UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
DC 20549
FORM
10-Q
(Mark
One)
☒ QUARTERLY
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For
the quarterly period ended September 30, 2025
OR
☐ TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For
the transition period from
to
Commission
File Number:
001-42917
Canary
Litecoin ETF
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
33-6385092
(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
c/o
Canary Capital Group LLC
8
Cadillac Drive , Suite 200
Brentwood ,
Tennessee 37027
(Address
of principal executive offices)
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code): (615)
200-0788
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title
of each class
Trading
Symbols(s)
Name
of each exchange
on which registered
Common Shares of Beneficial Interest of Canary Litecoin ETF (“Shares”)
LTCC
The
Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months
(or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and
(2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No
☐
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data
File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of
this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant
was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company.
See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,”
“smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in
Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large
accelerated filer
☐
Accelerated
filer
☐
Non-accelerated
filer
☒
Smaller
reporting company
☒
Emerging
growth company
☒
If
an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not
to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial
accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of
the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒
The registrant had 370,000 outstanding Shares as of December 8, 2025.
true
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Page
PART
I.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
1
Item
1.
Financial Statements
1
Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of September 30, 2025 (unaudited)
1
Statement of Changes in Net Assets through September 30, 2025 (unaudited)
2
Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)
3
Item
2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
7
Item
3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
9
Item
4.
Controls and Procedures
9
PART
II.
OTHER INFORMATION
10
Item
1.
Legal Proceedings
10
Item
1A.
Risk Factors
10
Item
2.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
10
Item
3.
Defaults Upon Senior Securities
10
Item
4.
Mine Safety Disclosures
10
Item
5.
Other Information
10
Item
6.
Exhibits
10
i
PART
I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item
1. Financial Statements.
Canary
Litecoin ETF
Statement
of Assets and Liabilities
(Unaudited)
September
30, 2025
ASSETS
Investment in Litecoin, at fair value (cost $ 0 )
$ 0
Cash
$ 1,000,000
Total assets
$ 1,000,000
LIABILITIES
Sponsor Fee payable
$ 0
Total liabilities
$ 0
Commitments and Contingent Liabilities (Note 6)
NET ASSETS
$ 1,000,000
Shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2025
(par value $ 0.00 per share; Unlimited number of shares authorized)
40,000
Net asset value per share
$ 25.00
See
accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
1
Canary
Litecoin ETF
Statement
of Changes in Net Assets
(Unaudited)
For the period
August 27, 2025
Through
September
30, 2025
Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
Net investment loss
—
Net realized gain (loss) on investment in Litecoin transferred to pay Sponsor Fee
—
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
—
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
—
Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from capital share transactions
Creations for Shares issued
$ 1,000,000
Redemptions for Shares redeemed
—
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from
capital share transactions
$ 1,000,000
Total increase(decrease) in net assets from operations
and capital share transactions
$ 1,000,000
Net assets
Beginning of period
—
End of period
$ 1,000,000
Shares issued and redeemed
Shares issued
40,000
Shares redeemed
—
Net increase (decrease) in Shares issued and outstanding
40,000
Shares outstanding at end of period
40,000
*No comparative financial statements have been provided
as the Trust’s operations commenced on October 27, 2025
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
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Canary
Litecoin ETF
NOTES
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
September
30, 2025
1. Organization
The
Canary Litecoin ETF (the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust, formed on September 24, 2024, pursuant to the Delaware
Statutory Trust Act. The Trust continuously issues common shares representing fractional undivided beneficial interest in and
ownership of the Trust that may be purchased and sold on the Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC (the “Exchange”) under the symbol
“LTCC.” The Trust operates pursuant to a Trust Agreement, as amended and/or restated from time to time (the “Trust
Agreement”). CSC Delaware Trust Company, a Delaware trust company, is the trustee of the Trust (the “Trustee”).
The Trust is managed and controlled by Canary Capital Group LLC (the “Sponsor”).
