk factors as previously disclosed in the Trust's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on February 28, 2025.
The Effect of Market Disruptions and Government Interventions Are Unpredictable and May Have an Adverse Effect on an investment in the Shares.
Digital asset markets may be subject to temporary distortions due to various factors, including, among others, real or perceived adverse economic conditions, adverse investor sentiment generally, changes in the general outlook for revenues or corporate earnings, changes in interest or currency rates, lack of liquidity, manipulation and disruptive conduct, excessive speculation, regional or global instability and uncertainty, changes in trade regulation or economic sanctions, government regulation and intervention, technical and operational or system failures, nuclear accidents, terrorism, riots and acts of God. In addition, economies and financial markets throughout the world have become increasingly interconnected, which increases the likelihood that events or conditions in one region or country will adversely affect markets and asset classes in other regions or countries.
Certain changes in the U.S. economy in particular, such as when the U.S. economy weakens or when its financial markets decline, may have a material adverse effect on global financial markets as a whole. Increasingly strained relations between the U.S. and foreign countries, including as a result of economic sanctions and tariffs, may also adversely affect digital asset markets. A decrease in U.S. imports or exports, changes in trade regulations, including the threat or actual imposition of tariffs, trade wars or other economic sanctions on traditional allies or adversaries and their responses thereto, inflation, and/or an economic recession in the U.S. may have a material adverse affect on the U.S. economy, global financial markets as a whole and the digital asset market to which the Fund has exposure. Proposed and adopted policy and legislative actions in the U.S. may impact many aspects of financial and other regulations and may have a significant effect, including potentially adversely, on U.S. markets generally. The continued maintenance of elevated debt levels by the U.S. government as projected by governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations, or the imposition of U.S. austerity measures, could potentially constrain future economic growth and the ability to effectively respond to economic downturns. If these trends were to continue, they could adversely impact the U.S. economy, global financial markets as a whole and the digital asset markets in particular.
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