2025-07-31197990_ValkyrieBitcoinandEtherStrategyETF_TF_TSRAnnual
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CoinShares
Bitcoin and Ether ETF |
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BTF
(Principal U.S. Listing Exchange: NASDAQ) |
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Annual
Shareholder Report | September
30, 2025 |
This
annual
shareholder report
contains important information about the CoinShares
Bitcoin and Ether ETF (the “Fund”) for the period
of October
1, 2024, to September
30, 2025. You
can find additional information about the Fund at https://coinshares.com/us/etf/btf/.
You can also request this information by contacting us at 1-800-617-0004.
WHAT
WERE THE FUND COSTS FOR THE PAST YEAR? (based
on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)
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Fund
Name |
Costs
of a $10,000 investment |
Costs
paid as a percentage of a
$10,000 investment |
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CoinShares
Bitcoin and Ether ETF |
$160 |
1.24% |
HOW
DID THE FUND PERFORM LAST YEAR AND WHAT AFFECTED ITS
PERFORMANCE?
For
the 12-month period ended September 30, 2025, the Fund saw positive performance
with a 58.79% return based on NAV.
The Fund seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to
the performance of an equal-weight
basket of Bitcoin and Eether. The Fund invests in CME futures contracts that
should produce daily returns consistent
with the Fund’s investment objective.
WHAT
FACTORS INFLUENCED PERFORMANCE
Fund
performance was primarily driven by the total return of the CME futures
contracts held by the Fund, including the performance
of the reference assets of those futures contracts, expenses, transaction costs,
and other miscellaneous factors.
During
the 12-month period ended September 30, 2025, the newly elected U.S.
administration immediately promoted digital
asset expansion, innovation, and adoption which enabled broader growth and
development in more diversified products
and services. The GENIUS Act passed in the summer of 2025 established the first
regulatory framework for stablecoins
specifically defining requirements for reserves, audits, and reporting. This
provided regulatory clarity and legitimacy,
as well as consumer protection and market stability, that would encourage
institutional investment and participation.
The
Fund has maintained its strategy to gain exposure to the price movements of both
Bitcoin and Ether using front-month
CME Bitcoin and Ether futures contracts with an approximate equal weighting and
monthly rebalancing to ensure
alignment with its notional value
targets.
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Bitcoin and Ether ETF |
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BTF
performed well throughout the fourth quarter of 2024 following the momentum
created by the anticipated pro-crypto regulation
proposals from the incoming US administration that drove prices of Bitcoin and
Ether higher.
Macroeconomic
uncertainty and overall market risk-off sentiment due to possible tariff and
trade restrictions caused prices
in digital assets, as well as the broader stock market, to decline during the
first four months of 2025. However, as the
reality of the implementation of tariffs was discovered to be slower than
expected, Bitcoin and Ether reacted positively,
climbing to historical highs seen during the summer months then finally settling
in range by September.
With
the passing of the GENIUS Act over the summer, and Ether seen as the
front-runner for implementation and operation
of stablecoins with Tether’s USDT, the largest stablecoin, and Circle Group
(CRCL) and Coinbase’s (COIN) USDC, the
second-largest stablecoin already using the blockchain, Ether performance rose
about 60% from about $2,500 to about
$4,000 during the third quarter alone. The utility and architecture of the
blockchain, as well as the designed security
and speed, provides the necessary foundation for the growth seen in
stablecoins.
Key
factors affecting the Fund’s performance included the total return of the
derivatives held by the Fund, the performance
of the reference assets linked to those derivatives, financing rates paid or
earned, the types of derivative contracts
used, and their correlation to the Fund’s Index. Additionally, expenses,
transaction costs, the volatility of the digital
asset market (and its impact on compounding), and other miscellaneous factors
played a role in shaping performance.
The
views and opinions expressed herein of the Fund’s performance are those of the
adviser. These views and opinions are subject
to change at any time based on factors such as market and economic conditions.
These views and opinions may not
be relied upon as investment advice or recommendations, or as an offer for a
particular security. The information is not a
complete analysis of every aspect of any market, country, industry, security, or
the Fund.
HOW
DID THE FUND PERFORM SINCE
INCEPTION?*
The
$10,000
chart reflects a hypothetical $10,000
investment in the class of shares noted and assumes the maximum sales
charge. The chart uses total return NAV performance and assumes reinvestment of
dividends and capital gains. Fund
expenses, including 12b-1 fees, management fees and other expenses were
deducted.
CUMULATIVE
PERFORMANCE (Initial
Investment of $10,000)
ANNUAL
AVERAGE TOTAL RETURN (%)
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1
Year |
Since
Inception (10/21/2021) |
|
CoinShares
Bitcoin and Ether ETF NAV |
58.79 |
5.46 |
|
S&P
500 TR |
17.60 |
11.93 |
Visit
https://coinshares.com/us/etf/btf/
for more recent performance information.
| * |
The
Fund’s past performance is not a good predictor of how the Fund will
perform in the future. The
graph and table do not reflect the deduction
of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemption
of Fund shares.
|
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Bitcoin and Ether ETF |
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KEY
FUND STATISTICS (as
of September
30, 2025)
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| |
|
Net
Assets |
$40,764,978 |
|
Number
of Holdings |
2 |
|
Net
Advisory Fee |
$353,789 |
|
Portfolio
Turnover |
0% |
WHAT
DID THE FUND INVEST IN? (as
of September
30, 2025)
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| |
|
Top
Holdings |
(%
of Net
Assets)
|
|
First
American Treasury Obligations
Fund - Class X |
61.1% |
|
United
States Treasury Bill |
56.3% |
|
| |
|
Security
Type |
(%
of Net
Assets)
|
|
Money
Market Funds |
61.1% |
|
U.S.
Treasury Bills |
56.3% |
|
Futures
Contracts |
3.0% |
|
Reverse
Repurchase Agreements
|
-47.9% |
|
Cash
& Other |
27.5% |
|
| |
|
Instrument
/ Security Type |
(%
of Total
Exposure)
|
|
CME
Ether Futures Contracts |
50.4% |
|
CME
Bitcoin Futures Contracts
|
49.4% |
On
July
15, 2025,
the Fund’s name changed to CoinShares Bitcoin and Ether ETF. The Fund
continues to trade on the Nasdaq
Stock Market LLC under the ticker symbol
“BTF”.
For
additional information about the Fund; including its prospectus, financial
information, holdings and proxy information,
scan the QR code or visit https://coinshares.com/us/etf/btf/
The
Fund is distributed by ALPS
Distributors, Inc..
HOUSEHOLDING
To
reduce Fund expenses, only one copy of most shareholder documents may be mailed
to shareholders with multiple accounts
at the same address (Householding). If you would prefer that your Valkyrie Funds
LLC documents not be householded,
please contact Valkyrie Funds LLC at 1-800-617-0004,
or contact your financial intermediary. Your instructions
will typically be effective within 30 days of receipt by Valkyrie Funds LLC or
your financial intermediary.
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Bitcoin and Ether ETF |
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100002995406577671233410000799797261326215596
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CoinShares
Bitcoin Leverage ETF |
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BTFX
(Principal U.S. Listing Exchange: NASDAQ) |
|
Annual
Shareholder Report | September
30, 2025 |
This
annual
shareholder report
contains important information about the CoinShares
Bitcoin Leverage ETF (the “Fund”) for the period
of October 1, 2024, to September
30, 2025. You
can find additional information about the Fund at https://coinshares.com/us/etf/btfx/.
You can also request this information by contacting us at 1-800-617-0004.
WHAT
WERE THE FUND COSTS FOR THE PAST YEAR? (based
on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)
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Fund
Name |
Costs
of a $10,000 investment |
Costs
paid as a percentage of a
$10,000 investment |
|
CoinShares
Bitcoin Leverage ETF |
$288 |
1.85% |
HOW
DID THE FUND PERFORM LAST YEAR AND WHAT AFFECTED ITS
PERFORMANCE?
For
the 12-month period ended September 30, 2025, the Fund saw positive performance
with a 111.68% return based on NAV.
The
Fund seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond
to two times (2x) the daily performance
of the S&P Bitcoin Futures Index Excess Return (the “Index”). The Fund
invests in CME futures contracts that should
produce daily returns consistent with the Fund’s investment objective. The Fund
does not seek to achieve its stated investment
objective over a period of time greater than a single
day.
WHAT
FACTORS INFLUENCED PERFORMANCE
The
Fund’s performance was primarily influenced by the total return of spot Bitcoin,
which serves as the reference asset for
the CME Bitcoin futures held by the Fund. Other factors which influenced
performance included market conditions impacting
both Bitcoin and Bitcoin futures, as well as the volatility of these assets.
Additionally, the compounded effect of daily
repositioning the Fund to maintain approximately 200% investment exposure played
a significant role.
Other
notable factors included the costs associated with rolling futures contracts as
they near maturity, as well as fund fees,
expenses, and transaction costs.
Bitcoin
total return was positive for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2025. Over
the same period, the Index posted
a total return of 65.02%.
Key
factors affecting the Fund’s performance included the total return of the
derivatives held by the Fund, the performance
of the reference assets linked to those derivatives, financing rates paid or
earned, the types of derivative contracts
used, and their correlation to the Fund’s Index. Additionally, expenses,
transaction costs, the volatility of the Fund’s
Index (and its impact on compounding), and other miscellaneous factors played a
role in shaping performance.
The
views and opinions expressed herein of the Fund’s performance are those of the
adviser. These views and opinions are subject
to change at any time based on factors such as market and economic conditions.
These views and opinions may not
be relied upon as investment advice or recommendations, or as an offer for a
particular security. The information is not a
complete analysis of every aspect of any market, country, industry, security, or
the Fund.
HOW
DID THE FUND PERFORM SINCE
INCEPTION?*
The
$10,000
chart reflects a hypothetical $10,000
investment in the class of shares noted and assumes the maximum sales
charge. The chart uses total return NAV performance and assumes reinvestment of
dividends and capital gains. Fund
expenses, including 12b-1 fees, management fees and other expenses were
deducted.
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Bitcoin Leverage ETF |
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CUMULATIVE
PERFORMANCE (Initial
Investment of $10,000)
ANNUAL
AVERAGE TOTAL RETURN (%)
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|
|
1
Year |
Since
Inception (02/21/2024) |
|
CoinShares
Bitcoin Leverage ETF NAV |
111.68 |
66.92 |
|
S&P
500 TR |
17.60 |
21.72 |
Visit
https://coinshares.com/us/etf/btfx/
for more recent performance information.
| * |
The
Fund’s past performance is not a good predictor of how the Fund will
perform in the future. The
graph and table do not reflect the deduction
of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemption
of Fund shares.
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KEY
FUND STATISTICS (as
of September
30, 2025)
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| |
|
Net
Assets |
$15,101,735 |
|
Number
of Holdings |
1 |
|
Net
Advisory Fee |
$304,900 |
|
Portfolio
Turnover |
0% |
WHAT
DID THE FUND INVEST IN? (as
of September
30, 2025)
|
| |
|
Top
Holdings |
(%
of Net
Assets)
|
|
First
American Treasury Obligations
Fund - Class X |
80.0% |
|
| |
|
Security
Type |
(%
of Net
Assets)
|
|
Money
Market Funds |
80.0% |
|
Futures
Contracts |
3.4% |
|
Cash
& Other |
16.6% |
|
| |
|
Instrument
/ Security Type |
(%
of Total
Exposure)
|
|
CME
Bitcoin Futures Contracts
|
76.3% |
On
July
15, 2025,
the Fund’s name changed to CoinShares Bitcoin Leverage ETF. The Fund
continues to trade on the Nasdaq
Stock Market LLC under the ticker symbol “BTFX”.
On
November 17, 2025, the Board of Trustees approved the liquidation of the Fund.
The Fund will cease operations and distribute
all remaining assets to shareholders on or around December 16, 2025. After this
date, the Fund will no longer be offered,
and all outstanding shares will be
redeemed.
For
additional information about the Fund; including its prospectus, financial
information, holdings and proxy information,
scan the QR code or visit https://coinshares.com/us/etf/btfx/
The
Fund is distributed by ALPS
Distributors, Inc..
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Bitcoin Leverage ETF |
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2 |
TSR-AR-91917A504 |
HOUSEHOLDING
To
reduce Fund expenses, only one copy of most shareholder documents may be mailed
to shareholders with multiple accounts
at the same address (Householding). If you would prefer that your Valkyrie Funds
LLC documents not be householded,
please contact Valkyrie Funds LLC at 1-800-617-0004,
or contact your financial intermediary. Your instructions
will typically be effective within 30 days of receipt by Valkyrie Funds LLC or
your financial intermediary.
| CoinShares
Bitcoin Leverage ETF |
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3 |
TSR-AR-91917A504 |
100001076922795100001166413717
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|
CoinShares
Bitcoin Mining ETF |
|
|
WGMI
(Principal U.S. Listing Exchange: NASDAQ) |
|
Annual
Shareholder Report | September
30, 2025 |
This
annual
shareholder report
contains important information about the CoinShares
Bitcoin Mining ETF (the “Fund”) for the period
of October
1, 2024, to September
30, 2025. You
can find additional information about the Fund at https://coinshares.com/us/etf/wgmi/.
You can also request this information by contacting us at 1-800-617-0004.
WHAT
WERE THE FUND COSTS FOR THE PAST YEAR? (based
on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)
|
|
| |
|
Fund
Name |
Costs
of a $10,000 investment |
Costs
paid as a percentage of a
$10,000 investment |
|
CoinShares
Bitcoin Mining ETF |
$125 |
0.75% |
HOW
DID THE FUND PERFORM LAST YEAR AND WHAT AFFECTED ITS
PERFORMANCE?
For
the 12-month period ended September 30, 2025, the Fund saw positive performance
with a 133.78% return based on NAV.
The Fund offers exposure to publicly listed Bitcoin miners primarily based in
North America.
WHAT
FACTORS INFLUENCED PERFORMANCE
During
the 12-month period ended September 30, 2025, the newly elected U.S.
administration immediately promoted digital
asset expansion, innovation, and adoption which enabled broader growth and
development in more diversified products
and services. The GENIUS Act passed in the summer of 2025 established the first
regulatory framework for stablecoins
specifically defining requirements for reserves, audits, and reporting. The Act
sought to extend regulatory clarity
and legitimacy, as well as consumer protection and market stability, that would
encourage institutional investment and
participation.
Bitcoin
miners capitalized on their established infrastructure and valuable connectivity
to the power grid. The recent pivot by
Bitcoin miners to host AI workloads over the past year has led to outperformance
compared to Bitcoin.
Bitcoin
mining companies have kept their focus on finding and developing sites near
advantageous implementable sites. Revenues
from Bitcoin mining remain strong, and hashrate, a performance metric measuring
speed to verify a new block, has
risen notably during the third quarter by 22%, and 33% year to date, surpassing
the 1 zetahash per second threshold in September.
This is a marked achievement in computational power, security, and industry
confidence in the blockchain.
Allocations
remained focused on reported productivity, debt management, and capital
expenditure strategy related to infrastructure,
power sourcing, and external party hosting.
|
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Top
Contributors |
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↑ |
IREN,
Ltd., Cipher Mining,
Inc. |
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Top
Detractors |
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↓ |
MARA
Holdings, Inc., BitFuFu, Inc. - Class
A |
Fund
performance over the past fiscal year was mainly attributed to the growth and
investment of AI power infrastructure sought
by tech companies that require high energy requirements at data center
facilities. Bitcoin miners already possess this
connectivity to the energy grid as companies have expanded their footprint over
the past five years at strategic locations
across the United States and Canada.
The
Stargate project was one of the first infrastructure plans announced by the
newly sworn-in administration in January, with
the venture including SoftBank, Oracle, and OpenAI. The investment goal was
projected to be $500 billion by 2029, directed
at specific infrastructure dedicated to AI development. Bitcoin miners were
front-runners of this energy strategy for
years, and investors realized the potential growth and valuation starting in the
spring.
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Bitcoin Mining ETF |
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The
views and opinions expressed herein of the Fund’s performance are those of the
adviser. These views and opinions are subject
to change at any time based on factors such as market and economic conditions.
These views and opinions may not
be relied upon as investment advice or recommendations, or as an offer for a
particular security. The information is not a
complete analysis of every aspect of any market, country, industry, security, or
the Fund.
HOW
DID THE FUND PERFORM SINCE
INCEPTION?*
The
$10,000
chart reflects a hypothetical $10,000
investment in the class of shares noted and assumes the maximum sales
charge. The chart uses total return NAV performance and assumes reinvestment of
dividends and capital gains. Fund
expenses, including 12b-1 fees, management fees and other expenses were
deducted.
CUMULATIVE
PERFORMANCE (Initial
Investment of $10,000)
ANNUAL
AVERAGE TOTAL RETURN (%)
|
|
| |
|
|
1
Year |
Since
Inception (02/07/2022) |
|
CoinShares
Bitcoin Mining ETF NAV |
133.72 |
15.66 |
|
S&P
500 TR |
17.60 |
13.30 |
Visit
https://coinshares.com/us/etf/wgmi/
for more recent performance information.
| * |
The
Fund’s past performance is not a good predictor of how the Fund will
perform in the future. The
graph and table do not reflect the deduction
of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemption
of Fund shares.
|
KEY
FUND STATISTICS (as
of September
30, 2025)
|
| |
|
Net
Assets |
$259,897,253 |
|
Number
of Holdings |
22 |
|
Net
Advisory Fee |
$1,324,905 |
|
Portfolio
Turnover |
40% |
WHAT
DID THE FUND INVEST IN? (as
of September
30, 2025)
|
| |
|
Top
10 Issuers |
(%
of Net Assets) |
|
IREN,
Ltd. |
19.9% |
|
Cipher
Mining, Inc. |
14.2% |
|
Riot
Platforms, Inc. |
7.5% |
|
Bitfarms,
Ltd. |
7.2% |
|
Hive
Digital Technologies, Ltd. |
4.9% |
|
Bitdeer
Technologies Group |
4.8% |
|
Cleanspark,
Inc. |
4.8% |
|
Hut
8 Corp. |
4.8% |
|
MARA
Holdings, Inc. |
4.7% |
|
Core
Scientific, Inc. |
4.7% |
|
| |
|
Top
Sectors |
(%
of Net Assets) |
|
Information
Technology |
93.0% |
|
Financials
|
2.1% |
|
Consumer
Discretionary |
1.7% |
|
Cash
& Other |
3.2% |
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Bitcoin Mining ETF |
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On
July
15, 2025,
the Fund’s name changed to CoinShares Bitcoin Mining ETF. The Fund
continues to trade on the Nasdaq Stock
Market LLC under the ticker symbol
“WGMI”.