The
Trust is an exchange-traded fund that issues shares of beneficial interest (the “Shares”) that are listed and trade
on the Exchange. The Trust’s investment objective is to seek to provide exposure to the price of Litecoin (“LTC”)
held by the Trust, less the expenses of the Trust’s operations and other liabilities. The Trust is a passive investment
vehicle that does not seek to generate returns beyond tracking the price of LTC. In seeking to achieve
its investment objective, the Trust will hold LTC and establish its net asset value (“NAV”) on each business day by
reference to the CoinDesk Litecoin CCIXber 60m New York Rate (the “Pricing Benchmark”). The Pricing Benchmark is calculated
by CoinDesk Indices (the “Benchmark Provider”) based on a 60-minute time-weighted average price of the LTC-USD CCIXber
Reference Rate (the “Underlying Index”), which is an aggregation of executed trade flow of major LTC trading platforms
(“Constituent Platforms”). The Benchmark Provider publishes the Pricing Benchmark. The Trust is sponsored by the Sponsor.
As
of September 30, 2025, the Trust has had no operations other than those actions relating to organizational and registration matters.
On September 22, 2025, Charlie Lee (the “Seed Capital Investor”) purchased 40,000 Shares at a per-Share price of $ 25
(the “Seed Shares”). Total proceeds to the Trust from the sale of the Seed Shares was $ 1,000,000 which was held in
cash as presented on the Trust’s statement of assets and liabilities. The Trust will purchase $ 1,000,000 in LTC with the
proceeds of the Seed Shares upon commencement of investment operations. The Seed Capital Investor will act as a statutory underwriter
in connection with the Seed Shares. As of the date of the financial statements, these 40,000 Seed Shares represent all of the
outstanding Shares.
2. Significant
Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The
following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Trust in the preparation of these financial
statements. The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and are stated in U.S. Dollars. The Trust’s financial statements were
prepared using the accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting
Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 946, Financial Services — Investment Companies . The Trust qualifies
as an investment company solely for accounting purposes and not for any other purpose. The Trust 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 follows
the significant accounting policies described below.
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.
Cash
Generally,
the Trust does not intend to hold any cash. Cash includes non-interest bearing non-restricted cash with one institution. Cash
in a bank deposit account, at times, may exceed U.S. federally insured limits. The Trust has not experienced any losses in such
accounts and does not believe it is exposed to any significant credit risk on such bank deposits. As of September 30, 2025, the
Trust held $ 1,000,000 in cash relating to the issuance of the Seed Shares.
Investment
Transactions and Investment Income
The
Trust intends to purchase LTC upon the creation of Shares and sell LTC upon the 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 recognized in the statement of operations in the period in which the sale occurred or the changes
in unrealized occurred.
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Federal
Income Taxes
The
Sponsor and the Trustee will treat the Trust as a grantor trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes. As a result, the Trust itself
would not be subject to U.S. federal income tax. Instead, the Trust’s income, expenses and amounts realized should flow
through to the Shareholders, and the Trustee will report to Shareholders and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”)
on that basis. If the IRS were to assert successfully that the Trust is not classified as a grantor trust, the Trust would likely
be classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, which may affect the timing and other tax consequences to
the Shareholders. Under such circumstances, the Trust might be classified as a publicly traded partnership that would be taxable
as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, in which case the Trust would be taxed in the same manner as a corporation
on its taxable income and distributions to shareholders out of the earnings and profits of the Trust would be taxed to shareholders
as ordinary dividend income. However, due to the uncertain treatment of digital assets for U.S. federal income tax purposes, there
can be no assurance in this regard. No interest expense or penalties have been recognized as of the date of the financial statements.
Digital
Asset Trading Platform Valuation
The
value of LTC is determined by the value that various market participants place on LTC through their transactions. The most common
means of determining the value of LTC is by surveying one or more digital asset trading platforms where LTC is traded publicly
and transparently (e.g., Binance, Bitfinex, Coinbase Pro and Crypto.com).
The
Trust identifies and determines the principal market (or in the absence of a principal market, the most advantageous market) for
GAAP financial statement purposes consistent with the application of fair value measurement framework in FASB ASC 820. Under ASC
820, a principal market is the market with the greatest volume and activity level for the asset or liability. The Trust’s
valuation procedures provide for the designation of the Sponsor to determine the valuation sources and policies to prepare the
Trust’s financial statements in accordance with GAAP.
The
Trust utilizes various inputs to determine the fair value of its investments on a recurring basis. GAAP establishes a hierarchy
that prioritizes inputs to valuations methods. The three levels of inputs are:
Level
1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level
2 – Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either
directly or indirectly. These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for
similar instruments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates and similar data.
Level
3 – Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available; representing
the Trust’s own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability and would
be based on the best information available.
Calculation
of NAV
The
Administrator, defined below, determines the NAV of the Trust on each day that the Exchange is open for regular trading, as promptly
as practicable after 4:00 p.m. EST. The NAV of the Trust is the aggregate value of the Trust’s assets less its accrued but
unpaid liabilities (which include accrued expenses). In determining the Trust’s NAV, the Administrator values LTC held by
the Trust based on the price set by the Index as of 4:00 p.m. EST. The Administrator also determines the NAV per Share. For purposes
of the Trust’s financial statements, the Trust utilizes a pricing source that is consistent with GAAP, as of the financial
statement measurement date, which may result in valuations that differ from the Trust’s daily NAV calculations. The Sponsor
determines in its sole discretion the valuation sources and policies used to prepare the Trust’s financial statements in
accordance with GAAP.
The
Trust’s NAV per Share is calculated by taking the current fair value of its total assets, subtracting any liabilities, and
dividing that total by the number of Shares.
Segment
Reporting
The
Trust operates through a single operating and reporting segment with a primary objective of providing exposure to the price of
LTC held by the Trust, less the expenses of the Trust’s operations and other liabilities. The Trust’s chief operating
decision maker (“CODM”) is the Sponsor. The CODM monitors the operating results of the Trust and the Trust’s
long-term strategic asset allocation is predetermined in accordance with the terms of its prospectus, based on the defined investment
strategy against which the CODM assesses the Trust’s performance. In addition to other metrics, the CODM uses net increase
(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations as a key metric to assess the Trust’s performance.
3. Trust Expenses
and Other Agreements
(a) Sponsor
The
Trust pays the Sponsor an annual unified fee of 0.95 %
of the Trust’s LTC Holdings (the “Sponsor Fee”). The Trust’s “LTC Holdings” is the quantity of
the Trust’s LTC plus any cash or other assets held by the Trust represented in LTC as calculated using the Index Price, less
its liabilities (which include estimated accrued but unpaid fees and expenses) represented in LTC as calculated using the Index
Price. The Sponsor Fee is paid by the Trust to the Sponsor as compensation for services performed under the Trust Agreement. The
Administrator calculates the Sponsor Fee in respect of each day by reference to the prior day’s LTC Holdings. Except for
periods during which all or a portion of the Sponsor Fee is being waived, the Sponsor Fee accrues daily in LTC and is payable
monthly in LTC or cash. To the extent there are any on-chain transaction fees incurred in connection with the transfers of LTC to
pay the Sponsor Fee, the Sponsor, and not the Trust, shall bear such fees. The Sponsor may, at its sole discretion and from time to
time, waive all or a portion of the Sponsor Fee for stated periods of time. The Sponsor is under no obligation to waive any portion
of its fees, and any such waiver shall create no obligation to waive any such fees during any period not covered by the
waiver.
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As
partial consideration for its receipt of the Sponsor Fee, the Sponsor is obligated under the Trust Agreement to assume and pay
all fees and other expenses incurred by the Trust in the ordinary course of its affairs, excluding taxes, but including: (i) the
fees of the Trust’s third-party service providers, including, but not limited to, the Marketing Agent, the Administrator,
the Custodians, the Transfer Agent, the Cash Custodian, the Index Provider, and the Trustee, (ii) the fees and expenses related
to the listing, quotation or trading of the Shares on the Exchange (including customary legal, marketing and audit fees and expenses),
(iii) legal fees and expenses incurred in the ordinary course, (iv) audit fees, (v) regulatory fees, including, if applicable,
any fees relating to the registration of the Trust and Shares, including any ongoing filings related to the offering of Shares,
under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, (vi) printing and mailing costs, (vii) costs of maintaining the Trust’s website and
(viii) applicable license fees (each, a “Sponsor-paid Expense” and collectively, the “Sponsor-paid Expenses”),
provided that any expense that qualifies as an Extraordinary Expense (as defined below) will not be deemed to be a Sponsor-paid
Expense. There is no cap on the amount of Sponsor-paid Expenses. The Sponsor has also assumed all fees and expenses related to
the organization and offering of the Trust and the Shares.