For
additional information about the Fund; including its prospectus, financial
information, holdings and proxy information,
scan the QR code or visit https://coinshares.com/us/etf/wgmi/
The
Fund is distributed by ALPS
Distributors, Inc..
HOUSEHOLDING
To
reduce Fund expenses, only one copy of most shareholder documents may be mailed
to shareholders with multiple accounts
at the same address (Householding). If you would prefer that your Valkyrie Funds
LLC documents not be householded,
please contact Valkyrie Funds LLC at 1-800-617-0004,
or contact your financial intermediary. Your instructions
will typically be effective within 30 days of receipt by Valkyrie Funds LLC or
your financial intermediary.
| CoinShares
Bitcoin Mining ETF |
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100003267356272691698910000808398311340515763
(b) Not
applicable.
Item 2. Code of Ethics.
The registrant
has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal
executive officer and principal financial officer. The registrant has not made
any substantive amendments to its code of ethics during the period covered by
this report. The registrant has not granted any waivers from any provisions of
the code of ethics during the period covered by this report.
A copy of the
registrant’s Code of Ethics is filed herewith
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial
Expert.
The registrant’s
Board of Trustees has determined that there is at least one audit committee
financial expert serving on its audit committee. Mr. Mark Osterheld is the
“audit committee financial expert” and is considered to be “independent” as each
term is defined in Item 3 of Form N-CSR.
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and
Services.
The registrant has engaged its principal accountant
to perform audit services, audit-related services, tax services and other
services during the past two fiscal years. “Audit services” refer to performing
an audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements or services that are
normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory
filings or engagements for those fiscal years. “Audit-related services” refer to
the assurance and related services by the principal accountant that are
reasonably related to the performance of the audit. “Tax services” refer to
professional services rendered by the principal accountant including the review
of federal income tax returns, review of federal excise tax returns, review of
state tax returns, if any, and assistance with calculation of required income,
capital gain and excise distributions. There were no “other services” provided
by the principal accountant. The following table details the aggregate fees
billed or expected to be billed for each of the last two fiscal years for audit
fees, audit-related fees, tax fees and other fees by the principal
accountant.
| |
FYE 9/30/2025 |
FYE
9/30/2024 |
| (a) Audit Fees |
$54,750 |
$54,750 |
| (b) Audit-Related
Fees |
N/A |
N/A |
| (c) Tax Fees |
$21,500 |
$20,500 |
| (d) All Other
Fees |
N/A |
N/A |
(e)(1) The audit
committee has adopted pre-approval policies and procedures that require the
audit committee to pre-approve all audit and non-audit services of the
registrant, including services provided to any entity affiliated with the
registrant.
(e)(2) For the fiscal years ended September 30, 2025 and
September 30, 2024, the Funds’ Audit Committee did not waive the pre-approval
requirement of any non-audit services to be provided to the Funds by Cohen &
Company, LTD.
(f) Not
applicable.
(g) The
following table indicates the non-audit fees billed or expected to be billed by
the registrant’s accountant for services to the registrant and to the
registrant’s investment adviser (and any other controlling entity, etc.—not
sub-adviser) for the last two years.
| Non-Audit Related
Fees |
FYE 9/30/2025 |
FYE
9/30/2024 |
| Registrant |
$21,500 |
$20,500 |
| Registrant’s Investment
Adviser |
$15,000 |
$15,000 |
(h) The audit
committee of the board of trustees/directors has considered whether the
provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the registrant’s
investment adviser is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s
independence and has concluded that the provision of such non-audit services by
the accountant has not compromised the accountant’s independence.
(i) Not
applicable.
(j) Not
applicable.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed
Registrants.
| (a) |
The registrant is an issuer as defined in Rule 10A-3 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, (the “Act”) and has a
separately-designated standing audit committee established in accordance
with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Act. The independent members of the
committee are as follows: Keith Fletcher, Stephen Lehman, and Mark
Osterheld. |
Item 6. Investments.
| (a) |
Schedule of Investments is included as part of the report to
shareholders filed under Item 7 of this Form. |
Item 7. Financial Statements and Financial
Highlights for Open-End Investment Companies.
VALKYRIE
ETF TRUST II
COINSHARES
BITCOIN AND ETHER ETF
COINSHARES
BITCOIN LEVERAGE ETF
COINSHARES
BITCOIN MINING ETF
Core
Financial Statements
September 30, 2025
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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The
Statements of Assets and Liabilities, Statements of Operations, Statements
of Changes in Net Assets, and Financial Highlights are consolidated as
applicable. |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CoinShares
Bitcoin and Ether ETF
CONSOLIDATED
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
September 30, 2025
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U.S.
TREASURY BILLS - 56.3%
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U.S.
Treasury Bill,
4.13%,
10/30/2025(a)(c) |
|
|
$23,000,000 |
|
|
$22,924,938
|
|
TOTAL
U.S. TREASURY BILLS
(Cost $22,923,463) |
|
|
|
|
|
22,924,938
|
|
MONEY
MARKET FUNDS - 61.1%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
First
American Treasury Obligations Fund - Class X,
4.02%(b)(e) |
|
|
24,927,160 |
|
|
24,927,160
|
|
TOTAL
MONEY MARKET FUNDS
(Cost $24,927,160) |
|
|
|
|
|
24,927,160
|
|
TOTAL
INVESTMENTS - 117.4%
(Cost $47,850,623) |
|
|
|
|
|
$47,852,098
|
|
Liabilities
in Excess of Other
Assets
– (17.4%)(d) |
|
|
|
|
|
(7,087,120) |
|
TOTAL
NET ASSETS - 100.0% |
|
|
|
|
|
$40,764,978 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Par
amount is in USD unless otherwise indicated.
Percentages
are stated as a percent of net assets.
|
(a)
|
The rate disclosed is the annualized discount rate
as of September 30, 2025. |
|
(b)
|
The rate shown represents the 7-day annualized
yield as of September 30, 2025. |
|
(c)
|
All or a portion of the security has been pledged
as collateral in connection with open reverse repurchase agreements. At
September 30, 2025, the value of securities pledged amounted to
$19,934,720.
|
|
(d)
|
Includes assets and deposits with broker pledged as
collateral for derivative contracts. At September 30, 2025, the value of
these assets totals $13,831,022. |
|
(e)
|
Fair Value of this security exceeds 25% of the
Fund’s net assets. Additional information for this security, including the
financial statements, is available from the SEC’s EDGAR database at
www.sec.gov. |
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CoinShares
Bitcoin and Ether ETF
Consolidated
Schedule of Reverse Repurchase Agreements
September 30, 2025
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
StoneX
Financial, Inc. |
|
|
5.50% |
|
|
09/29/2025 |
|
|
10/01/2025 |
|
|
$15,625,973 |
|
|
$15,621,200
|
|
StoneX
Financial, Inc. |
|
|
6.00% |
|
|
09/30/2025 |
|
|
10/01/2025 |
|
|
3,905,951 |
|
|
3,905,300
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
19,531,924 |
|
|
$19,526,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A
reverse repurchase agreement, although structured as a sale and repurchase
obligation, acts as a financing transaction under which the Fund will
effectively pledge certain assets as collateral to secure a short-term loan.
Generally, the other party to the agreement makes the loan in an amount less
than the fair value of the pledged collateral. At the maturity of the reverse
repurchase agreement, the Fund will be required to repay the loan and interest
and correspondingly receive back its collateral. While used as collateral, the
pledged assets continue to pay principal and interest which are for the benefit
of the Fund.
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CoinShares
Bitcoin and Ether ETF
Consolidated
Schedule of Futures Contracts
September 30, 2025
The
following futures contracts of the Fund’s wholly-owned subsidiary were open at
September 30, 2025:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchase
Contracts:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CME
Bitcoin Futures |
|
|
35 |
|
|
Oct-25 |
|
|
$20,157,375 |
|
|
$599,217 |
|
|
$— |
|
CME
Ether Futures |
|
|
98 |
|
|
Oct-25 |
|
|
20,538,350 |
|
|
649,329 |
|
|
(4,628) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$40,695,725 |
|
|
$1,248,546 |
|
|
$(4,628) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CoinShares
Bitcoin Leverage ETF
CONSOLIDATED
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
September 30, 2025
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MONEY
MARKET FUNDS - 80.0%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
First
American Treasury Obligations Fund - Class X,
4.02%(a)(c) |
|
|
12,077,554 |
|
|
$12,077,554
|
|
TOTAL
MONEY MARKET FUNDS
(Cost $12,077,554) |
|
|
|
|
|
12,077,554
|
|
TOTAL
INVESTMENTS - 80.0%
(Cost $12,077,554) |
|
|
|
|
|
12,077,554 |
|
Other
Assets in Excess of
Liabilities
- 20.0%(b) |
|
|
|
|
|
3,024,181
|
|
TOTAL
NET ASSETS - 100.0% |
|
|
|
|
|
$15,101,735 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percentages
are stated as a percent of net assets.
|
(a)
|
The rate shown represents the 7-day annualized
yield as of September 30, 2025. |
|
(b)
|
Includes assets and deposits with broker pledged as
collateral for derivative contracts. At September 30, 2025, the value
of these assets totals $3,046,572. |
|
(c)
|
Fair value of this security exceeds 25% of the
Fund’s net assets. Additional information for this security,
including the financial statements, is available from the SEC’s EDGAR
database at www.sec.gov. |
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CoinShares
Bitcoin Leverage ETF
Consolidated
Schedule of Futures Contracts
September 30, 2025
The
following futures contracts of the Fund’s wholly-owned subsidiary were open at
September 30, 2025:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchase
Contracts:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CME
Bitcoin Futures |
|
|
20 |
|
|
Oct-25 |
|
|
$11,518,500 |
|
|
$516,110 |
|
|
$—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$11,518,500 |
|
|
$516,110 |
|
|
$— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CoinShares
Bitcoin Mining ETF
Schedule
of Investments
September 30, 2025
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
COMMON
STOCKS - 96.8%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital
Markets - 1.2%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Galaxy
Digital, Inc. - Class A(a) |
|
|
88,752 |
|
|
$3,000,705
|
|
Financial
Services - 0.9%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Block,
Inc.(a) |
|
|
32,374 |
|
|
2,339,669
|
|
IT
Services - 9.4%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Applied
Digital Corp.(a) |
|
|
530,219 |
|
|
12,163,224 |
|
Core
Scientific, Inc.(a) |
|
|
681,300 |
|
|
12,222,522
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24,385,746
|
|
Semiconductors
& Semiconductor Equipment - 3.3%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NVIDIA
Corp. |
|
|
38,552 |
|
|
7,193,032 |
|
Taiwan
Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. - ADR |
|
|
5,283 |
|
|
1,475,489
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,668,521
|
|
Software
- 79.8%(b)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
American
Bitcoin Corp. - Class A(a) |
|
|
161,347 |
|
|
1,087,476 |
|
Bit
Digital, Inc.(a) |
|
|
770,700 |
|
|
2,312,100 |
|
Bitdeer
Technologies Group - Class A(a) |
|
|
728,247 |
|
|
12,445,741 |
|
Bitfarms,
Ltd.(a) |
|
|
6,640,155 |
|
|
18,725,237 |
|
BitFuFu,
Inc. - Class A(a) |
|
|
186,052 |
|
|
697,695 |
|
Cipher
Mining, Inc.(a) |
|
|
2,929,575 |
|
|
36,883,349 |
|
Cleanspark,
Inc.(a) |
|
|
856,218 |
|
|
12,415,161 |
|
Digi
Power X, Inc.(a) |
|
|
1,014,421 |
|
|
2,323,024 |
|
HIVE
Digital Technologies, Ltd.(a) |
|
|
3,133,775 |
|
|
12,629,113 |
|
Hut
8 Corp.(a) |
|
|
355,186 |
|
|
12,364,025 |
|
IREN,
Ltd.(a) |
|
|
1,100,355 |
|
|
51,639,660 |
|
MARA
Holdings, Inc.(a) |
|
|
673,823 |
|
|
12,304,008 |
|
Riot
Platforms, Inc.(a) |
|
|
1,030,283 |
|
|
19,606,286 |
|
Terawulf,
Inc.(a) |
|
|
1,053,888 |
|
|
12,035,401
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
207,468,276
|
|
Specialty
Retail - 1.7%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cango,
Inc. - ADR(a) |
|
|
1,044,150 |
|
|
4,427,196
|
|
Technology
Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 0.5%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Canaan,
Inc. - ADR(a) |
|
|
1,380,148 |
|
|
1,216,739
|
|
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $150,676,606) |
|
|
|
|
|
251,506,852
|
|
TOTAL
INVESTMENTS - 96.8%
(Cost $150,676,606) |
|
|
|
|
|
251,506,852 |
|
Other
Assets in Excess of
Liabilities
- 3.2% |
|
|
|
|
|
8,390,401
|
|
TOTAL
NET ASSETS - 100.0% |
|
|
|
|
|
$259,897,253 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percentages
are stated as a percent of net assets.
|
(a)
|
Non-income producing security.
|
|
(b)
|
To the extent that the Fund invests more heavily in
a particular industry or sector of the economy, its performance will be
especially sensitive to developments that significantly affect those
industries or sectors. |
The
Global Industry Classification Standard (“GICS®”) was developed by
and/or is the exclusive property of MSCI, Inc. (“MSCI”) and Standard &
Poor’s Financial Services LLC (“S&P”). GICS® is a service mark of
MSCI and S&P and has been licensed for use by U.S. Bank Global Fund
Services.