The
Trust may incur certain extraordinary, nonrecurring expenses that are not Sponsor-paid Expenses, including, but not limited to,
brokerage and transaction costs associated with the sale or transfer of LTC, taxes and governmental charges, expenses and costs
of any extraordinary services performed by the Sponsor (or any other service provider) on behalf of the Trust to protect the Trust,
the Trust’s assets, or the interests of Shareholders, any indemnification of the Custodians or other agents, service providers
or counterparties of the Trust, and extraordinary legal fees and expenses, including any legal fees and expenses incurred in connection
with litigation, regulatory enforcement or investigation matters (collectively, “Extraordinary Expenses”). To the
extent on-chain transaction fees are incurred in connection with transfers or sales of LTC to pay Extraordinary Expenses, the
Trust will bear such fees, but to the extent there are any on-chain transaction fees incurred in connection with the transfers
of LTC to pay the Sponsor Fee or any Sponsor-paid Expenses, the Sponsor, and not the Trust, shall bear such fees.
To
the extent it does not have cash readily available, the Sponsor will cause the transfer or sale of LTC in such quantity as may
be necessary to permit the payment of Trust expenses and liabilities not assumed by the Sponsor or for payment of cash redemption
proceeds to financial firms that are authorized to purchase or redeem Shares with the Trust (known
as “Authorized Participants”) . The Trust will seek to transfer or sell LTC at such times and in the smallest
amounts required to permit such payments as they become due. With respect to transfers or sales necessary to pay Trust expenses
and liabilities that are denominated other than in LTC, the amount of LTC transferred or sold may vary from time to time depending
on the actual sales price of LTC relative to the Trust’s expenses and liabilities (e.g., if the price of LTC falls, the
amount of LTC needed to be transferred or sold to pay an expense or liability denominated in U.S. dollars will increase). To the
extent the Trust must buy or sell LTC, the Trust may do so through a third-party digital asset broker or dealer. The Sponsor will
select third party brokers or dealers that it believes have implemented adequate AML, KYC and other legal compliance policies
and procedures.
Under
the terms of each Authorized Participant Agreement, the Authorized Participants are responsible for any brokerage or transaction
costs associated with the sale or transfer of LTC incurred in connection with the fulfillment of a creation or redemption order.
(b) Administrator,
Custodians and Transfer Agent
U.S.
Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, doing business as U.S. Bank Global Fund Services (the “Administrator” and “Transfer
Agent”) serves as administrator, transfer agent and accounting agent of the Trust pursuant to a Fund Servicing Agreement.
Coinbase Custody Trust Company, LLC (the “Coinbase Custodian”) and BitGo Trust Company, Inc. (the “BitGo Custodian”
and together with Coinbase Custodian, the “Custodians”) serve as the Trust’s Custodians. Under the Coinbase
Custodial Services Agreement and the BitGo Custodial Services Agreement, the Custodians are responsible for safekeeping all the
Trust’s LTC allocated to each of the Custodians. The Custodians were selected by the Sponsor. The Sponsor is responsible
for opening accounts with the Custodians that hold the Trust’s LTC (the “LTC Accounts”), as well as facilitating
the transfer or sale of LTC required for the operation of the Trust. U.S. Bank, N.A., an affiliate of the Administrator and Transfer
Agent serves as the cash custodian for the Trust (the “Cash Custodian”). The Cash Custodian is responsible for safekeeping
all cash and other non-LTC assets of the Trust.
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(c) Marketing
Agent
Paralel
Distributors LLC is the marketing agent of the Trust (the “Marketing Agent”) and is responsible for reviewing and
approving the marketing materials, including the Trust’s website, prepared by the Sponsor for compliance with applicable
SEC and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) advertising laws, rules, and regulations pursuant
to a marketing agreement with the Trust. The Marketing Agent is a broker-dealer registered under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and a member of FINRA. With the assistance of the Marketing Agent, the Sponsor
developed a marketing plan for the Trust, prepared marketing materials regarding the Shares of the Trust, and exercises the marketing
plan of the Trust on an ongoing basis.
(d) Principal
Financial Officer
Employees
of PINE Advisors LLC (“PINE”) serve as officers of the Trust. In consideration for these services, the Sponsor pays
PINE an annual fee. The Sponsor also reimburses PINE for certain out-of-pocket expenses.
4. Capital
Share Transactions
The
Trust is an exchange-traded product. The Trust issues Shares on a continuous basis and, when the Trust creates or redeems its
Shares, it does so in blocks of 10,000 Shares (a “Basket”) based on the quantity of LTC attributable to each Share
of the Trust (net of accrued but unpaid expenses and liabilities). For a subscription of Shares, the subscription shall be in
the amount of cash needed to purchase the amount of LTC represented by the Basket being created, as calculated by the Administrator.
For a redemption of Shares, the Sponsor shall arrange for the LTC represented by the Basket to be sold and the cash proceeds distributed.
Financial firms that are authorized to purchase or redeem Shares of the Trust (“Authorized Participants”) deliver,
or facilitate the delivery of, cash to the Trust’s account with the Cash Custodian in exchange for Shares when they purchase
Shares, and the Trust delivers cash to such Authorized Participants when they redeem Shares with the Trust. Further, Authorized
Participants do not directly or indirectly purchase, hold, deliver, or receive LTC as part of the creation or redemption process
or otherwise direct the Trust or a third party with respect to purchasing, holding, delivering, or receiving LTC as part of the
creation or redemption process. Shares initially comprising the same Basket but offered by the Authorized Participants to the
public at different times may have different offering prices, which depend on various factors, including the supply and demand
for Shares, the value of the Trust’s assets, and market conditions at the time of a transaction. Shareholders who buy or
sell Shares during the day from their broker may do so at a premium or discount relative to the NAV of the Shares of the Trust.
The
Trust creates and redeems Shares in exchange for cash or LTC.
Shareholders
who decide to buy or sell Shares of the Trust place their trade orders through their brokers and incur customary brokerage commissions
and charges.
Only
Authorized Participants may place orders to create and redeem baskets through the Transfer Agent. The Transfer Agent coordinates
with the Trust's custodians to facilitate settlement of the Shares.
5. Related
Parties
The
Sponsor is considered to be a related party to the Trust. The Trust’s operations are supported by its Sponsor.
6. Commitments
and Contingent Liabilities
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. There were no commitments or contingencies required to be disclosed as of the date of the
financial statements.
7. Subsequent
Events
On
October 27, 2025, the Trust’s registration statement became effective in accordance with the provisions of section 8(a) of the
Securities Act of 1933 and the Trust purchased $ 1,000,000
of LTC with the proceeds of the Seed Shares in connection with
the commencement of investment operations. On October 28, 2025, the Shares of the Trust were listed on the Exchange.
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Item
2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
The
following discussion and analysis of the Trust’s financial condition and results of operations should be read together with,
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, the Trust’s unaudited financial statements and related notes included
elsewhere in this Quarterly Report, which have been prepared in accordance with GAAP.
This
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (the “Quarterly Report”) includes “forward-looking statements” with respect
to the financial conditions, results of operations, plans, objectives, future performance and business of Canary Litecoin ETF
(the “Trust”). In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,”
“will,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,”
“estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology.
All statements (other than statements of historical fact) included in this Quarterly Report that address activities, events, or
developments that will or may occur in the future, including such matters as movements in the digital asset markets, the Trust’s
operations, the plans of Canary Capital Group LLC (the “Sponsor”), and references to the Trust’s future success
and other similar matters, are forward-looking statements. These statements are only predictions. Actual events or results may
differ materially. These statements are based upon certain assumptions and analyses the Sponsor has made based on its perception
of historical trends, current conditions, and expected future developments, as well as other factors appropriate in the circumstances.