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
VALKYRIE
ETF TRUST II
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
September 30, 2025
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ASSETS:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments
in securities, at value (cost $47,850,623 and $12,077,554,
respectively) |
|
|
$47,852,098 |
|
|
$12,077,554
|
|
Deposits
with broker for derivative instruments |
|
|
12,611,770 |
|
|
3,046,572 |
|
Receivables:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest |
|
|
45,575 |
|
|
9,146
|
|
Total
assets |
|
|
60,509,443 |
|
|
15,133,272
|
|
LIABILITIES:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Payables:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reverse
repurchase agreement (proceeds $19,526,500 and $0, respectively) |
|
|
19,526,500 |
|
|
— |
|
Management
fees |
|
|
32,284 |
|
|
22,537 |
|
Futures
commission merchant capital charges |
|
|
5,782 |
|
|
— |
|
Interest
for reverse repurchase agreement |
|
|
5,424 |
|
|
— |
|
Variation
margin on futures contracts |
|
|
174,475 |
|
|
9,000
|
|
Total
liabilities |
|
|
19,744,465 |
|
|
31,537
|
|
NET
ASSETS |
|
|
$40,764,978 |
|
|
$15,101,735
|
|
Net
Assets Consist of:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Paid-in
capital |
|
|
$21,561,593 |
|
|
$1,029,758 |
|
Total
distributable earnings |
|
|
19,203,385 |
|
|
14,071,977
|
|
Net
assets |
|
|
$
40,764,978 |
|
|
$15,101,735
|
|
Calculation
of Net Asset Value Per Share:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
assets |
|
|
$40,764,978 |
|
|
$15,101,735
|
|
Shares
outstanding (unlimited number of shares authorized, no par value) |
|
|
2,350,000 |
|
|
265,000
|
|
Net
asset value per share |
|
|
$17.35 |
|
|
$56.99 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
VALKYRIE
ETF TRUST II
STATEMENT
OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
September 30, 2025
|
|
|
|
|
|
ASSETS:
|
|
|
|
|
Investments
in securities, at value (cost $150,676,606) |
|
|
$251,506,852
|
|
Cash |
|
|
1,467,390 |
|
Receivables:
|
|
|
|
|
Securities
sold |
|
|
29,576,788 |
|
Fund
shares sold |
|
|
3,328,706 |
|
Dividends |
|
|
3,512 |
|
ETF
Variable fee |
|
|
58
|
|
Total
assets |
|
|
285,883,306
|
|
LIABILITIES:
|
|
|
|
|
Payables:
|
|
|
|
|
Securities
purchased |
|
|
9,268,256 |
|
Fund
shares redeemed |
|
|
16,588,418 |
|
Management
fees |
|
|
129,379
|
|
Total
liabilities |
|
|
25,986,053
|
|
NET
ASSETS |
|
|
$
259,897,253 |
|
Net
Assets Consist of:
|
|
|
|
|
Paid-in
capital |
|
|
$185,042,782
|
|
Total
distributable earnings |
|
|
74,854,471
|
|
Net
assets |
|
|
$
259,897,253 |
|
Calculation
of Net Asset Value Per Share:
|
|
|
|
|
Net
assets |
|
|
$259,897,253
|
|
Shares
outstanding (unlimited number of shares authorized, no par value) |
|
|
5,875,000
|
|
Net
asset value per share |
|
|
$44.24 |
|
|
|
|
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
VALKYRIE
ETF TRUST II
Consolidated Statements of
Operations
For the Year Ended September 30, 2025
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INVESTMENT
INCOME:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest |
|
|
$1,126,222 |
|
|
$138,312
|
|
Total
investment income |
|
|
1,126,222 |
|
|
138,312
|
|
EXPENSES:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Management
fees |
|
|
353,789 |
|
|
387,388 |
|
Future
commission merchant fees (Note 6) |
|
|
82,853 |
|
|
82,488
|
|
Total
expenses before interest expense |
|
|
436,642 |
|
|
469,876 |
|
Interest
expense on reverse repurchase agreements |
|
|
25,350 |
|
|
—
|
|
Total
expenses |
|
|
461,992 |
|
|
469,876
|
|
Less:
reimbursement by Adviser |
|
|
— |
|
|
(82,488) |
|
Net
expenses |
|
|
461,992 |
|
|
387,388
|
|
NET INVESTMENT INCOME/(LOSS) |
|
|
664,230 |
|
|
(249,076) |
|
REALIZED
AND UNREALIZED GAIN/(LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS AND FUTURES
CONTRACTS:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
realized gain on transactions from:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments |
|
|
247 |
|
|
— |
|
Futures
contracts |
|
|
18,125,026 |
|
|
18,634,179 |
|
Net
change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments |
|
|
(6,495) |
|
|
— |
|
Futures
contracts |
|
|
1,868,683 |
|
|
965,727
|
|
Net
gain on investments and futures contracts |
|
|
19,987,461 |
|
|
19,599,906
|
|
NET
INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS |
|
|
$20,651,691 |
|
|
$19,350,830 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
VALKYRIE
ETF TRUST II
Statement of Operations
For the Year Ended September 30, 2025
|
|
|
|
|
|
INVESTMENT
INCOME:
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends
(net of foreign taxes withheld of $3,525) |
|
|
$15,238
|
|
Total
investment income |
|
|
15,238
|
|
EXPENSES:
|
|
|
|
|
Management
fees |
|
|
1,324,905
|
|
Total
expenses |
|
|
1,324,905
|
|
NET INVESTMENT LOSS |
|
|
(1,309,667) |
|
REALIZED
AND UNREALIZED GAIN ON INVESTMENTS:
|
|
|
|
|
Net
realized gain on transactions from investments |
|
|
58,129,429 |
|
Net
change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments |
|
|
97,902,082
|
|
Net
gain on investments |
|
|
156,031,511
|
|
NET
INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS |
|
|
$154,721,844 |
|
|
|
|
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CoinShares
Bitcoin and Ether ETF
Consolidated
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
INCREASE/(DECREASE)
IN NET ASSETS FROM:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OPERATIONS:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
investment income |
|
|
$664,230 |
|
|
$1,074,844 |
|
Net
realized gain from:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments |
|
|
247 |
|
|
1,360 |
|
Futures
contracts |
|
|
18,125,026 |
|
|
20,791,860 |
|
Change
in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments |
|
|
(6,495) |
|
|
6,483 |
|
Futures
contracts |
|
|
1,868,683 |
|
|
(825,222) |
|
Net
increase in net assets resulting from operations |
|
|
20,651,691 |
|
|
21,049,325
|
|
DISTRIBUTIONS:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
dividends and distributions to shareholders |
|
|
(17,671,588) |
|
|
(5,774,321) |
|
Net
decrease in net assets resulting from distributions paid |
|
|
(17,671,588) |
|
|
(5,774,321) |
|
CAPITAL
SHARE TRANSACTIONS:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds
from shares sold |
|
|
4,283,885 |
|
|
12,063,940 |
|
Payments
for shares redeemed |
|
|
(6,160,580) |
|
|
(12,654,320) |
|
Transaction
fees (See Note 1) |
|
|
1,045 |
|
|
2,471
|
|
Net
decrease in net assets derived from capital share transactions |
|
|
(1,875,650) |
|
|
(587,909) |
|
TOTAL INCREASE IN NET ASSETS |
|
|
1,104,453 |
|
|
14,687,095
|
|
NET
ASSETS:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beginning
of year |
|
|
39,660,525 |
|
|
24,973,430
|
|
End
of year |
|
|
$40,764,978 |
|
|
$39,660,525
|
|
CHANGES
IN SHARES OUTSTANDING:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
sold |
|
|
325,000 |
|
|
725,000 |
|
Shares
redeemed |
|
|
(400,000) |
|
|
(800,000) |
|
Net
decrease in shares outstanding |
|
|
(75,000) |
|
|
(75,000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CoinShares
Bitcoin Leverage ETF
Consolidated
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INCREASE/(DECREASE)
IN NET ASSETS FROM:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OPERATIONS:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
investment loss |
|
|
$(249,076) |
|
|
$(177,986) |
|
Net
realized gain/(loss) from:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments |
|
|
— |
|
|
(216) |
|
Futures
contracts |
|
|
18,634,179 |
|
|
(11,357,173) |
|
Change
in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on futures contracts |
|
|
965,727 |
|
|
(449,617) |
|
Net
increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations |
|
|
19,350,830 |
|
|
(11,984,992) |
|
CAPITAL
SHARE TRANSACTIONS:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds
from shares sold |
|
|
7,176,201 |
|
|
56,250,710 |
|
Payments
for shares redeemed |
|
|
(34,582,331) |
|
|
(21,120,534) |
|
Transaction
fees (See Note 1) |
|
|
4,176 |
|
|
7,675
|
|
Net
increase/(decrease) in net assets derived from capital share
transactions |
|
|
(27,401,954) |
|
|
35,137,851
|
|
TOTAL INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN NET
ASSETS |
|
|
(8,051,124) |
|
|
23,152,859
|
|
NET
ASSETS:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beginning
of period |
|
|
23,152,859 |
|
|
—
|
|
End
of period |
|
|
$15,101,735 |
|
|
$23,152,859
|
|
CHANGES
IN SHARES OUTSTANDING:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
sold |
|
|
140,000 |
|
|
1,510,000 |
|
Shares
redeemed |
|
|
(735,000) |
|
|
(650,000) |
|
Net
increase/(decrease) in shares outstanding |
|
|
(595,000) |
|
|
860,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
Commencement of operations.
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CoinShares
Bitcoin Mining ETF
Statements
of Changes in Net Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
INCREASE/(DECREASE)
IN NET ASSETS FROM:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OPERATIONS:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
investment loss |
|
|
$(1,309,667) |
|
|
$(611,794) |
|
Net
realized gain from investments |
|
|
58,129,429 |
|
|
22,501,891 |
|
Net
change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments |
|
|
97,902,082 |
|
|
4,849,081
|
|
Net
increase in net assets resulting from operations |
|
|
154,721,844 |
|
|
26,739,178
|
|
DISTRIBUTIONS:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
dividends and distributions to shareholders |
|
|
(435,278) |
|
|
(155,410) |
|
Net
decrease in net assets resulting from distributions paid |
|
|
(435,278) |
|
|
(155,410) |
|
CAPITAL
SHARE TRANSACTIONS:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds
from shares sold |
|
|
157,253,847 |
|
|
157,505,985 |
|
Payments
for shares redeemed |
|
|
(180,602,725) |
|
|
(68,884,797) |
|
Transaction
fees (See Note 1) |
|
|
58 |
|
|
191
|
|
Net
increase/(decrease) in net assets derived from capital share
transactions |
|
|
(23,348,820) |
|
|
88,621,379
|
|
TOTAL INCREASE IN NET ASSETS |
|
|
130,937,746 |
|
|
115,205,147
|
|
NET
ASSETS:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beginning
of year |
|
|
128,959,507 |
|
|
13,754,360
|
|
End
of year |
|
|
$259,897,253 |
|
|
$128,959,507
|
|
CHANGES
IN SHARES OUTSTANDING:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
sold |
|
|
6,350,000 |
|
|
9,075,000 |
|
Shares
redeemed |
|
|
(7,275,000) |
|
|
(3,750,000) |
|
Net
increase/(decrease) in shares outstanding |
|
|
(925,000) |
|
|
5,325,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CoinShares
Bitcoin and Ether ETF
Consolidated
Financial Highlights
For a share outstanding
throughout each period
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PER
SHARE DATA:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
asset value, beginning of period |
|
|
$16.35 |
|
|
$9.99 |
|
|
$7.49 |
|
|
$25.00
|
|
Income
from investment operations:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
investment income/(loss)(2) |
|
|
0.27 |
|
|
0.42 |
|
|
0.19 |
|
|
(0.09) |
|
Net
realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments and futures
contracts |
|
|
8.32 |
|
|
8.22 |
|
|
2.50 |
|
|
(17.42) |
|
Total
from investment operations |
|
|
8.59 |
|
|
8.64 |
|
|
2.69 |
|
|
(17.51) |
|
Less
distributions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends
from net investment income |
|
|
(7.59) |
|
|
(2.28) |
|
|
(0.19) |
|
|
—
|
|
Total
distributions |
|
|
(7.59) |
|
|
(2.28) |
|
|
(0.19) |
|
|
—
|
|
Net
asset value, end of period |
|
|
$17.35 |
|
|
$16.35 |
|
|
$9.99 |
|
|
$7.49
|
|
Total
return, at NAV |
|
|
58.79% |
|
|
91.06% |
|
|
35.75% |
|
|
(70.05)%(3) |
|
SUPPLEMENTAL
DATA AND RATIOS:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
assets, end of period (thousands) |
|
|
$40,765 |
|
|
$39,661 |
|
|
$24,973 |
|
|
$20,775
|
|
Ratio
of expenses to average net assets (gross) |
|
|
1.24%(6) |
|
|
1.31%(7) |
|
|
1.24% |
|
|
0.95%(4) |
|
Ratio
of expenses to average net assets (net) |
|
|
1.24%(6) |
|
|
1.31%(7) |
|
|
1.01%(8) |
|
|
0.95%(4) |
|
Ratio
of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets |
|
|
1.78% |
|
|
2.51% |
|
|
2.04% |
|
|
(0.68)%(4) |
|
Portfolio
turnover rate(5) |
|
|
0% |
|
|
0% |
|
|
0% |
|
|
0%(3) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
Commencement of
operations. |
|
(2)
|
Based on average shares
outstanding. |
|
(5)
|
Excludes impact of derivative
instruments. |
|
(6)
|
Includes interest expense of
0.07%. |
|
(7)
|
Includes interest expense of
0.15%. |
|
(8)
|
Includes interest expense of 0.06% and excludes
futures commission merchant fees of 0.23% voluntarily reimbursed by the
Adviser. |
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CoinShares
Bitcoin Leverage ETF
Consolidated
Financial Highlights
For a share outstanding
throughout each period
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PER
SHARE DATA:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
asset value, beginning of period |
|
|
$26.92 |
|
|
$25.00
|
|
Income
from investment operations:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
investment loss(2) |
|
|
(0.57) |
|
|
(0.19) |
|
Net
realized and unrealized gain on investments and futures contracts |
|
|
30.64 |
|
|
2.11(8) |
|
Total
from investment operations |
|
|
30.07 |
|
|
1.92
|
|
Net
asset value, end of period |
|
|
$56.99 |
|
|
$26.92
|
|
Total
return, at NAV |
|
|
111.68% |
|
|
7.68%(3) |
|
SUPPLEMENTAL
DATA AND RATIOS:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
assets, end of period (thousands) |
|
|
$15,102 |
|
|
$23,153
|
|
Ratio
of expenses to average net assets (gross) |
|
|
2.24% |
|
|
2.33%(4) |
|
Ratio
of expenses to average net assets (net) |
|
|
1.85%(6) |
|
|
1.93%(4)(7) |
|
Ratio
of net investment loss to average net assets |
|
|
(1.19)% |
|
|
(0.96)%(4) |
|
Portfolio
turnover rate(5) |
|
|
0% |
|
|
0%(3) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
Commencement of
operations. |
|
(2)
|
Based on average shares
outstanding. |
|
(5)
|
Excludes impact of derivative instruments.
|
|
(6)
|
Excludes futures commission merchant fees of 0.39%
voluntarily reimbursed by the adviser. |
|
(7)
|
Includes interest expense of 0.08% and excludes
futures commission merchant fees of 0.39% voluntarily reimbursed by the
adviser. |
|
(8)
|
As required by the SEC standard per share data
calculation methodology, this represents a balancing figure derived from
the other amounts in the financial highlights tables that captures all
other changes affecting net asset value per share. This per share gain
amount does not correlate to the aggregate of the net realized and
unrealized loss in the Statement of Operations primarily due to the timing
of sales and repurchases of the Fund’s shares in relation to fluctuating
market values of the Fund’s portfolio.
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CoinShares
Bitcoin Mining ETF
Financial
Highlights
For a share outstanding
throughout each period
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PER
SHARE DATA:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
asset value, beginning of period |
|
|
$18.96 |
|
|
$9.32 |
|
|
$8.55 |
|
|
$26.18
|
|
Income
from investment operations:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
investment loss(2) |
|
|
(0.16) |
|
|
(0.13) |
|
|
(0.08) |
|
|
(0.06) |
|
Net
realized and unrealized gain/(loss) on investments |
|
|
25.49 |
|
|
9.83 |
|
|
0.85(6) |
|
|
(17.57) |
|
Total
from investment operations |
|
|
25.33 |
|
|
9.70 |
|
|
0.77 |
|
|
(17.63) |
|
Less
distributions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends
from net investment income |
|
|
(0.05) |
|
|
(0.06) |
|
|
— |
|
|
—
|
|
Total
distributions |
|
|
(0.05) |
|
|
(0.06) |
|
|
— |
|
|
—
|
|
Net
asset value, end of period |
|
|
$44.24 |
|
|
$18.96 |
|
|
$9.32 |
|
|
$8.55
|
|
TOTAL RETURN, at NAV |
|
|
133.72% |
|
|
104.03% |
|
|
9.04% |
|
|
(67.33)%(3) |
|
SUPPLEMENTAL
DATA AND RATIOS:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
assets, end of period (thousands) |
|
|
$259,897 |
|
|
$128,960 |
|
|
$13,754 |
|
|
$2,779 |
|
Ratio
of expenses to average net assets |
|
|
0.75% |
|
|
0.75% |
|
|
0.75% |
|
|
0.75%(4) |
|
Ratio
of net investment loss to average net assets |
|
|
(0.74)% |
|
|
(0.74)% |
|
|
(0.70)% |
|
|
(0.57)%(4) |
|
Portfolio
turnover rate(5) |
|
|
40% |
|
|
45% |
|
|
74% |
|
|
37%(3) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
Commencement of
operations. |
|
(2)
|
Based on average shares
outstanding. |
|
(5)
|
Excludes impact of in-kind
transactions. |
|
(6)
|
As required by the SEC standard per share data
calculation methodology, this represents a balancing figure derived from
the other amounts in the financial highlights tables that captures all
other changes affecting net asset value per share. This per share gain
amount does not correlate to the aggregate of the net realized and
unrealized loss in the Statement of Operations primarily due to the timing
of sales and repurchases of the Fund’s shares in relation to fluctuating
market values of the Fund’s portfolio.
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
VALKYRIE
ETF TRUST II
NOTES
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
September 30, 2025
1. ORGANIZATION
Valkyrie
ETF Trust II (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust, was organized on
December 11, 2020, and is an open-end management investment company
registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). Each fund is an
investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and
reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”)
Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 946, Financial Services -
Investment Companies. The CoinShares Bitcoin and Ether ETF (“Bitcoin and Ether
ETF”, formerly CoinShares Valkyrie Bitcoin and Ether Strategy ETF), CoinShares
Bitcoin Leverage ETF (“Bitcoin Leverage ETF”, formerly CoinShares Valkyrie
Bitcoin Futures Leveraged Strategy ETF), and CoinShares Bitcoin Mining ETF
(“Bitcoin Mining ETF”, formerly CoinShares Valkyrie Bitcoin Miners ETF) (each, a
“Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”) are each a series within the Trust. The
Funds are non-diversified funds.
The
Bitcoin and Ether ETF’s primary
investment objective is capital appreciation. The Fund commenced operations on
October 21, 2021, and that is the date the initial creation units were
established. Effective October 3, 2023, the principal investment strategies
of Bitcoin and Ether ETF were changed to include managed exposure to a
combination of exchange-traded futures contracts on bitcoin and ether.
The
Bitcoin Leverage ETF’s primary investment
objective seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that
correspond to two times (2x) the daily performance of the S&P CME Bitcoin
Futures Index Excess Return (the “Index”). The Fund does not seek to achieve its
stated investment objective over a period of time greater than a single day. The
Fund commenced operations on February 21, 2024, and that is the date the
initial creation units were established. Organizational costs consist of costs
incurred to establish the Fund and enable it to legally do business. These
expenses were borne by the Adviser and are not subject to reimbursement by the
Fund.
The
Bitcoin Mining ETF’s primary investment
objective is to provide investors with total return. The Fund commenced
operations on February 7, 2022, and that is the date the initial creation
units were established.
Shares
of the Funds are listed and traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq” or
the “Exchange”). Market prices for the shares may be different from their net
asset value (“NAV”). Each Fund issues and redeems shares on a continuous basis
at NAV only in large blocks of shares, called “Creation Units,” which consist of
25,000 shares for Bitcoin and Ether ETF and Bitcoin Mining ETF. Bitcoin Leverage
ETF’s Creation Units consists of 5,000 shares. Creation Units are issued and
redeemed principally for cash for Bitcoin and Ether ETF and Bitcoin Leverage ETF
and principally in-kind for securities for Bitcoin Mining ETF. Once created,
shares generally trade in the secondary market at market prices that change
throughout the day in amounts less than a Creation Unit. Except when aggregated
in Creation Units, shares are not redeemable securities of a Fund. Shares of a
Fund may only be purchased directly from or redeemed directly to a Fund by
certain financial institutions (“Authorized Participants”). An Authorized
Participant is either (a) a broker-dealer or other participant in the clearing
process through the Continuous Net Settlement System of the National Securities
Clearing Corporation or (ii) a DTC participant and, in each case, must have
executed a Participant Agreement with ALPS Distributors, Inc. (the
“Distributor”). Most retail investors do not qualify as Authorized Participants
or have the resources to buy and sell whole Creation Units. Therefore, most
retail investors may purchase shares in the secondary market with the assistance
of a broker and are subject to customary brokerage commissions or fees.
Each
Fund currently offers one class of shares, which have no front-end sales loads,
no deferred sales charges, and no redemption fees. A purchase (i.e., creation)
transaction fee is imposed for the transfer and other transaction costs
associated with the purchase of Creation Units. Each Fund charges the Authorized
Participant a $300 standard fixed creation fee, payable to the Custodian. The
fixed transaction fee paid by the Authorized Participant may be waived on
certain orders if the Funds’ Custodian has determined to waive some or all of
the creation order costs associated with the order, or another party, such as
the Adviser, has agreed to pay such fee. In addition, the Authorized Participant
may be charged a variable fee on all cash transactions or substitutes for
Creation Units of up to a maximum of 1% as a percentage of the total value of
the Creation Units subject to the transaction. Variable fees received by each
Fund are displayed in the Capital Share Transactions section of the Statement of
Changes in Net Assets. Each Fund may issue an unlimited number of shares of
beneficial interest, with no par value. Shares of each Fund have equal rights
and privileges with respect to such Fund.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
VALKYRIE
ETF TRUST II
NOTES
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
September 30, 2025(Continued)
Wholly-owned
and Controlled Subsidiaries
In
order to achieve its investment objective, the Bitcoin and Ether ETF and Bitcoin
Leverage ETF may each invest up to 25% of its total assets (measured at each
quarter end) in their respective wholly-owned subsidiaries, Valkyrie Bitcoin
Strategy (Cayman) Ltd. (“Bitcoin and Ether CFC”) and Valkyrie Bitcoin Futures
Leveraged Strategy (Cayman) Ltd. (“Bitcoin Futures Leveraged CFC”). These
subsidiaries act as investment vehicles in order to enter into certain
investments consistent with each Fund’s investment objective and policies
specified in their Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information.