Factors
which could have a material adverse effect on the Trust’s business, financial condition or results of operations and future
prospects or which could cause actual results to differ materially from the Trust's expectations include, but are not limited
to:
● the
special considerations discussed in this Quarterly Report;
● general
economic, market and business conditions;
● technology
developments regarding the use of Litecoin and other digital assets, including the systems
used by the Sponsor and the Trust’s custodian in their provision of services to
the Trust;
● changes
in laws or regulations, including those concerning taxes, made by governmental authorities
or regulatory bodies;
● other
world economic and political developments, including, without limitation, global pandemics
and the societal and government responses thereto; and
● any
additional factors discussed in this Quarterly Report, as well as those described from
time to time in the Trust’s future reports filed with the SEC.
All
the forward-looking statements made in this Quarterly Report are qualified by these cautionary statements, and there can be no
assurance that the actual results or developments the Sponsor anticipates will be realized or, even if substantially realized,
that they will result in the expected consequences to, or have the expected effects on, the Trust’s operations or the value
of the Shares.
Should
one or more of these factors or other uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual outcomes
may vary materially from those described in forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are made based on the Sponsor’s
beliefs, estimates and opinions on the date the statements are made, and neither the Trust nor the Sponsor is under a duty to
update any of the forward-looking statements to conform such statements to actual results or to reflect a change in the Sponsor’s
expectations or predictions, other than as required by applicable laws. Investors are therefore cautioned against relying on forward-looking
statements.
Overview
of the Trust
The
Trust is an exchange-traded fund that issues Shares that are listed and trade on the Exchange. The Trust’s investment objective
is to seek to provide exposure to the price of LTC held by the Trust, less the expenses of the Trust’s operations and other
liabilities. The Trust is a passive investment vehicle that does not seek to generate returns beyond tracking the price of LTC.
In seeking to achieve its investment objective, the Trust will hold LTC and establish its NAV on each business day by reference
to the Pricing Benchmark. The Pricing Benchmark is calculated by the Benchmark Provider based on a 60-minute time-weighted average
price of the Underlying Index, which is an aggregation of executed trade flow of Constituent Platforms. The Benchmark Provider
publishes the Pricing Benchmark. The Trust is sponsored by the Sponsor.
The
Shareholders of the Trust take no part in the management or control, and have no voice in, the Trust’s operations or business.
Except to elect a successor Sponsor upon the resignation of the Sponsor or as otherwise required by laws of the state of Delaware,
Shareholders will have no voting rights under the Trust Agreement.
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Liquidity
and Capital Resources
Post
commencement of investment operations, the Trust will typically not hold a cash balance except in connection with the creation
and redemption of “Baskets” (i.e., blocks of 10,000 Shares) or to pay expenses not assumed by the Sponsor. The Trust
pays the Sponsor an annual unified fee of 0.95% of the Trust’s LTC Holdings (the “Sponsor Fee”). The
Trust’s “LTC Holdings” is the quantity of the Trust’s LTC plus any cash or other assets held by the Trust
represented in LTC as calculated using the Pricing Benchmark price, less its liabilities (which include estimated accrued but
unpaid fees and expenses) represented in LTC as calculated using the Pricing Benchmark price.
The
Trust may also incur certain extraordinary, nonrecurring expenses that are not assumed by the Sponsor, including, but not limited
to, brokerage and transaction costs associated with the sale or transfer of LTC, taxes and governmental charges, expenses and
costs of any extraordinary services performed by the Sponsor (or any other service provider) on behalf of the Trust to protect
the Trust, the Trust’s assets, or the interests of Shareholders, any indemnification of the Custodians or other agents,
service providers or counterparties of the Trust, and extraordinary legal fees and expenses, including any legal fees and expenses
incurred in connection with litigation, regulatory enforcement or investigation matters (collectively, “Extraordinary Expenses”).
To the extent on-chain transaction fees are incurred in connection with transfers or sales of LTC to pay Extraordinary Expenses,
the Trust will bear such fees.
To
the extent it does not have cash readily available, the Sponsor shall cause the transfer or sale of LTC in such quantity as may
be necessary to permit the payment of Trust expenses and liabilities not assumed by the Sponsor or for payment of redemption proceeds
to Authorized Participants. The Trust will not bear any costs associated with the transfer or sale of LTC to pay the Sponsor Fee.
To the extent the Trust incurs any Extraordinary Expenses, the Trust will bear the costs of any transfers or sales of LTC to pay
such expenses. The Trust will seek to transfer LTC at such times and in the smallest amounts required to permit such payments
as they become due. With respect to transfers or sales necessary to pay Trust expenses and liabilities that are denominated other
than in LTC, the amount of LTC transferred or sold may vary from time to time depending on the actual sales price of LTC relative
to the Trust’s expenses and liabilities (e.g., if the price of LTC falls, the amount of LTC needed to be transferred or
sold to pay an expense denominated in U.S. dollars will increase). To the extent the Trust must buy or sell LTC, the Trust may
do so through a third-party digital asset broker or dealer. When the Trust buys or sells LTC, the Sponsor seeks quotes from its
LTC trading counterparties. Such transactions are typically conducted over the counter rather than over a trading platform or
similar order matching service. The Sponsor will select third party brokers or dealers that it believes have implemented adequate
anti-money laundering, know-your-customer and other legal compliance policies and procedures.
Results
of Operations
From
September 24, 2024 (i.e., the date of formation) through September 30, 2025, the Trust was in an organizational period and had
not commenced investment operations. On September 22, 2025, the Seed Capital Investor purchased 40,000 Seed Shares. Total proceeds
to the Trust from the sale of the Seed Shares was $1,000,000 which was held in cash as presented on the Trust’s statement
of assets and liabilities. As of the date of the financial statements, these 40,000 Seed Shares represented all of the outstanding
Shares. On October 27, 2025, the Trust purchased $1,000,000 of LTC with the proceeds of the Seed Shares in connection with the
commencement of investment operations.
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
As
of September 30, 2025, the Trust has not used, nor does it expect to use in the future, special purpose entities to facilitate
off-balance sheet financing arrangements and has no loan guarantee arrangements or off-balance sheet arrangements of any kind
other than agreements entered into in the normal course of business, which may include indemnification provisions related to certain
risks service providers undertake in performing services which are in the best interests of the Trust. While the Trust’s
exposure under such indemnification provisions cannot be estimated, these general business indemnifications are not expected to
have a material impact on the Trust’s financial position.
Critical
Accounting Policies
Principal
Market and Fair Value Determination
The
Trust’s periodic financial statements are prepared in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”)
Accounting Standards Codification Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” (“ASC Topic 820”)
and utilize an exchange-traded price from the Trust’s principal market for LTC on the Trust’s financial statement
measurement date. The Sponsor will determine in its sole discretion the valuation sources and policies used to prepare the Trust’s
financial statements in accordance with GAAP. The Trust intends to engage a third-party vendor to obtain a price from a principal
market for LTC, which will be determined and designated by such third-party vendor daily based on its consideration of several
exchange characteristics, including oversight, and the volume and frequency of trades. Under GAAP, such a price is expected to
be deemed a Level 1 input in accordance with the ASC Topic 820 because it is expected to be a quoted price in active markets for
identical assets or liabilities.
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Investment
Company Considerations
The
Trust follows accounting and reporting guidance in accordance with the FASB ASC Topic 946, Financial Services – Investment
Companies. The Trust uses fair value as its method of accounting for LTC. The Trust qualifies as an investment company solely
for accounting purposes and not for any other purpose. The Trust is not registered, and is not required to be registered, as an
investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions
that affect the reported amounts in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates
and these differences could be material.
Item
3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
Not
applicable to “Smaller Reporting Companies,” as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Item
4. Controls and Procedures.
Disclosure
Controls and Procedures
The
Trust maintains disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in its
Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC rules and forms,
and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer of the Sponsor performing functions equivalent to those a principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting
officer of the Trust would perform if the Trust had any officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required
disclosure.