At
September 30, 2025, investments in the Bitcoin and Ether CFC and Bitcoin
Futures Leveraged CFC represented 20.15% and 20.86%, respectively, of each
Fund’s total assets
The
consolidated financial statements of the Bitcoin and Ether ETF and Bitcoin
Leverage ETF include the investment activity and financial statements of Bitcoin
and Ether CFC and Bitcoin Futures Leveraged CFC, respectively. All intercompany
accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Because each
Fund may invest a substantial portion of its assets in its subsidiary, the Funds
may be considered to be investing indirectly in some of those investments
through its subsidiary. For that reason, references to the Funds may also
encompass its subsidiary. Each subsidiary is subject to the same investment
restrictions and limitations, and follows the same compliance policies and
procedures, as its parent Fund when viewed on a consolidated basis. Each Fund
and its subsidiary are a “commodity pool” under the U.S. Commodity Exchange Act
and Valkyrie Funds LLC (the “Adviser” or “Valkyrie”) is a “commodity pool
operator” registered with and regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission (“CFTC”). As a result, additional CFTC-mandated disclosure, reporting
and recordkeeping obligations apply with respect to the Fund and its respective
subsidiary under CFTC and the SEC harmonized regulations.
2.
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The
following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed
by the Funds in the preparation of its financial statements. The financial
statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”).
Security
Transactions and Investment Income: Investment
securities transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Gains and losses
realized on sales of securities are computed on the basis of specific
identification. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Withholding
taxes on foreign dividends have been provided for in accordance with the Funds’
understanding of the applicable tax rules and regulations. Interest income is
recorded on an accrual basis. Discounts on securities purchased are accreted
over the life of the respective security using effective yield method. Premiums
on securities purchased are amortized to the earliest call date.
Distributions
to Shareholders: Distributions to shareholders
are recorded on the ex-dividend date and are determined in accordance with
federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. Distributions to
shareholders from net investment income are declared and paid quarterly by
Bitcoin and Ether ETF and Bitcoin Leverage ETF, and annually by Bitcoin Mining
ETF. Distributions to shareholders from net realized gains on securities are
declared and paid by the Funds at least annually.
Federal
Income Taxes: The Funds comply with the
requirements of subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
necessary to qualify as regulated investment companies and distribute
substantially all net taxable investment income and net realized gains to
shareholders in a manner which results in no tax cost to the Funds. Therefore,
no federal income tax provision is required. The Funds file U.S. Federal and
state tax returns, as required.
The
Funds recognize the tax benefits of uncertain tax positions only when the
position is more likely than not to be sustained. Management has analyzed the
Funds’ uncertain tax positions and concluded that no liability for unrecognized
tax benefits should be recorded related to uncertain tax positions. Management
is not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the
total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next
12 months. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in
accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP.
The Funds recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax
benefits on uncertain tax positions as income tax expenses in the Statements of
Operations. During the current fiscal period, the Funds did not incur any
interest or penalties. The Funds are subject to examination by U.S. taxing
authorities since each of their commencement dates.
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For
tax purposes, Bitcoin and Ether CFC and Bitcoin Futures Leveraged CFC are each
an exempted Cayman Islands investment company. Bitcoin and Ether CFC and Bitcoin
Futures Leveraged CFC have received an undertaking from the Government of the
Cayman Islands exempting it from all local income, profits, and capital gains
taxes. No such taxes are levied in the Cayman Islands at the present time. For
U.S. income tax purposes, Bitcoin and Ether CFC and Bitcoin Futures Leveraged
CFC are controlled foreign corporations (“CFC”) and as such are not subject to
U.S. income tax. However, as a wholly-owned CFC, the net income and capital gain
of the CFC, to the extent of its earnings and profits, will be included each
year in each Fund’s investment company taxable income.
Currency
Translation: Assets and liabilities, including
investment securities, denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars are
translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates supplied by one or more
pricing vendors on the valuation date. Purchases and sales of investment
securities and income and expenses are translated into U.S. dollars at the
exchange rates on the dates of such transactions. The effects of changes in
exchange rates on investment securities are included with the net realized gain
or loss and net unrealized appreciation or depreciation on investments in the
Funds’ Statements of Operations. The realized gain or loss and unrealized
appreciation or depreciation resulting from all other transactions denominated
in currencies other than U.S. dollars are disclosed separately.
Deposits
with Broker for Futures Contracts: The Bitcoin
and Ether ETF and Bitcoin Leverage ETF, through their subsidiaries, the Bitcoin
and Ether CFC and Bitcoin Futures Leveraged CFC, respectively, may purchase and
sell exchange-listed commodity contracts. Upon entering into a futures contract,
and to maintain a Fund’s open positions in futures contracts, the Fund is
required to deposit with its custodian or futures broker in a segregated account
in the name of the futures broker an amount of cash, U.S. government securities,
suitable money market instruments, or other liquid securities, known as “initial
margin.” The margin required for a particular futures contract is set by the
exchange on which the contract is traded and may be significantly modified from
time to time by the exchange during the term of the contract. Futures contracts
are customarily purchased and sold on margins that may range upward from
approximately 5% of the value of the contract being traded.
At
September 30, 2025, the Bitcoin and Ether ETF and Bitcoin and Ether CFC,
collectively, and the Bitcoin Leverage ETF and Bitcoin Futures Leveraged CFC,
collectively, had cash on deposit with the broker for derivative instruments
which is presented on each Fund’s consolidated statement of assets and
liabilities. In addition, Bitcoin and Ether CFC and Bitcoin Futures Leveraged
CFC pledged cash as collateral for derivative instruments. See each Fund’s
consolidated schedule of investments for the fair value of securities pledged as
collateral.
If
the price of an open futures contract changes (by increase in underlying
instrument or index in the case of a sale or by decrease in the case of a
purchase) so that the loss on the futures contract reaches a point at which the
margin on deposit does not satisfy margin requirements, the broker will require
an increase in the margin. However, if the value of a position increases because
of favorable price changes in the futures contract so that the margin deposit
exceeds the required margin, the broker will pay the excess to the Fund.
These
subsequent payments, called “variation margin,” to and from the futures broker
are made on a daily basis as the price of the underlying assets fluctuate making
the long and short positions in the futures contract more or less valuable, a
process known as “marking to the market.” The variation margin on the futures
contracts do not settle with the exchange daily, but rather settle at their
respective maturity dates.
Use
of Estimates: The preparation of financial
statements in conformity with U.S. 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, as well as the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net
assets during the current fiscal period. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
Share
Valuation: The NAV per share of each Fund is
calculated by dividing the sum of the value of the securities held by the Fund,
plus cash and other assets, minus all liabilities (including estimated accrued
expenses) by the total number of shares outstanding of the Fund, rounded to the
nearest cent. A Fund’s shares will not be priced on the days on which the New
York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is closed for trading. The offering and redemption
price per share for creation units of each Fund is equal to the Fund’s NAV per
share.
Guarantees
and Indemnifications: In the normal course of
business, the Funds enter into contracts with service providers that contain
general indemnification clauses. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these
arrangements is
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unknown
as this would involve future claims that may be against the Funds that have not
yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Funds expect the risk of loss to
be remote.
Reclassification
of Capital Accounts: U.S. GAAP requires that
certain components of net assets relating to permanent differences be
reclassified between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have
no effect on net assets or NAV per share. For the year ended September 30,
2025, the Funds made the following permanent tax adjustment on the Statements of
Assets and Liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bitcoin
and Ether ETF |
|
|
$(1,029,564) |
|
|
$1,029,564 |
|
Bitcoin
Leverage ETF |
|
|
(4,651,034) |
|
|
4,651,034 |
|
Bitcoin
Mining ETF |
|
|
(70,472,297) |
|
|
70,472,297 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The
permanent differences for the Bitcoin and Ether ETF and Bitcoin Leveraged ETF
primarily relate to CFC adjustments and the utilization of earnings and profits
on redemption of shares and those for the Bitcoin Mining ETF relate to
redemption-in-kind adjustments and net operating losses.
Accounting
Pronouncements: Management has evaluated the
impact of adopting ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to
Reportable Segment Disclosures with respect to the financial statements and
disclosures and determined there is no material impact for the Funds. Each
Fund operates as a single segment entity. Each Fund’s income, expenses, assets,
and performance are regularly monitored and assessed by the Officers of the
Trust, who collectively serve as the chief operating decision maker, using the
information presented in the financial statements and financial highlights.
3.
SECURITIES VALUATION
Investment
Valuation: Each Fund calculates its NAV each
day the NYSE is open for trading as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE,
normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time.
Generally,
the Funds’ equity investments are valued each day at the last quoted sales price
on each investment’s primary exchange. Investments traded or dealt in one or
more exchanges (whether domestic or foreign) for which market quotations are
readily available and not subject to restrictions against resale shall be valued
at the last quoted sales price on the primary exchange or, in the absence of a
sale on the primary exchange, at the last bid on the primary exchange.
Investments primarily traded in the National Association of Securities Dealers’
Automated Quotation System (“NASDAQ”) National Market System for which market
quotations are readily available shall be valued using the NASDAQ Official
Closing Price. Equity securities are generally categorized in Level 1 or
Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy depending on inputs used and market
activity levels for specific securities.
Short-term
debt securities, including those securities having a maturity of 60 days or
less, are valued at the evaluated mean between the bid and asked prices. Reverse
repurchase agreements are priced at their acquisition cost, and assessed for
credit adjustments, which represents fair value. To the extent the inputs are
observable and timely, these securities would be classified in level 2 of the
fair value hierarchy.
Futures
contracts are carried at fair value using the primary exchange’s closing
(settlement) price and are generally categorized in Level 1.
The
Funds may use independent pricing services to assist in calculating the value of
the Funds’ investments. In addition, market prices for foreign investments are
not determined at the same time of day as the NAV for the Funds. Because the
Funds may invest in portfolio investments primarily listed on foreign exchanges
and these exchanges may trade on weekends or other days when the Funds do not
price their shares, the value of some of the Funds’ portfolio investments may
change on days when you may not be able to buy or sell the Funds’ shares. In
computing the NAV, the Funds value foreign investments held by the Funds at the
latest closing price on the exchange in which they are traded immediately prior
to closing of the NYSE. Prices of foreign investments quoted in foreign
currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at current rates. If events
materially affecting the value of an investment in the Funds’ portfolio,
particularly foreign investments, occur after the close of trading on a foreign
market but before the Funds price their shares, the investment will be valued at
fair value.
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If
a market quotation is not readily available or is deemed not to reflect fair
value, the Funds along with their Valuation Designee, the Adviser, will
determine the price of the security held by the Funds based on a determination
of the security’s fair value pursuant to policies and procedures approved by the
Board of Trustees (“Board”). In addition, the Funds may use fair valuation to
price securities that trade on a foreign exchange when a significant event has
occurred after the foreign exchange closes but before the time at which each
Fund’s NAV is calculated. Such valuations would typically be categorized as
Level 2 or Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy described below.
Fair
valuations and valuations of investments that are not actively trading involve
judgment and may differ materially from valuations that would have been used had
greater market activity occurred.
The
Board has adopted a valuation policy for use by each Fund and its Valuation
Designee (as defined below) in calculating each of the Fund’s NAV. Pursuant to
Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act, the Board has designated the Funds’ Adviser
as the “Valuation Designee” to perform all of the fair value determinations as
well as to perform all of the responsibilities that may be performed by the
Valuation Designee in accordance with Rule 2a-5, subject to the Board’s
oversight. The Adviser, as Valuation Designee, is authorized to make all
necessary determinations of the fair values of portfolio securities and other
assets for which market quotations are not readily available or if it is deemed
that the prices obtained from brokers and dealers or independent pricing
services are unreliable.
The
Trust Rule 18f-4 Compliance Policy (“Trust Policy”) governs the use of
derivatives by the Funds. The Trust Policy imposes limits on the amount of
derivatives a fund can enter into, eliminates the asset segregation framework
currently used by a fund to comply with Section 18 of the 1940 Act, treats
derivatives as senior securities and requires funds whose use of derivatives is
more than a limited specified exposure amount to establish and maintain a
comprehensive derivatives risk management program and appoint a derivatives risk
manager. The Bitcoin and Ether Strategy ETF and Bitcoin Leverage ETF are
considered full derivatives users and Bitcoin Mining ETF is considered a limited
derivatives user under the Trust Policy. Therefore, Bitcoin Mining ETF is
required to limit its derivatives exposure to no more than 10% of the Fund’s net
assets. For the year ended September 30, 2025, the Bitcoin Mining ETF did
not enter into derivative transactions.
Fair
Valuation Measurement: FASB established a
framework for measuring fair value in accordance with GAAP. Under FASB ASC Topic
820, Fair Value Measurement, various inputs are used in determining the value of
each Fund’s investments. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities
are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those
securities. The three levels of inputs of the fair value hierarchy are defined
as follows:
|
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 securities, 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 Fund’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.
|
A
financial instrument’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the
lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The
availability of observable inputs can vary from security to security and is
affected by a wide variety of factors, including, for example, the type of
security, whether the security is new and not yet established in the
marketplace, the liquidity of markets, and other characteristics particular to
the security. To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are
less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value
requires more judgment. Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in
determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3.
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September 30, 2025(Continued)
The
following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Funds’ investments as of
September 30, 2025:
Bitcoin
and Ether ETF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fixed
Income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S.
Treasury Bill |
|
|
$— |
|
|
$22,924,938 |
|
|
$ — |
|
|
$22,924,938 |
|
Money
Market Fund
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Money
Market Fund |
|
|
24,927,160 |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
24,927,160
|
|
Total
Investments in Securities |
|
|
$24,927,160 |
|
|
$22,924,938 |
|
|
$— |
|
|
$47,852,098
|
|
Other
Financial Instruments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Assets*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Futures
Contracts
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long |
|
|
$1,248,546 |
|
|
$— |
|
|
$— |
|
|
$1,248,546
|
|
Liabilities*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Futures
Contracts
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long |
|
|
$(4,628) |
|
|
$— |
|
|
$— |
|
|
$(4,628) |
|
Reverse
Repurchase Agreement |
|
|
— |
|
|
(19,526,500) |
|
|
— |
|
|
(19,526,500) |
|
Total
Other Financial Instruments |
|
|
$1,243,918 |
|
|
$(19,526,500) |
|
|
$— |
|
|
$(18,282,582) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
*
|
The
fair value of the futures contracts represents the net unrealized
appreciation/(depreciation) at September 30, 2025.
|
Bitcoin
Leverage ETF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Money
Market Fund
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Money
Market Fund |
|
|
$12,077,554 |
|
|
$ — |
|
|
$ — |
|
|
$12,077,554
|
|
Total
Investments in Securities |
|
|
$12,077,554 |
|
|
$— |
|
|
$— |
|
|
$12,077,554
|
|
Other
Financial Instruments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Assets*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Futures
Contracts
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long |
|
|
$516,110 |
|
|
$— |
|
|
$— |
|
|
$516,110
|
|
Total
Other Financial Instruments |
|
|
$516,110 |
|
|
$— |
|
|
$— |
|
|
$516,110 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
*
|
The
fair value of the futures contracts represents the net unrealized
appreciation/(depreciation) at September 30, 2025.
|
Bitcoin
Mining ETF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
Stocks |
|
|
$251,506,852 |
|
|
$ — |
|
|
$ — |
|
|
$251,506,852
|
|
Total
Investments in Securities |
|
|
$251,506,852 |
|
|
$— |
|
|
$— |
|
|
$251,506,852 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Refer
to the Funds’ schedules of investments, including consolidated schedules where
applicable, for a detailed break-out of securities.
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4.
DERIVATIVE AND OTHER FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The
Bitcoin and Ether ETF and Bitcoin Leverage ETF have adopted the financial
accounting reporting rules as required by the Derivatives and Hedging Topic of
the FASB Accounting Standards Codification. The Funds are required to include
enhanced disclosure that enables investors to understand how and why an entity
uses derivatives, how derivatives are accounted for, and how derivative
instruments affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.
A
futures contract is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell a financial
instrument to set a price on a future date. During the period the futures
contract is open, changes in the value of the contract are recognized as
unrealized gains or losses by “marking-to-market” on a daily basis to reflect
the market value of the futures contract at the end of each day’s trading. When
the contract is closed, the Funds record a realized gain or loss equal to the
difference between the proceeds from (or cost of) the closing transaction and
the Funds’ basis in the futures contract. The Funds are at risk that they may
not be able to close out a transaction because of an illiquid market.
During
the year ended September 30, 2025, the Funds utilized derivatives to
provide indirect exposure to the bitcoin underlying the futures contracts.