Under
the supervision and with the participation of the Principal Executive Officer and the Principal Financial and Accounting Officer
of the Sponsor, the Sponsor evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Trust’s disclosure controls and
procedures, as defined under Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e). Based on this evaluation, the Principal Executive Officer and the Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer of the Sponsor concluded that, as of September 30, 2025, the Trust’s disclosure controls
and procedures were effective in ensuring material information relating to the Trust is recorded, processed, summarized and reported
by management of the Sponsor on a timely basis and to ensure the quality and timeliness of the Trust’s public disclosures
with the SEC.
There
are inherent limitations to the effectiveness of any system of disclosure controls and procedures, including the possibility of
human error and the circumvention or overriding of the controls and procedures.
Changes
in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There
were no changes in the Trust’s internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the Trust’s most recently
completed fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, these internal controls
over financial reporting.
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PART
II — OTHER INFORMATION
Item
1. Legal Proceedings.
None.
Item
1A. Risk Factors.
Not
applicable to Smaller Reporting Companies.
Item
2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
a) On
September 22, 2025, Seed Capital Investor purchased 40,000 Seed Shares in a transaction
exempt from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities
Act”). Total proceeds to the Trust from the sale of the Seed Shares was $1,000,000.
The Seed Capital Investor acted as a statutory underwriter
in connection with the Seed Shares. On October 27, 2025, the Trust purchased $1,000,000
of LTC with the proceeds of the Seed Shares.
b) Not
applicable.
c) None.
Item
3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.
None.
Item
4. Mine Safety Disclosures.
Not
applicable.
Item
5. Other Information.
a) All
information required to be reported in a report on Form 8-K during the period covered
by this Form 10-Q has been reported.
b) Not
applicable.
c) No
executive officers or directors of the Sponsor have adopted, modified, or terminated
trading plans under either a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or a “non-Rule
10b5-1 trading arrangement” (as such terms defined in Item 408 of Regulation S-K
of the 1933 Act) for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2025.
Item
6. Exhibits.
Listed
below are the exhibits, which are filed as part of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q (according to the number assigned to them
in Item 601 of Regulation S-K of the 1933 Act):
Exhibit
Number
Description
3.1*
First Amended and Restated Trust Agreement
3.2**
Certificate of Trust, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Trust's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-282643) filed on October 15, 2024
10.1**
Authorized Participant Agreement, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Trust's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-282643) filed on September 15, 2025
10.2**
Marketing
Agent Agreement, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Trust's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-282643)
filed on September 15, 2025
10.3**
Coinbase Custodial Services Agreement, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Trust's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-282643) filed on September 15, 2025
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10.4**
BitGo Custodial Services Agreement, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Trust's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-282643) filed on September 15, 2025
10.5**
Fund Administration Servicing Agreement, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 of the Trust's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-282643) filed on September 15, 2025
10.6**
Transfer Agent Servicing Agreement, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 of the Trust's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-282643) filed on September 15, 2025
10.7**
Fund Accounting Servicing Agreement, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 of the Trust's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-282643) filed on September 15, 2025
10.8**
Sponsor Agreement, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 of the Trust's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-282643) filed on October 7, 2025
10.9**
Cash Custody Agreement (Custodian Agreement), incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 of the Trust's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-282643) filed on September 15, 2025
10.10**
Index License Agreement, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 of the Trust's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-282643) filed on September 15, 2025
31.1*
Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
31.2*
Certification of Principal Financial and Accounting Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.1*
Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.2*
Certification of Principal Financial and Accounting Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
101.INS*
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Inline XBRL document
101.SCH*
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema With
Embedded Linkbase Documents
104*
Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)
* Filed
herewith
** Previously
filed
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Canary Capital Group LLC
as Sponsor of Canary Litecoin ETF
By:
/s/ Steven McClurg
Name:
Steven McClurg
Title:
Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)*
By:
/s/ Starr Frohlich
Name:
Starr Frohlich
Title:
Principal Financial and Accounting Officer
Date:
December 9, 2025
*
The Registrant is a trust and this person is signing in their capacity as an officer of Canary Capital Group LLC, the Sponsor
of the Registrant.
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