The
following table presents the types of derivatives held by the subsidiaries,
Bitcoin and Ether CFC and Bitcoin Futures Leveraged CFC, at September 30,
2025, the primary underlying risk exposure and the location of these instruments
as presented on the consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
Bitcoin
and Ether CFC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Futures
contracts |
|
|
Commodity
risk |
|
|
Unrealized
appreciation on futures contracts* |
|
|
$1,248,546
|
|
Futures
contracts |
|
|
Commodity
risk |
|
|
Unrealized
depreciation on futures contracts* |
|
|
(4,628) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
*
|
Includes
cumulative appreciation and depreciation on futures contracts as reported
on the consolidated schedule of futures contracts. Only the current day’s
variation margin is presented on the consolidated Statement of Assets and
Liabilities. |
Bitcoin
Futures Leveraged CFC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Futures
contracts |
|
|
Commodity
risk |
|
|
Unrealized
appreciation on futures contracts* |
|
|
$516,110 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
*
|
Includes
cumulative appreciation and depreciation on futures contracts as reported
on the consolidated schedule of futures contracts. Only the current day’s
variation margin is presented on the consolidated Statement of Assets and
Liabilities. |
The
effect of derivative instruments on the Bitcoin and Ether ETF and Bitcoin
Leverage ETF’s consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ended
September 30, 2025 is as follows:
Consolidated Statement of Operations
Location
Commodity
Risk Exposure
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
realized gain on futures contracts |
|
|
$18,125,026 |
|
|
$18,634,179
|
|
Net
change in unrealized appreciation on futures contracts |
|
|
1,868,683 |
|
|
965,727 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
During
the year ended September 30, 2025, the average notional value of futures
contracts was $36,172,675 for Bitcoin and Ether ETF and $34,332,746 for Bitcoin
Leverage ETF.
The
Funds do not have the right to offset financial assets and liabilities related
to futures contracts on the consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
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5.
BORROWINGS
The
Bitcoin and Ether ETF and the Bitcoin Leverage ETF are allowed to enter into
reverse agreements. A reverse repurchase agreement is the sale by the Funds of a
security to a party for a specified price, with the simultaneous agreement by
the Funds to repurchase that security from that party on a future date at a
higher price. Proceeds from securities sold under reverse repurchase agreements
are reflected as a liability on the consolidated Statement of Assets and
Liabilities. Interest payments made are recorded as a component of interest
expense on the consolidated Statement of Operations. Reverse repurchase
agreements involve the risk that the counterparty will become subject to
bankruptcy or other insolvency proceedings or fail to return a security to the
Funds. In such situations, the Funds may incur losses as a result of a possible
decline in the value of the underlying security during the period while the
Funds seek to enforce their rights, a possible lack of access to income on the
underlying security during this period, or expenses of enforcing its rights.
The
following reverse repurchase agreements were outstanding at September 30,
2025:
Bitcoin
and Ether ETF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
StoneX
Financial Inc. |
|
|
5.50% |
|
|
9/29/2025 |
|
|
10/1/2025 |
|
|
$15,625,973 |
|
|
$15,621,200
|
|
StoneX
Financial Inc. |
|
|
6.00% |
|
|
9/30/2025 |
|
|
10/1/2025 |
|
|
3,905,951 |
|
|
3,905,300
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$19,531,924 |
|
|
$19,526,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
*
|
Weighted
average maturity is 2 days. |
During
the year ended September 30, 2025, the Bitcoin and Ether ETF had
outstanding reverse repurchase agreements as follows:
Bitcoin
and Ether ETF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3/28/25
– 4/1/25 |
|
|
6.00% |
|
|
$14,644,875
|
|
6/27/25
– 7/1/25 |
|
|
6.00% |
|
|
$15,243,750
|
|
9/29/25
– 10/1/25 |
|
|
5.50% |
|
|
$15,621,200
|
|
9/30/25
– 10/1/25 |
|
|
6.00% |
|
|
$3,905,300 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The
Fund incurred interest expense of $25,350.
The
following is a summary of the reverse repurchase agreements by type of
collateral and the remaining contractual maturity of the agreements:
Bitcoin
and Ether ETF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S.
Treasury Bill |
|
|
$ — |
|
|
$19,526,500 |
|
|
$ — |
|
|
$ — |
|
|
$19,526,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Below
is the gross and net information about instruments and transactions eligible for
offset in the consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities as well as
instruments and transactions subject to an agreement similar to a master netting
arrangement.
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Bitcoin
and Ether ETF
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reverse
Repurchase Agreements |
|
|
$19,526,500 |
|
|
$ — |
|
|
$19,526,500 |
|
|
$(19,526,500) |
|
|
$ — |
|
|
$ — |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
*
|
Excess
of collateral pledged to the individual counterparty is not shown for
financial statement purposes.
|
Reverse
repurchase transactions are entered into by each Fund under Maser Repurchase
Agreements (“MRA”) which permit the Fund, under certain circumstances, including
an event of default of the Fund (such as bankruptcy or insolvency), to offset
payables under the MRA with collateral held with the counterparty and create one
single net payment from the Fund. Upon a bankruptcy or insolvency of the MRA
counterparty, the Fund is considered an unsecured creditor with respect to
excess collateral and, as such, the return of excess collateral may be delayed.
In the event the buyer of securities (i.e. the MRA counterparty) under a MRA
files for bankruptcy or becomes insolvent, the Fund’s use of the proceeds of the
agreement may be restricted while the other party, or its trustee or receiver,
determines whether or not to enforce the Fund’s obligation to repurchase the
securities.
6.
OTHER RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Valkyrie
serves as the investment adviser to the Funds. Pursuant to an investment
advisory agreement between the Trust, on behalf of the Funds, and the Adviser,
the Adviser provides investment advice to the Funds and oversees the day-to-day
operations of the Funds, subject to the direction and control of the Board and
the officers of the Trust. The Adviser administers the Funds’ business affairs,
provides office facilities and equipment and certain clerical, bookkeeping and
administrative services. The Adviser bears the costs of all advisory and
non-advisory services required to operate the Funds, including payment of
Trustee compensation, in exchange for a single unitary management fee. For
services provided to the Funds, the Bitcoin and Ether ETF pays the Adviser an
annual rate of 0.95%, Bitcoin Leverage ETF pays the Adviser an annual rate of
1.85%, and Bitcoin Mining ETF pays the Adviser an annual rate of 0.75% based on
the Funds’ respective average daily net assets. Certain officers and a Trustee
of the Trust are affiliated with the Adviser and are not paid any fees by the
Funds for serving in such capacities. The Adviser has agreed to pay certain
futures commission merchant fees incurred by the Bitcoin Leverage ETF through
September 30, 2025. The Adviser cannot recoup the reimbursed fees.
The
Adviser has overall responsibility for overseeing the investment of the Funds’
assets, managing the Funds’ business affairs and providing certain clerical,
bookkeeping and other administrative services for the Trust. Vident Advisory,
LLC’s (“Vident” or “Sub-Adviser”) acts as the Sub-Adviser to the Funds. The
Sub-Adviser has responsibility to make day-to-day investment decisions for the
Funds and selects broker-dealers for executing portfolio transactions, subject
to the Sub-Adviser’s best execution obligations and the Trust’s and the
Sub-Adviser’s brokerage policies. For the services it provides to the Funds, the
Sub-Adviser is compensated by the Adviser from the management fees paid by the
Funds to the Adviser.
Under
the terms of the Investment Advisory Agreement (the “Agreement”) between the
Funds and the Adviser, each Fund pays the Adviser a unitary management fee,
which includes both investment advisory services and the costs of substantially
all ordinary operating expenses of the Funds, excluding brokerage costs, taxes,
interest, and extraordinary expenses, if any. The Agreement, as filed with the
SEC, provides that the Funds are not contractually obligated to pay these
operating expenses, as such expenses are borne directly by the Adviser under the
unitary fee structure.
7.
SERVICE, CUSTODY AND DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENTS
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 Funds’
fund accountant, administrator and transfer agent pursuant to certain fund
accounting, fund administration and transfer agent servicing agreements. U.S.
Bank National Association (“USB”), a subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp and parent
company of Fund Services, serves as the Funds’ custodian pursuant
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to
a custody agreement. The services provided by Fund Services and USB are paid by
the Adviser from the unitary fee received from the Funds. ALPS Distributors,
Inc. serves as the Funds’ distributor pursuant to a distribution agreement.
8.
INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS
For
the year ended September 30, 2025, the cost of purchases and proceeds from
sales of securities by each Fund, excluding short-term securities, derivative
transactions, and in-kind transactions, were as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bitcoin
and Ether ETF |
|
|
$— |
|
|
$— |
|
Bitcoin
Leverage ETF |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Bitcoin
Mining ETF |
|
|
68,694,410 |
|
|
77,292,959 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For
the year ended September 30, 2025, the cost of purchases and the proceeds
of sales from in-kind transactions associated with creations and redemptions
were as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bitcoin
and Ether ETF |
|
|
$— |
|
|
$— |
|
Bitcoin
Leverage ETF |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Bitcoin
Mining ETF |
|
|
156,139,806 |
|
|
179,112,352 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For
the year ended September 30, 2025, there were no long-term purchases or
sales of U.S. government securities in the Funds.
A
Fund will realize net capital gains resulting from in-kind redemptions, when
shareholders exchange Fund shares for securities held by a Fund rather than for
cash. Because such gains are not taxable to the Fund, and are not distributed to
shareholders, they would be reclassified from total distributable earnings
(accumulated losses) to paid in-capital. The amount of realized gains and losses
from in-kind redemptions included in realized gain/(loss) on investments in the
Statements of Operations is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bitcoin
and Ether ETF |
|
|
$— |
|
|
$— |
|
Bitcoin
Leverage ETF |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Bitcoin
Mining ETF |
|
|
77,818,521 |
|
|
2,025,719 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9.
INCOME TAX INFORMATION
As
of September 30, 2025, the components of accumulated earnings/(losses) on a
tax basis were as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost
of investments(a) |
|
|
$47,850,623 |
|
|
$12,077,554 |
|
|
$156,569,728
|
|
Gross
unrealized appreciation |
|
|
1,615 |
|
|
— |
|
|
104,693,158 |
|
Gross
unrealized depreciation |
|
|
(140) |
|
|
— |
|
|
(9,756,034) |
|
Net
unrealized appreciation |
|
|
1,475 |
|
|
— |
|
|
94,937,124
|
|
Undistributed
ordinary income |
|
|
17,969,791 |
|
|
13,556,082 |
|
|
—
|
|
Other
accumulated gain/(loss)(b) |
|
|
1,232,119 |
|
|
515,895 |
|
|
(20,082,653) |
|
Total
accumulated gain/(loss) |
|
|
$19,203,385 |
|
|
$14,071,977 |
|
|
$74,854,471 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
Each book-basis and tax-basis cost is the same for
the Bitcoin and Ether ETF and Bitcoin Leverage ETF. The difference between
the book-basis and tax-basis cost is attributable to wash sales and
passive foreign investment company adjustments in the Bitcoin Mining ETF.
|
|
(b)
|
Other accumulated gain/loss amounts are
attributable to capital loss carryforwards, unrealized gains/losses on
futures from Cayman subsidiaries, and late year ordinary loss deferrals.
|
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At
September 30, 2025, the following Funds had capital loss carryforwards
which can be carried forward indefinitely:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bitcoin
and Ether ETF |
|
|
$11,799 |
|
|
$— |
|
|
$11,799 |
|
Bitcoin
Leverage ETF |
|
|
215 |
|
|
— |
|
|
215 |
|
Bitcoin
Mining ETF |
|
|
16,477,551 |
|
|
2,893,105 |
|
|
19,370,656 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
During
the tax year ended September 30, 2025, the following Funds utilized capital
loss carryforwards:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bitcoin
and Ether ETF |
|
|
$247
|
|
Bitcoin
Leverage ETF |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
At
September 30, 2025, the following Fund deferred on a tax basis losses of:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bitcoin
Mining ETF |
|
|
$711,997 |
|
|
|
|
|
The
tax character of distributions paid during the years ended September 30,
2025, and September 30, 2024, were as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bitcoin
and Ether ETF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ordinary
income |
|
|
$17,671,588 |
|
|
$5,774,321
|
|
Long-term
capital gains |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
Bitcoin
Mining ETF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ordinary
income |
|
|
$435,278 |
|
|
$155,410 |
|
Long-term
capital gains |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bitcoin
Leverage ETF did not make distributions during the year ended September 30,
2025, and the period ended September 30, 2024.
10.
PRINCIPAL RISKS
Below
is a summary of some, but not all, of the principal risks of investing in the
Funds, each of which may adversely affect a Fund’s net asset value and total
return. The Funds’ most recent prospectus provides further descriptions of each
Fund’s investment objective, principal investment strategies and principal
risks.
Bitcoin and Ether ETF
Market
Risk. The prices of bitcoin, ether and Bitcoin
and Ether Futures Contracts have historically been highly volatile. The value of
the Fund’s investments in Bitcoin and Ether Futures Contracts and other
instruments that provide exposure to bitcoin, ether and Bitcoin and Ether
Futures Contracts – and therefore the value of an investment in the Fund –
could decline significantly and without warning, including to zero. The value of
ether and bitcoin has been, and may continue to be, substantially dependent on
speculation, such that trading and investing in these crypto assets generally
may not be based on fundamental analysis. In addition, the price of bitcoin and
ether has been highly correlated, even during periods of volatility, with ether
tending to exhibit more pronounced rises and falls. If you are not prepared to
accept significant and unexpected changes in the value of the Fund and the
possibility that you could lose your entire investment in the Fund you should
not invest in the Fund.
Management
Risk. The Fund is subject to management risk
because it is an actively managed portfolio. The Adviser will apply investment
techniques and risk analyses in making investment decisions for the Fund, but
there can be no guarantee that the Fund will meet its investment
objective.
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Bitcoin
and Ether Investing Risk. The Fund is
indirectly exposed to the risks of investing in bitcoin and ether through its
investments in Bitcoin and Ether. Bitcoin and ether are new and highly
speculative investments. Refer to the Fund’s prospectus for additional risks
associated with bitcoin and ether.
Futures
Contracts Risk. Risks of futures contracts
include: (i) an imperfect correlation between the value of the futures contract
and the underlying asset; (ii) possible lack of a liquid secondary market; (iii)
the inability to close a futures contract when desired; (iv) losses caused by
unanticipated market movements, which may be unlimited; (v) an obligation for
the Fund to make daily cash payments to maintain its required margin,
particularly at times when the Fund may have insufficient cash; and (vi)
unfavorable execution prices from rapid selling. Unlike equities, which
typically entitle the holder to a continuing stake in a corporation, futures
contracts normally specify a certain date for settlement in cash based on the
reference asset. As the futures contracts approach expiration, they may be
replaced by similar contracts that have a later expiration. This process is
referred to as “rolling.” If the market for these contracts is in “contango,”
meaning that the prices of futures contracts in the nearer months are lower than
the price of contracts in the distant months, the sale of the near-term month
contract would be at a lower price than the longer-term contract, resulting in a
cost to “roll” the futures contract. The actual realization of a potential roll
cost will be dependent upon the difference in price of the near and distant
contract. The costs associated with rolling Bitcoin and Ether Futures Contracts
typically are substantially higher than the costs associated with other futures
contracts and may have a significant adverse impact on the performance of the
Fund. Because the margin requirement for futures contracts is less than the
value of the assets underlying the futures contract, futures trading involves a
degree of leverage. As a result, a relatively small price movement in a futures
contract may result in immediate and substantial loss, as well as gain, to the
investor. For example, if at the time of purchase, 40% of the value of the
futures contract is deposited as margin, a subsequent 20% decrease in the value
of the futures contract would result in a loss of half of the margin deposit,
before any deduction for the transaction costs, if the account were then closed
out. A decrease in excess of 40% would result in a loss exceeding the original
margin deposit, if the futures contract were closed out. Thus, a purchase or
sale of a futures contract may result in losses in excess of the amount
initially invested in the futures contract. However, the Fund would presumably
have sustained comparable losses if, instead of investing in the futures
contract, it had invested in the underlying financial instrument and sold it
after the decline.
Bitcoin
and Ether Futures Contracts Risk. In addition
to the risks of futures contracts generally, the markets for Bitcoin and Ether
Futures Contracts have additional unique risks. The markets for Bitcoin and
Ether Futures Contracts may be less developed, less liquid and more volatile
than more established futures markets. While the Bitcoin and Ether Futures
Contracts markets has grown substantially since they commenced trading, there
can be no assurance that this growth will continue. Bitcoin and Ether Futures
Contracts are subject to collateral requirements and daily limits may impact the
Fund’s ability to achieve the desired exposure. If the Fund is unable to meet
its investment objective, the Fund’s returns may be lower than expected.
Additionally, these collateral requirements may require the Fund to liquidate
its position when it otherwise would not do so.
Futures/Spot
Correlation Risk. The markets for bitcoin and
ether, on the one hand, and Bitcoin and Ether Futures Contracts, on the other,
are related but separate markets. These markets may exhibit imperfectly
correlation, or even no correlation, between price movements of either a Bitcoin
or Ether Futures Contract and price movements of the bitcoin or ether,
respectively. This might occur due to factors unrelated to the value of bitcoin
or ether, such as speculative or other pressures on the markets in which these
assets are traded.
Investment
Strategy Risk. The Fund, through the
Subsidiary, invests in Bitcoin and Ether Futures Contracts. The Fund does not
invest directly in or hold bitcoin or ether. The price of Bitcoin and Ether
Futures Contracts may differ, sometimes significantly, from the current cash
price of bitcoin and ether, which is sometimes referred to as the “spot” price
of bitcoin or ether. Consequently, the performance of the Fund is likely to
perform differently from the spot price of bitcoin and ether.
Liquidity
Risk. The market for Bitcoin and Ether Futures
Contracts is still developing and may be subject to periods of illiquidity.
During such times it may be difficult or impossible to buy or sell a position at
the desired price. Market disruptions or volatility can also make it difficult
to find a counterparty willing to transact at a reasonable price and sufficient
size. Illiquid markets may cause losses, which could be significant. The large
size of the positions which the Fund may acquire increases the risk of
illiquidity, may make its positions more difficult to liquidate, and increase
the losses incurred while trying to do so.
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Valuation
Risk. The Fund or the Subsidiary may hold
securities or other assets that may be valued on the basis of factors other than
market quotations. This may occur because the asset or security does not trade
on a centralized exchange, or in times of market turmoil or reduced liquidity.
There are multiple methods that can be used to value a portfolio holding when
market quotations are not readily available. The value established for any
portfolio holding at a point in time might differ from what would be produced
using a different methodology or if it had been priced using market quotations.
Portfolio holdings that are valued using techniques other than market
quotations, including “fair valued” assets or securities, may be subject to
greater fluctuation in their valuations from one day to the next than if market
quotations were used. In addition, there is no assurance that the Fund or the
Subsidiary could sell or close out a portfolio position for the value
established for it at any time, and it is possible that the Fund or the
Subsidiary would incur a loss because a portfolio position is sold or closed out
at a discount to the valuation established by the Fund or the Subsidiary at that
time. The Fund’s ability to value investments may be impacted by technological
issues or errors by pricing services or other third-party service
providers.
Collateral
Investments Risk. The Fund’s use of Collateral
Investments may include obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government,
its agencies and instrumentalities, including bills, notes and bonds issued by
the U.S. Treasury, money market funds and corporate debt securities, such as
commercial paper.
Some
securities issued or guaranteed by federal agencies and U.S.
Government-sponsored instrumentalities may not be backed by the full faith and
credit of the United States, in which case the investor must look principally to
the agency or instrumentality issuing or guaranteeing the security for ultimate
repayment, and may not be able to assert a claim against the United States
itself in the event that the agency or instrumentality does not meet its
commitment. The U.S. Government, its agencies and instrumentalities do not
guarantee the market value of their securities, and consequently, the value of
such securities may fluctuate. Although the Fund may hold securities that carry
U.S. Government guarantees, these guarantees do not extend to shares of the
Fund.
Money
market funds are subject to management fees and other expenses. Therefore,
investments in money market funds will cause the Fund to bear indirectly a
proportional share of the fees and costs of the money market funds in which it
invests. At the same time, the Fund will continue to pay its own management fees
and expenses with respect to all of its assets, including any portion invested
in the shares of the money market fund. It is possible to lose money by
investing in money market funds.
Corporate
debt securities such as commercial paper generally are short-term unsecured
promissory notes issued by businesses. Corporate debt may carry variable or
floating rates of interest. Corporate debt securities carry both credit risk and
interest rate risk. Credit risk is the risk that the Fund could lose money if
the issuer of a corporate debt security is unable to pay interest or repay
principal when it is due.
Reverse
Repurchase Agreements Risk. The Fund may
invest in reverse repurchase agreements. Reverse repurchase agreements are
transactions in which the Fund sells portfolio securities to financial
institutions such as banks and broker-dealers, and agrees to repurchase them at
a mutually agreed-upon date and price which is higher than the original sale
price. Reverse repurchase agreements are a form of leverage and the use of
reverse repurchase agreements by the Fund may increase the Fund’s volatility.
The Fund incurs costs, including interest expense, in connection with the
opening and closing of reverse repurchase agreements that will be borne by the
shareholders.
Reverse
repurchase agreements are also subject to the risk that the other party to the
reverse repurchase agreement will be unable or unwilling to complete the
transaction as scheduled, which may result in losses to the Fund. In situations
where the Fund is required to post collateral with a counterparty, the
counterparty may fail to segregate the collateral or may commingle the
collateral with the counterparty’s own assets. As a result, in the event of the
counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency, the Fund’s collateral may be subject to
the conflicting claims of the counterparty’s creditors, and the Fund may be
exposed to the risk of a court treating the Fund as a general unsecured creditor
of the counterparty, rather than as the owner of the collateral. There can be no
assurance that a counterparty will not default and that the Fund will not
sustain a loss on a transaction as a result.
Reverse
repurchase agreements also involve the risk that the market value of the
securities sold by the Fund may decline below the price at which it is obligated
to repurchase the securities. In addition, when the Fund invests the
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proceeds
it receives in a reverse repurchase transaction, there is a risk that those
investments may decline in value. In this circumstance, the Fund could be
required to sell other investments in order to meet its obligations to
repurchase the securities.
Debt
Securities Risk. Investments in debt
securities subject the holder to the credit risk of the issuer. Credit risk
refers to the possibility that the issuer or other obligor of a security will
not be able or willing to make payments of interest and principal when due.
Generally, the value of debt securities will change inversely with changes in
interest rates. To the extent that interest rates rise, certain underlying
obligations may be paid off substantially slower than originally anticipated and
the value of those securities may fall sharply. During periods of falling
interest rates, the income received by the Fund may decline. If the principal on
a debt security is prepaid before expected, the prepayments of principal may
have to be reinvested in obligations paying interest at lower rates. Debt
securities generally do not trade on a securities exchange making them generally
less liquid and more difficult to value than common stock.
Tax
Risk. The Fund intends to elect and to qualify
each year to be treated as a RIC under Subchapter M of the Code. As a RIC, the
Fund will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the portion of its net
investment income and net capital gain that it distributes to Shareholders,
provided that it satisfies certain requirements of the Code. If the Fund does
not qualify as a RIC for any taxable year and certain relief provisions are not
available, the Fund’s taxable income will be subject to tax at the Fund level
and to a further tax at the shareholder level when such income is distributed.
Additionally, buying securities shortly before the record date for a taxable
dividend or capital gain distribution is commonly known as “buying the
dividend.” In the event a shareholder purchases Shares shortly before such a
distribution, the entire distribution may be taxable to the shareholder even
though a portion of the distribution effectively represents a return of the
purchase price. To comply with the asset diversification test applicable to a
RIC, the Fund must limit its investments in the Subsidiary to 25% of the Fund’s
total assets at the end of each tax quarter or cure any non-compliance during
the grace period. The investment strategy of the Fund may cause the Fund to hold
more than 25% of the Fund’s total assets in investments in the Subsidiary the
majority of the time. The Fund intends to manage the exposure to the Subsidiary
so that the Fund’s investments in the Subsidiary do not exceed 25% of the total
assets at the end of any tax quarter. If the Fund’s investments in the
Subsidiary were to exceed 25% of the Fund’s total assets at the end of a
tax quarter, the Fund, generally, has a grace period to cure such lack of
compliance. If the Fund fails to timely cure, it may no longer be eligible to be
treated as a RIC.
Because
Bitcoin and Ether Futures Contracts produce non-qualifying income for purposes
of qualifying as a RIC, the Fund makes its investments in Bitcoin and Ether
Futures Contracts through the Subsidiary. The Fund intends to treat any income
it may derive from the futures contracts received by the Subsidiary as
“qualifying income” under the provisions of the Code applicable to RICs. The
Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) has
issued numerous Private Letter Rulings (“PLRs”) provided to third parties not
associated with the Fund or its affiliates (which only those parties may rely on
as precedent) concluding that similar arrangements resulted in qualifying
income. Many of such PLRs have now been revoked by the IRS. In March of 2019,
the Internal Revenue Service published Regulations that concluded that income
from a corporation similar to the Subsidiary would be qualifying income, if the
income is related to the Fund’s business of investing in stocks or securities.
Although the Regulations do not require distributions from the Subsidiary, the
Fund intends to cause the Subsidiary to make distributions that would allow the
Fund to make timely distributions to its shareholders. The Fund generally will
be required to include in its own taxable income the income of the Subsidiary
for a tax year, regardless of whether the Fund receives a distribution of the
Subsidiary’s income in that tax year, and this income would nevertheless be
subject to the distribution requirement for qualification as a regulated
investment company and would be taken into account for purposes of the 4% excise
tax.
If,
in any year, the Fund were to fail to qualify for the special tax treatment
accorded a RIC and its shareholders, and were ineligible to or were not to cure
such failure, the Fund would be taxed in the same manner as an ordinary
corporation subject to U.S. federal income tax on all its income at the fund
level. The resulting taxes could substantially reduce the Fund’s net assets and
the amount of income available for distribution. In addition, in order to
requalify for taxation as a RIC, the Fund could be required to recognize
unrealized gains, pay substantial taxes and interest, and make certain
distributions.
Subsidiary
Investment Risk. Changes in the laws of the
United States and/or the Cayman Islands, under which the Fund and the Subsidiary
are organized, respectively, could result in the inability of the Fund to
operate as intended and could negatively affect the Fund and its shareholders.
The Subsidiary is not registered under the 1940 Act and is not
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subject
to all the investor protections of the 1940 Act. However, as the Subsidiary is
wholly-owned by the Fund, and the investors of the Fund will have the investor
protections of the 1940 Act, the Fund as a whole—including the Subsidiary—will
provide investors with 1940 protections.
Target
Exposure and Rebalancing Risks. The Fund will
normally seek to maintain aggregate notional exposure to bitcoin and ether equal
to 100% of the net assets of the Fund. However, in order to comply with certain
tax qualification tests at the end of each tax quarter, the Fund may reduce its
exposure to Bitcoin and Ether Futures Contracts on or about such dates. If the
value of Bitcoin and Ether Futures Contracts rises during such periods that the
Fund has reduced its exposure, the performance of the Fund will be less than it
would have been had the Fund maintained is exposure through such
period.
Commodity
Regulatory Risk. The Fund’s use of commodity
futures subject to regulation by the CFTC has caused the Fund to be classified
as a “commodity pool” and this designation requires that the Fund comply with
CFTC rules, which may impose additional regulatory requirements and compliance
obligations. The Fund’s investment decisions may need to be modified, and
commodity contract positions held by the Fund may have to be liquidated at
disadvantageous times or prices, to avoid exceeding any applicable position
limits established by the CFTC, potentially subjecting the Fund to substantial
losses. The regulation of commodity transactions in the United States is subject
to ongoing modification by government, self-regulatory and judicial action. The
effect of any future regulatory change with respect to any aspect of the Fund is
impossible to predict, but could be substantial and adverse to the
Fund.
Volatility
Risk. Volatility is the characteristic of a
security or other asset, an index or a market to fluctuate significantly in
price within a short time period. The prices of bitcoin, ether and Bitcoin and
Ether Futures Contracts have historically been highly volatile. The value of the
Fund’s investments in Bitcoin and Ether Futures Contracts – and therefore the
value of an investment in the Fund – could decline significantly and without
warning, including to zero. If you are not prepared to accept significant and
unexpected changes in the value of the Fund and the possibility that you could
lose your entire investment in the Fund, you should not invest in the
Fund.
Asset
Concentration Risk. Since the Fund may take
concentrated positions in Bitcoin and Ether Futures Contracts, the Fund’s
performance may be disproportionately and significantly impacted by the poor
performance of those positions to which it has significant exposure.
Concentration in Bitcoin and Ether Futures Contracts makes the Fund more
susceptible to any single occurrence affecting the underlying positions and may
subject the Fund to greater market risk than more diversified funds.
Interest
Rate Risk. Interest rate risk is the risk that
the value of the debt securities in the Fund’s portfolio will decline because of
rising market interest rates. Interest rate risk is generally lower for shorter
term debt securities and higher for longer-term debt securities. The Fund may be
subject to a greater risk of rising interest rates than would normally be the
case due to the current period of historically low rates and the effect of
potential government fiscal policy initiatives and resulting market reaction to
those initiatives. Duration is a reasonably accurate measure of a debt
security’s price sensitivity to changes in interest rates and a common measure
of interest rate risk. Duration measures a debt security’s expected life on a
present value basis, taking into account the debt security’s yield, interest
payments and final maturity. In general, duration represents the expected
percentage change in the value of a security for an immediate 1% change in
interest rates. For example, the price of a debt security with a three-year
duration would be expected to drop by approximately 3% in response to a 1%
increase in interest rates. Therefore, prices of debt securities with shorter
durations tend to be less sensitive to interest rate changes than debt
securities with longer durations. As the value of a debt security changes over
time, so will its duration.
Cash
Transaction Risk. Most ETFs generally make
in-kind redemptions to avoid being taxed at the fund level on gains on the
distributed portfolio securities. However, unlike most ETFs, the Fund currently
intends to effect some or all redemptions for cash, rather than in-kind, because
of the nature of the Fund’s investments. The Fund may be required to sell
portfolio securities to obtain the cash needed to distribute redemption
proceeds, which involves transaction costs that the Fund may not have incurred
had it effected redemptions entirely in kind. These costs may include brokerage
costs and/or taxable gains or losses, which may be imposed on the Fund and
decrease the Fund’s NAV to the extent such costs are not offset by a transaction
fee payable to an AP. If the Fund recognizes gain on these sales, this generally
will cause the Fund to recognize gain it might not otherwise have recognized if
it were to distribute portfolio securities
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in-kind,
or to recognize such gain sooner than would otherwise be required. This may
decrease the tax efficiency of the Fund compared to ETFs that utilize an in-kind
redemption process, and there may be a substantial difference in the after-tax
rate of return between the Fund and other ETFs.
Clearing
Broker Risk. The Fund’s investments in
exchange-traded futures contracts expose it to the risks of a clearing broker
(or a futures commission merchant (“FCM”)). Under current regulations, a
clearing broker or FCM maintains customers’ assets in a bulk segregated account.
There is a risk that Fund assets deposited with the clearing broker to serve as
margin may be used to satisfy the broker’s own obligations or the losses of the
broker’s other clients. In the event of default, the Fund could experience
lengthy delays in recovering some or all of its assets and may not see any
recovery at all. Furthermore, the Fund is subject to the risk that no FCM is
willing or able to clear the Fund’s transactions or maintain the Fund’s assets.
If the Fund’s FCMs are unable or unwilling to clear the Fund’s transactions, or
if the FCM refuses to maintain the Fund’s assets, the Fund will be unable have
its orders for Bitcoin and Ether Futures Contracts fulfilled or assets
custodied. In such a circumstance, the performance of the Fund will likely
deviate from the performance of bitcoin and ether and may result in the
proportion of Bitcoin and Ether Futures Contracts in the Fund’s portfolio
relative to the total assets of the Fund to decrease.
Investment
Capacity Risk. If the Fund’s ability to obtain
exposure to bitcoin and ether futures contracts consistent with its investment
objective is disrupted for any reason, including but not limited to, limited
liquidity in the Bitcoin and Ether Futures Contracts markets, a disruption to
the Bitcoin and Ether Futures Contracts market, or as a result of margin
requirements or position limits imposed by the Fund’s FCMs, the exchanges on
which the Bitcoin and Ether Futures Contracts trade, or the CFTC, the Fund would
not be able to achieve its investment objective and may experience significant
losses.
Cyber
Security Risk. The Fund is susceptible to
operational risks through breaches in cyber security. A breach in cyber security
refers to both intentional and unintentional events that may cause the Fund to
lose proprietary information, suffer data corruption or lose operational
capacity. Such events could cause the Fund to incur regulatory penalties,
reputational damage, additional compliance costs associated with corrective
measures and/or financial loss. Cyber security breaches may involve unauthorized
access to the Fund’s digital information systems through “hacking” or malicious
software coding, but may also result from outside attacks such as denial-of-
service attacks through efforts to make network services unavailable to intended
users. In addition, cyber security breaches of the Fund’s third-party service
providers, such as its administrator, transfer agent, custodian, or sub-adviser,
as applicable, or issuers in which the Fund invests, can also subject the Fund
to many of the same risks associated with direct cyber security breaches. While
the Fund has established business continuity plans and risk management systems
designed to reduce the risks associated with cyber security, there are inherent
limitations in such plans and systems. Additionally, there is no guarantee that
such efforts will succeed, especially because the Fund does not directly control
the cyber security systems of issuers or third-party service
providers.
Authorized
Participant Concentration Risk. Only an
authorized participant may engage in creation or redemption transactions
directly with the Fund. The Fund has a limited number of institutions that act
as authorized participants on an agency basis (i.e. on behalf of other market participants). To the
extent that these institutions exit the business or are unable to proceed with
creation and/or redemption orders with respect to the Fund and no other
authorized participant is able to step forward to create or redeem, in either of
these cases, Shares may trade at a discount to the Fund’s net asset value and
possibly face delisting.
Frequent
Trading Risk. The Fund regularly purchases and
subsequently sells (i.e., “rolls”) individual futures contracts throughout
the year so as to maintain a fully invested position. As the contracts near
their expiration dates, the Fund rolls them over into new contracts. This
frequent trading of contracts may increase the amount of commissions or mark-ups
to broker-dealers that the Fund pays when it buys and sells contracts, which may
detract from the Fund’s performance. High portfolio turnover may result in the
Fund paying higher levels of transaction costs and may generate greater tax
liabilities for shareholders. Frequent trading risk may cause the Fund’s
performance to be less than expected.
Active
Management Risk. The Fund is actively managed
and its performance reflects investment decisions that the Sub-Adviser and
Adviser make for the Fund. Such judgments about the Fund’s investments may prove
to be
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incorrect.
If the investments selected and the strategies employed by the Fund fail to
produce the intended results, the Fund could underperform as compared to other
funds with similar investment objectives and/or strategies, or could have
negative returns.
Active
Market Risk. Although the Shares are listed
for trading on the Exchange, there can be no assurance that an active trading
market for the Shares will develop or be maintained. Shares trade on the
Exchange at market prices that may be below, at or above the Fund’s net asset
value. Securities, including the Shares, are subject to market fluctuations and
liquidity constraints that may be caused by such factors as economic, political,
or regulatory developments, changes in interest rates, and/or perceived trends
in securities prices. Shares of the Fund could decline in value or underperform
other investments.
Premium/Discount
Risk. The market price of the Fund’s Shares
will generally fluctuate in accordance with changes in the Fund’s net asset
value as well as the relative supply of and demand for Shares on the Exchange.
The Fund’s market price may deviate from the value of the Fund’s underlying
portfolio holdings, particularly in time of market stress, with the result that
investors may pay more or receive less than the underlying value of the Fund
shares bought or sold. The Adviser and Sub-Adviser cannot predict whether Shares
will trade below, at or above their net asset value because the Shares trade on
the Exchange at market prices and not at net asset value. Price differences may
be due, in large part, to the fact that supply and demand forces at work in the
secondary trading market for Shares will be closely related, but not identical,
to the same forces influencing the prices of the holdings of the Fund trading
individually or in the aggregate at any point in time. However, given that
Shares can only be purchased and redeemed in Creation Units, and only to and
from broker-dealers and large institutional investors that have entered into
participation agreements (unlike shares of closed-end funds, which frequently
trade at appreciable discounts from, and sometimes at premiums to, their net
asset value), the Adviser and Sub-Adviser believe that large discounts or
premiums to the net asset value of Shares should not be sustained. During
stressed market conditions, the market for the Fund’s Shares may become less
liquid in response to deteriorating liquidity in the market for the Fund’s
underlying portfolio holdings, which could in turn lead to differences between
the market price of the Fund’s Shares and their net asset value. This can be
reflected as a spread between the bid and ask prices for the Fund quoted during
the day or a premium or discount in the closing price from the Fund’s
NAV.
Operational
Risk. The Fund is exposed to operational risks
arising from a number of factors, including, but not limited to, human error,
processing and communication errors, errors of the Fund’s service providers,
counterparties or other third-parties, failed or inadequate processes and
technology or systems failures. The Fund, Adviser and Sub-Adviser seek to reduce
these operational risks through controls and procedures. However, these measures
do not address every possible risk and may be inadequate to address these
risks.
Credit
Risk. An issuer or other obligated party of a
debt security may be unable or unwilling to make dividend, interest and/or
principal payments when due. In addition, the value of a debt security may
decline because of concerns about the issuer’s ability or unwillingness to make
such payments.
Leverage
Risk. The Fund seeks to achieve and maintain
the exposure to the price of bitcoin and ether by using leverage inherent in
futures contracts. Therefore, the Fund is subject to leverage risk. When the
Fund purchases or sells an instrument or enters into a transaction without
investing an amount equal to the full economic exposure of the instrument or
transaction, it creates leverage, which can result in the Fund losing more than
it originally invested. As a result, these investments may magnify losses to the
Fund, and even a small market movement may result in significant losses to the
Fund. Leverage may also cause a Fund to be more volatile because it may
exaggerate the effect of any increase or decrease in the value of the Fund’s
portfolio securities. Futures trading involves a degree of leverage and as a
result, a relatively small price movement in futures instruments may result in
immediate and substantial losses to the Fund. The Fund may at times be required
to liquidate portfolio positions, including when it is not advantageous to do
so, in order to comply with guidance from the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “SEC”) regarding asset segregation requirements to cover
certain leveraged positions.
Market
Maker Risk. If the Fund has lower average
daily trading volumes, it may rely on a small number of third-party market
makers to provide a market for the purchase and sale of Shares. Any trading halt
or other problem relating to the trading activity of these market makers could
result in a dramatic change in the spread between the Fund’s net asset value and
the price at which the Shares are trading on the Exchange, which could result in
a decrease in value
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of
the Shares. In addition, decisions by market makers or authorized participants
to reduce their role or step away from these activities in times of market
stress could inhibit the effectiveness of the arbitrage process in maintaining
the relationship between the underlying values of the Fund’s portfolio
securities and the Fund’s market price. This reduced effectiveness could result
in Shares trading at a discount to net asset value and also in greater than
normal intra-day bid-ask spreads for Shares.
Non-Diversification
Risk. The Fund is classified as
“non-diversified” under the 1940 Act. As a result, the Fund is only limited as
to the percentage of its assets which may be invested in the securities of any
one issuer by the diversification requirements imposed by the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended. The Fund may invest a relatively high percentage of
its assets in a limited number of issuers. As a result, the Fund may be more
susceptible to a single adverse economic or regulatory occurrence affecting one
or more of these issuers, experience increased volatility and be highly invested
in certain issuers.
Trading
Issues Risk. Trading in Fund Shares on the
Exchange may be halted due to market conditions or for reasons that, in the view
of the Exchange, make trading in Shares inadvisable. In addition, trading in
Fund Shares on the Exchange is subject to trading halts caused by extraordinary
market volatility pursuant to the Exchange’s “circuit breaker” rules. There can
be no assurance that the requirements of the Exchange necessary to maintain the
listing of the Fund will continue to be met or will remain unchanged. The Fund
may have difficulty maintaining its listing on the Exchange in the event the
Fund’s assets are small, the Fund does not have enough shareholders, or if the
Fund is unable to proceed with creation and/or redemption orders.
Bitcoin Leverage ETF
Aggressive
Investment Risk. Bitcoin Futures Contracts are
relatively new investments. They are subject to unique and substantial risks,
and historically, have been subject to significant price volatility. The value
of an investment in the Fund could decline significantly and without warning,
including to zero. You may lose the full value of your investment within a
single day. If you are not prepared to accept significant and unexpected changes
in the value of the Fund and the possibility that you could lose your entire
investment in the Fund you should not invest in the Fund. The value of an
investment in the Fund could decline significantly and without warning,
including to zero. You should be prepared to lose your entire investment. The
Shares will change in value, and you could lose money by investing in the Fund.
The Fund may not achieve its investment objective. Separately, the Fund does not
invest directly in or hold bitcoin. The price of bitcoin futures may differ,
sometimes significantly, from the current cash price of bitcoin, which is
sometimes referred to as the “spot” price of bitcoin. Consequently, the
performance of the Fund is likely to perform differently from the spot price of
bitcoin. The differences in the prices of bitcoin and Bitcoin Futures Contracts
will expose the Fund to risks different from, and possibly greater than, the
risks associated with investing directly in bitcoin, including larger losses or
smaller gains.
Compounding
Risk. The Fund has a single day investment
objective, and the Fund’s performance for any other period is the result of its
return for each day compounded over the period. The performance of the Fund for
periods longer than a single day will very likely differ in amount, and possibly
even direction, from twice (2x) of the daily return of the Index for the same
period, before accounting for fees and expenses. Compounding affects all
investments but has a more significant impact on a leveraged fund. This effect
becomes more pronounced as Index volatility and holding periods increase.
Leveraged
Correlation Risk. A number of factors may
affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation to its
sought-after leveraged (2x) returns of the Index, and there is no guarantee that
the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation. Failure to achieve a high
degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its daily investment
objective, and the percentage change of the Fund’s NAV each day may differ,
perhaps significantly in amount, and possibly even direction, from twice (2x)
the Index on a given day. A number of other factors may adversely affect the
Fund’s correlation to its sought-after two-times (2x) returns of the Index,
including fees, expenses, transaction costs, financing costs associated with the
use of derivatives, income items, valuation methodology, accounting standards
and disruptions or illiquidity in the markets for Bitcoin Futures Contracts in
which the Fund invests. The Fund may take or refrain from taking positions in
order to improve tax efficiency, comply with regulatory restrictions, or for
other reasons, each of which may negatively affect the Fund’s correlation with
the Index. The Fund may also be subject to large movements of assets into and
out of the Fund, potentially resulting in the Fund being under- or over-exposed
to
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the
Index. Any of these factors could decrease correlation between the performance
of the Fund and the Index and may hinder the Fund’s ability to meet its daily
investment objective.
Target
Exposure and Rebalancing Risks. The Fund
normally will seek to maintain notional exposure to the Index at 200%. The Fund
generally will invest in Bitcoin Futures Contracts through its Subsidiary and in
Collateral Investments. At or around quarter-end, in order to qualify for
treatment as a RIC under the Code, the Fund may reduce the gross assets it has
invested in its Subsidiary and invest in a combination of other investment
companies and reverse repurchase agreements. During these periods at or around
quarter end, although the Fund will continue to pursue its investment objective,
however its exposure to Bitcoin Futures Contracts will be reduced and the
performance of the Fund may be less than it would have been had the Fund
maintained its exposure through such period. The Fund may not always
achieve investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to two
times (2x) the daily performance of the Index, and may return substantially less
than that on days at or around quarter end when the Fund must reduce its
exposure to the Subsidiary to qualify for tax treatment as a RIC.
In
addition, significant and unpredictable increases in bitcoin futures margin
rates relative to prevailing futures prices could result in the Fund not
achieving its target 2x exposure and as such would cause the Fund to experience
greater risk of failing to meet its target exposure of two times (2x) the daily
performance of the Index, before fees and expenses.
Management
Risk. The Fund is subject to management risk
because it is an actively managed portfolio. The Adviser will apply investment
techniques and risk analyses in making investment decisions for the Fund, but
there can be no guarantee that the Fund will meet its investment objective.
Bitcoin
Investing Risk. The Fund is indirectly exposed
to the risks of investing in bitcoin through its investments in the portfolio
companies. Bitcoin is a new and highly speculative investment. Refer to the
Fund’s prospectus for additional risks associated with bitcoin.
Derivatives
Risk. The Fund may obtain exposure through the
following derivatives: Bitcoin Futures and options on Bitcoin Futures ETFs.
The
Fund may invest in and will have investment exposure to forms of derivatives,
which may be considered aggressive and may expose the Fund to greater risks and
larger losses or smaller gains than investing directly in the reference asset(s)
underlying those derivatives. A derivative refers to any financial
instrument whose value is derived, at least in part, from the price of an
underlying security, asset, rate or index. The use of derivatives presents risks
different from, and possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing
directly in traditional securities. Changes in the value of a derivative may not
correlate perfectly with the underlying security, asset, rate or index. Gains or
losses in a derivative may be magnified and may be much greater than the
derivative’s original cost.
Liquidity
Risk. The market for the Bitcoin Futures
Contracts is still developing and may be subject to periods of illiquidity.
During such times it may be difficult or impossible to buy or sell a position at
the desired price. Market disruptions or volatility can also make it difficult
to find a counterparty willing to transact at a reasonable price and sufficient
size. Illiquid markets may cause losses, which could be significant. The large
size of the positions which the Fund may acquire increases the risk of
illiquidity, may make its positions more difficult to liquidate, and increase
the losses incurred while trying to do so.
Valuation
Risk. The Fund or the Subsidiary may hold
securities or other assets that may be valued on the basis of factors other than
market quotations. This may occur because the asset or security does not trade
on a centralized exchange, or in times of market turmoil or reduced liquidity.
There are multiple methods that can be used to value a portfolio holding when
market quotations are not readily available. The value established for any
portfolio holding at a point in time might differ from what would be produced
using a different methodology or if it had been priced using market quotations.
Portfolio holdings that are valued using techniques other than market
quotations, including “fair valued” assets or securities, may be subject to
greater fluctuation in their valuations from one day to the next than if market
quotations were used. In addition, there is no assurance that the Fund or the
Subsidiary could sell or close out a portfolio position for the value
established for it at any time, and it is possible that the Fund or the
Subsidiary would
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incur
a loss because a portfolio position is sold or closed out at a discount to the
valuation established by the Fund or the Subsidiary at that time. The Fund’s
ability to value investments may be impacted by technological issues or errors
by pricing services or other third-party service providers.
Collateral
Investments Risk. The Fund’s use of Collateral
Investments may include obligations issued or guaranteed by the
U.S. Government, its agencies and instrumentalities, including bills, notes
and bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury, money market funds and corporate
debt securities, such as commercial paper.
Some
securities issued or guaranteed by federal agencies and
U.S. Government-sponsored instrumentalities may not be backed by the full
faith and credit of the United States, in which case the investor must look
principally to the agency or instrumentality issuing or guaranteeing the
security for ultimate repayment, and may not be able to assert a claim against
the United States itself in the event that the agency or instrumentality does
not meet its commitment. The U.S. Government, its agencies and
instrumentalities do not guarantee the market value of their securities, and
consequently, the value of such securities may fluctuate. Although the Fund may
hold securities that carry U.S. Government guarantees, these guarantees do
not extend to shares of the Fund.
Money
market funds are subject to management fees and other expenses. Therefore,
investments in money market funds will cause the Fund to bear indirectly a
proportional share of the fees and costs of the money market funds in which it
invests. At the same time, the Fund will continue to pay its own management fees
and expenses with respect to all of its assets, including any portion invested
in the shares of the money market fund. It is possible to lose money by
investing in money market funds.
Corporate
debt securities such as commercial paper generally are short-term unsecured
promissory notes issued by businesses. Corporate debt may carry variable or
floating rates of interest. Corporate debt securities carry both credit risk and
interest rate risk. Credit risk is the risk that the Fund could lose money if
the issuer of a corporate debt security is unable to pay interest or repay
principal when it is due.
Counterparty
Risk. The Fund is subjected to counterparty
risk or credit risk (i.e., the risk that a counterparty is unwilling or
unable to make timely payments or otherwise meet its contractual obligations) by
virtue of its investments in Bitcoin Futures Contracts, reverse repurchase
agreements, or options on Bitcoin Futures ETFs. Investing in derivatives
involves entering into contracts with third parties (i.e., counterparties). The
use of derivatives involves risks that are different from those associated with
ordinary portfolio securities transactions. If a counterparty becomes bankrupt
or fails to perform its obligations, or if any collateral posted by the
counterparty for the benefit of the Fund is insufficient or there are delays in
the Fund’s ability to access such collateral, the value of an investment in the
Fund may decline. The Fund may be negatively impacted if a counterparty becomes
bankrupt or otherwise fails to perform its obligations under such an agreement.
The Fund may experience significant delays in obtaining any recovery in a
bankruptcy or other reorganization proceeding and the Fund may obtain only
limited recovery or may obtain no recovery in such circumstances. In order to
attempt to mitigate potential counterparty credit risk, the Fund typically
enters into transactions with major financial institutions.
The
counterparty to an exchange-traded futures contract is subject to the credit
risk of the clearing house and the FCM through which it holds its position.
Specifically, the FCM or the clearing house could fail to perform its
obligations or become insolvent, causing significant losses to the Fund,
including the loss of any margin payments it had deposited with an FCM as well
as any gains owed, but not yet paid, to the Fund. Credit risk of market
participants with respect to derivatives that are centrally cleared is
concentrated in a few clearing houses and it is not clear how an insolvency
proceeding of a clearing house would be conducted and what impact an insolvency
of a clearing house would have on the financial system.
Under
current CFTC regulations, a FCM maintains customers’ assets in a bulk segregated
account. If a FCM fails to do so, or is unable to satisfy a substantial deficit
in a customer account, its other customers may be subject to risk of loss of
their funds in the event of that FCM’s bankruptcy. In that event, in the case of
futures, the FCM’s customers are entitled to recover, even in respect of
property specifically traceable to them, only a proportional share of all
property available for distribution to all of that FCM’s customers. In addition,
if the FCM does not comply with the applicable regulations, or in the event of a
fraud or misappropriation of customer assets by the FCM, the Fund could have
only an unsecured creditor claim in an insolvency of the FCM with respect to the
margin held by the FCM. FCMs are also required to transfer to the clearing house
the amount of margin required by the clearing house, which amount is
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generally
held in an omnibus account at the clearing house for all customers of the FCM.
In addition, the Fund may enter into futures contracts and repurchase agreements
with a limited number of counterparties, which may increase the Fund’s exposure
to counterparty credit risk. The Fund does not specifically limit its
counterparty risk with respect to any single counterparty.
Contractual
provisions and applicable law may prevent or delay the Fund from exercising its
rights to terminate an investment or transaction with a financial institution
experiencing financial difficulties, or to realize on collateral, and another
institution may be substituted for that financial institution without the
consent of the Fund. If the credit rating of a counterparty of the Fund
declines, the Fund may nonetheless choose or be required to keep existing
transactions in place with the counterparty, in which event the Fund would be
subject to any increased credit risk associated with those transactions. Also,
in the event of a counterparty’s (or its affiliate’s) insolvency, the
possibility exists that the Fund’s ability to exercise remedies, such as the
termination of transactions, netting of obligations and realization on
collateral, could be stayed or eliminated under special resolution regimes
adopted in the United States, the European Union and various other
jurisdictions. Such regimes provide government authorities with broad authority
to intervene when a financial institution is experiencing financial difficulty.
In particular, the regulatory authorities could reduce, eliminate, or convert to
equity the liabilities to the Fund of a counterparty who is subject to such
proceedings in the European Union (sometimes referred to as a “bail in”).
Debt
Securities Risk. Investments in debt
securities subject the holder to the credit risk of the issuer. Credit risk
refers to the possibility that the issuer or other obligor of a security will
not be able or willing to make payments of interest and principal when due.
Generally, the value of debt securities will change inversely with changes in
interest rates. To the extent that interest rates rise, certain underlying
obligations may be paid off substantially slower than originally anticipated and
the value of those securities may fall sharply. During periods of falling
interest rates, the income received by the Fund may decline. If the principal on
a debt security is prepaid before expected, the prepayments of principal may
have to be reinvested in obligations paying interest at lower rates. Debt
securities generally do not trade on a securities exchange making them generally
less liquid and more difficult to value than common stock.
Tax
Risk. The Fund intends to elect and to qualify
each year to be treated as a RIC under Subchapter M of the Code. As a RIC,
the Fund will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the portion of
its net investment income and net capital gain that it distributes to
Shareholders, provided that it satisfies certain requirements of the Code. If
the Fund does not qualify as a RIC for any taxable year and certain relief
provisions are not available, the Fund’s taxable income will be subject to tax
at the Fund level and to a further tax at the shareholder level when such income
is distributed. Additionally, buying securities shortly before the record date
for a taxable dividend or capital gain distribution is commonly known as “buying
the dividend.” In the event a shareholder purchases Shares shortly before such a
distribution, the entire distribution may be taxable to the shareholder even
though a portion of the distribution effectively represents a return of the
purchase price. To comply with the asset diversification test applicable to a
RIC, the Fund must limit its investments in the Subsidiary to 25% of the Fund’s
total assets at the end of each tax quarter or cure any non-compliance during
the grace period. The investment strategy of the Fund may cause the Fund to hold
more than 25% of the Fund’s total assets in investments in the Subsidiary the
majority of the time. The Fund intends to manage the exposure to the Subsidiary
so that the Fund’s investments in the Subsidiary do not exceed 25% of the total
assets at the end of any quarter. Accordingly, because Congress saw fit,
beginning in 1942, to explicitly reject the approach of a continuous or ongoing
test, and instead to adopt an asset diversification test that would be met at
quarter-end, the Registrant believes meeting the test at quarter-end while
purposefully and continuously investing substantially more than 25% of assets in
the Subsidiary throughout the quarter is consistent with the asset
diversification test. If the Fund’s investments in the Subsidiary were to exceed
25% of the Fund’s total assets at the end of a tax quarter, the Fund, generally,
has a grace period to cure such lack of compliance. If the Fund fails to timely
cure, it may no longer be eligible to be treated as a RIC.
Because
Bitcoin Futures Contracts produce non-qualifying income for purposes of
qualifying as a RIC, the Fund makes its investments in Bitcoin Futures Contracts
through the Subsidiary. The Fund intends to treat any income it may derive from
the futures contracts received by the Subsidiary as “qualifying income” under
the provisions of the Code applicable to RICs. The Internal Revenue Service (the
“IRS”) has issued numerous Private
Letter Rulings (“PLRs”) provided to
third parties not associated with the Fund or its affiliates (which only those
parties may rely on as precedent) concluding that similar arrangements resulted
in qualifying income. Many of such PLRs have now been revoked by the
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IRS.
In March of 2019, the IRS published Regulations that concluded that income from
a corporation similar to the Subsidiary would be qualifying income, if the
income is related to the Fund’s business of investing in stocks or securities.
Although the Regulations do not require distributions from the Subsidiary, the
Fund intends to cause the Subsidiary to make distributions that would allow the
Fund to make timely distributions to its shareholders. The Fund generally will
be required to include in its own taxable income the income of the Subsidiary
for a tax year, regardless of whether the Fund receives a distribution of the
Subsidiary’s income in that tax year, and this income would nevertheless be
subject to the distribution requirement for qualification as a regulated
investment company and would be taken into account for purposes of the 4% excise
tax.
If,
in any year, the Fund were to fail to qualify for the special tax treatment
accorded a RIC and its shareholders, and were ineligible to or were not to cure
such failure, the Fund would be taxed in the same manner as an ordinary
corporation subject to U.S. federal income tax on all its income at the
fund level. The resulting taxes could substantially reduce the Fund’s net assets
and the amount of income available for distribution. In addition, in order to
requalify for taxation as a RIC, the Fund could be required to recognize
unrealized gains, pay substantial taxes and interest, and make certain
distributions.
Subsidiary
Investment Risk. Changes in the laws of the
United States and/or the Cayman Islands, under which the Fund and the Subsidiary
are organized, respectively, could result in the inability of the Fund to
operate as intended and could negatively affect the Fund and its shareholders.
The Subsidiary is not registered under the 1940 Act and is not subject to
all the investor protections of the 1940 Act. However, as the Subsidiary is
wholly-owned by the Fund, and the investors of the Fund will have the investor
protections of the 1940 Act, the Fund as a whole—including the
Subsidiary—will provide investors with certain 1940 Act protections.
Commodity
Regulatory Risk. The Fund’s use of commodity
futures subject to regulation by the CFTC has caused the Fund to be classified
as a “commodity pool” and this designation requires that the Fund comply with
CFTC rules, which may impose additional regulatory requirements and compliance
obligations. The Fund’s investment decisions may need to be modified, and
commodity contract positions held by the Fund may have to be liquidated at
disadvantageous times or prices, to avoid exceeding any applicable position
limits established by the CFTC, potentially subjecting the Fund to substantial
losses. The regulation of commodity transactions in the United States is subject
to ongoing modification by government, self-regulatory and judicial action. The
effect of any future regulatory change with respect to any aspect of the Fund is
impossible to predict but could be substantial and adverse to the Fund.
Volatility
Risk. Volatility is the characteristic of a
security or other asset, an index or a market to fluctuate significantly in
price within a short time period. The prices of bitcoin and bitcoin futures have
historically been highly volatile. The value of the Fund’s investments in
bitcoin futures – and therefore the value of an investment in the Fund –
could decline significantly and without warning, including to zero. If you are
not prepared to accept significant and unexpected changes in the value of the
Fund and the possibility that you could lose your entire investment in the Fund,
you should not invest in the Fund.
Asset
Concentration Risk. Since the Fund may take
concentrated positions in certain securities, including Bitcoin Futures
Contracts, the Fund’s performance may be hurt disproportionately and
significantly by the poor performance of those positions to which it has
significant exposure. Asset concentration makes the Fund more susceptible to any
single occurrence affecting the underlying positions and may subject the Fund to
greater market risk than more diversified funds.
Interest
Rate Risk. Interest rate risk is the risk that
the value of the debt securities in the Fund’s portfolio will decline because of
rising market interest rates. Interest rate risk is generally lower for shorter
term debt securities and higher for longer-term debt securities. The Fund may be
subject to a greater risk of rising interest rates than would normally be the
case due to the current period of historically low rates and the effect of
potential government fiscal policy initiatives and resulting market reaction to
those initiatives. Duration is a reasonably accurate measure of a debt
security’s price sensitivity to changes in interest rates and a common measure
of interest rate risk. Duration measures a debt security’s expected life on a
present value basis, taking into account the debt security’s yield, interest
payments and final maturity. In general, duration represents the expected
percentage change in the value of a security for an immediate 1% change in
interest rates. For example, the price of a debt security with a three-year
duration would be expected to drop by approximately 3% in response to a 1%
increase in interest rates. Therefore, prices of debt securities
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with
shorter durations tend to be less sensitive to interest rate changes than debt
securities with longer durations. As the value of a debt security changes over
time, so will its duration.
Clearing
Broker Risk. The Fund’s investments in
exchange-traded futures contracts expose it to the risks of a clearing broker
(or an FCM). Under current regulations, a clearing broker or FCM maintains
customers’ assets in a bulk segregated account. There is a risk that Fund assets
deposited with the clearing broker to serve as margin may be used to satisfy the
broker’s own obligations or the losses of the broker’s other clients. In the
event of default, the Fund could experience lengthy delays in recovering some or
all of its assets and may not see any recovery at all. Furthermore, the Fund is
subject to the risk that no FCM is willing or able to clear the Fund’s
transactions or maintain the Fund’s assets. If the Fund’s FCMs are unable or
unwilling to clear the Fund’s transactions, or if the FCM refuses to maintain
the Fund’s assets, the Fund will be unable have its orders for Bitcoin Futures
Contracts fulfilled or assets custodied. In such a circumstance, the performance
of the Fund will likely deviate from the performance of bitcoin and may result
in the proportion of Bitcoin Futures Contracts in the Fund’s portfolio relative
to the total assets of the Fund to decrease.
Investment
Capacity Risk. If the Fund’s ability to obtain
exposure to Bitcoin Futures Contracts consistent with its investment objective
is disrupted for any reason, including but not limited to, limited liquidity in
the bitcoin futures market, a disruption to the bitcoin futures market, or as a
result of margin requirements or position limits imposed by the Fund’s FCMs, the
CME, or the CFTC, the Fund would not be able to achieve its investment objective
and may experience significant losses.
Cyber
Security Risk. The Fund is susceptible to
operational risks through breaches in cyber security. A breach in cyber security
refers to both intentional and unintentional events that may cause the Fund to
lose proprietary information, suffer data corruption or lose operational
capacity. Such events could cause the Fund to incur regulatory penalties,
reputational damage, additional compliance costs associated with corrective
measures and/or financial loss. Cyber security breaches may involve unauthorized
access to the Fund’s digital information systems through “hacking” or malicious
software coding but may also result from outside attacks such as
denial-of-service attacks through efforts to make network services unavailable
to intended users. In addition, cybersecurity breaches of the Fund’s third-party
service providers, such as its administrator, transfer agent, custodian, or
sub-advisor, as applicable, or issuers in which the Fund invests, can also
subject the Fund to many of the same risks associated with direct cyber security
breaches. While the Fund has established business continuity plans and risk
management systems designed to reduce the risks associated with cyber security,
there are inherent limitations in such plans and systems. Additionally, there is
no guarantee that such efforts will succeed, especially because the Fund does
not directly control the cyber security systems of issuers or third-party
service providers.
Authorized
Participant Concentration Risk. Only an
authorized participant may engage in creation or redemption transactions
directly with the Fund. The Fund has a limited number of institutions that act
as authorized participants on an agency basis (i.e., on behalf of other market participants). To the
extent that these institutions exit the business or are unable to proceed with
creation and/or redemption orders with respect to the Fund and no other
authorized participant is able to step forward to create or redeem, in either of
these cases, Shares may trade at a discount to the Fund’s net asset value and
possibly face delisting.
Frequent
Trading Risk. The Fund regularly purchases and
subsequently sells (i.e., “rolls”) individual futures contracts throughout
the year so as to maintain a fully invested position. As the contracts near
their expiration dates, the Fund rolls them over into new contracts. This
frequent trading of contracts may increase the amount of commissions or mark-ups
to broker-dealers that the Fund pays when it buys and sells contracts, which may
detract from the Fund’s performance. High portfolio turnover may result in the
Fund paying higher levels of transaction costs and may generate greater tax
liabilities for shareholders. Frequent trading risk may cause the Fund’s
performance to be less than expected.
Active
Management Risk. The Fund is actively managed
and its performance reflects investment decisions that the portfolio managers
make for the Fund. Such judgments about the Fund’s investments may prove to be
incorrect. If the investments selected and the strategies employed by the Fund
fail to produce the intended results, the Fund could underperform as compared to
other funds with similar investment objectives and/or strategies or could have
negative returns.
Active
Market Risk. Although the Shares are listed
for trading on the Exchange, there can be no assurance that an active trading
market for the Shares will develop or be maintained. Shares trade on the
Exchange at market prices that
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may
be below, at or above the Fund’s net asset value. Securities, including the
Shares, are subject to market fluctuations and liquidity constraints that may be
caused by such factors as economic, political, or regulatory developments,
changes in interest rates, and/or perceived trends in securities prices. Shares
of the Fund could decline in value or underperform other investments.
Premium/Discount
Risk. The market price of the Fund’s Shares
will generally fluctuate in accordance with changes in the Fund’s net asset
value as well as the relative supply of and demand for Shares on the Exchange.
The Fund’s market price may deviate from the value of the Fund’s underlying
portfolio holdings, particularly in time of market stress, with the result that
investors may pay more or receive less than the underlying value of the Fund
shares bought or sold. The portfolio managers cannot predict whether Shares will
trade below, at or above their net asset value because the Shares trade on the
Exchange at market prices and not at net asset value. Price differences may be
due, in large part, to the fact that supply and demand forces at work in the
secondary trading market for Shares will be closely related, but not identical,
to the same forces influencing the prices of the holdings of the Fund trading
individually or in the aggregate at any point in time. However, given that
Shares can only be purchased and redeemed in Creation Units, and only to and
from broker-dealers and large institutional investors that have entered into
participation agreements (unlike shares of closed-end funds, which frequently
trade at appreciable discounts from, and sometimes at premiums to, their net
asset value), the portfolio managers believe that large discounts or premiums to
the net asset value of Shares should not be sustained. During stressed market
conditions, the market for the Fund’s Shares may become less liquid in response
to deteriorating liquidity in the market for the Fund’s underlying portfolio
holdings, which could in turn lead to differences between the market price of
the Fund’s Shares and their net asset value. This can be reflected as a spread
between the bid and ask prices for the Fund quoted during the day or a premium
or discount in the closing price from the Fund’s NAV.
Operational
Risk. The Fund is exposed to operational risks
arising from a number of factors, including, but not limited to, human error,
processing and communication errors, errors of the Fund’s service providers,
counterparties or other third-parties, failed or inadequate processes and
technology or systems failures. The Fund, Adviser and Sub-Adviser seek to reduce
these operational risks through controls and procedures. However, these measures
do not address every possible risk and may be inadequate to address these risks.
Credit
Risk. An issuer or other obligated party of a
debt security may be unable or unwilling to make dividend, interest and/or
principal payments when due. In addition, the value of a debt security may
decline because of concerns about the issuer’s ability or unwillingness to make
such payments.
Leverage
Risk. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment
objective by using the leverage inherent in futures contracts, subjecting it to
leverage risk. When the Fund enters into a transaction without investing an
amount equal to the full economic exposure of the transaction, it creates
leverage, which can result in the Fund losing more than it originally invested.
Therefore, leveraged investments may magnify losses to the Fund, and even a
small market movement may result in significant losses to the Fund. Leverage may
also cause the Fund to be more volatile because it may exaggerate the effect of
any increase or decrease in the value of the Fund’s investments. Futures trading
involves a degree of leverage and as a result, a relatively small price movement
in futures instruments may result in immediate and substantial losses to the
Fund. The Fund may at times be required to liquidate portfolio positions,
including when it is not advantageous to do so, in order to comply with guidance
from the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) regarding asset segregation requirements to cover
certain leveraged positions.
Reverse
Repurchase Agreements Risk. The Fund may
invest in reverse repurchase agreements. Reverse repurchase agreements are
transactions in which the Fund sells portfolio securities to financial
institutions such as banks and broker-dealers, and agrees to repurchase them at
a mutually agreed-upon date and price which is higher than the original sale
price. Reverse repurchase agreements are a form of leverage and the use of
reverse repurchase agreements by the Fund may increase the Fund’s volatility.
The Fund incurs costs, including interest expenses, in connection with the
opening and closing of reverse repurchase agreements that will be borne by the
shareholders.
Reverse
repurchase agreements are also subject to the risk that the other party to the
reverse repurchase agreement will be unable or unwilling to complete the
transaction as scheduled, which may result in losses to the Fund. In situations
where the Fund is required to post collateral with a counterparty, the
counterparty may fail to segregate the collateral or may commingle the
collateral with the counterparty’s own assets. As a result, in the event of the
counterparty’s
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bankruptcy
or insolvency, the Fund’s collateral may be subject to the conflicting claims of
the counterparty’s creditors, and the Fund may be exposed to the risk of a court
treating the Fund as a general unsecured creditor of the counterparty, rather
than as the owner of the collateral. There can be no assurance that a
counterparty will not default and that the Fund will not sustain a loss on a
transaction as a result.
Further,
there is a risk that no suitable counterparties are willing to enter into
reverse repurchase agreements with the Fund, or continue to enter into, reverse
repurchase agreement transactions with the Fund. There is also the risk that the
Fund may not be able to engage in reverse repurchase agreement transactions
because suitable counterparties refuse to enter into transactions with the Fund.
Either instance may result in the Fund not being able to achieve its investment
objective or meet the Asset Diversification Test as of a fiscal quarter end.
Market
Maker Risk. If the Fund has lower average
daily trading volumes, it may rely on a small number of third-party market
makers to provide a market for the purchase and sale of Shares. Any trading halt
or other problem relating to the trading activity of these market makers could
result in a dramatic change in the spread between the Fund’s net asset value and
the price at which the Shares are trading on the Exchange, which could result in
a decrease in value of the Shares. In addition, decisions by market makers or
authorized participants to reduce their role or step away from these activities
in times of market stress could inhibit the effectiveness of the arbitrage
process in maintaining the relationship between the underlying values of the
Fund’s portfolio securities and the Fund’s market price. This reduced
effectiveness could result in Shares trading at a discount to net asset value
and also in greater than normal intra-day bid-ask spreads for Shares.
Non-Diversification
Risk. The Fund is classified as
“non-diversified” under the 1940 Act. As a result, the Fund is only limited
as to the percentage of its assets which may be invested in the securities of
any one issuer by the diversification requirements imposed by the Code. The Fund
may invest a relatively high percentage of its assets in a limited number of
issuers. As a result, the Fund may be more susceptible to a single adverse
economic or regulatory occurrence affecting one or more of these issuers,
experience increased volatility and be highly invested in certain issuers.
Trading
Issues Risk. Trading in Fund Shares on the
Exchange may be halted due to market conditions or for reasons that, in the view
of the Exchange, make trading in Shares inadvisable. In addition, trading in
Fund Shares on the Exchange is subject to trading halts caused by extraordinary
market volatility pursuant to the Exchange’s “circuit breaker” rules. There can
be no assurance that the requirements of the Exchange necessary to maintain the
listing of the Fund will continue to be met or will remain unchanged. The Fund
may have difficulty maintaining its listing on the Exchange in the event the
Fund’s assets are small, the Fund does not have enough shareholders, or if the
Fund is unable to proceed with creation and/or redemption orders.
Early
Close/Late Close/Trading Halt Risk. An
exchange or market may close early, close late or issue trading halts on
specific securities or Financial Instruments. As a result, the ability to trade
certain securities or Financial Instruments may be restricted, which may disrupt
the Fund’s creation and redemption process, potentially affect the price at
which the Fund’s Shares trade in the secondary market, and/or result in the Fund
being unable to trade certain securities or Financial Instruments at all. In
these circumstances, the Fund may be unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be
unable to accurately price its investments and/or may incur substantial trading
losses. If trading in the Fund’s Shares is halted, investors may be temporarily
unable to trade shares of the Fund.
Portfolio
Turnover Risk. The Fund may incur high
portfolio turnover to manage the Fund’s investment exposure. Additionally,
active market trading of the Fund’s shares may cause more frequent creation or
redemption activities that could, in certain circumstances, increase the number
of portfolio transactions. High levels of portfolio transactions increase
brokerage and other transaction costs and may result in increased taxable
capital gains. Each of these factors could have a negative impact on the
performance of the Fund.
Bitcoin Mining ETF
Market
Risk. Market risk is the risk that a
particular security, or Shares of the Fund in general, may fall in value.
Securities are subject to market fluctuations caused by such factors as
economic, political, regulatory or market developments, changes in interest
rates and perceived trends in securities prices. Shares of the Fund could
decline in value or underperform other investments. In addition, local, regional
or global events such as war, acts of terrorism,
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spread
of infectious diseases or other public health issues, recessions, or other
events could have a significant negative impact on the Fund and its investments.
Such events may affect certain geographic regions, countries, sectors and
industries more significantly than others. These events also adversely affect
the prices and liquidity of the Fund’s portfolio securities or other instruments
and could result in disruptions in the trading markets. Any of such
circumstances could have a materially negative impact on the value of the Fund’s
Shares and result in increased market volatility. During any such events, the
Fund’s Shares may trade at increased premiums or discounts to their net asset
value.
Bitcoin
Investing Risk. The Fund is indirectly exposed
to the risks of investing in bitcoin through its investments in the portfolio
companies. Bitcoin is a new and highly speculative investment. Refer to the
Fund’s prospectus for additional risks associated with bitcoin.
Equity
Securities Risk. The value of the Shares will
fluctuate with changes in the value of the equity securities in which it
invests. Equity securities prices fluctuate for several reasons, including
changes in investors’ perceptions of the financial condition of an issuer or the
general condition of the relevant stock market, such as the current market
volatility, or when political or economic events affecting the issuers
occur.
Industry
Concentration Risk. The Fund concentrates its
investments in the industry or group of industries comprising the information
technology sector. This concentration subjects the Fund to greater risk of loss
as a result of adverse economic, business, political, environmental or other
developments than if its investments were diversified across different
industries.
Information
Technology Companies Risk. Information
technology companies produce and provide hardware, software and information
technology systems and services. Information technology companies are generally
subject to the following risks: rapidly changing technologies and existing
produce obsolescence, short product life cycles, fierce competition, aggressive
pricing and reduced profit margins, the loss of patent, copyright and trademark
protections, cyclical market patterns, evolving industry standards and frequent
new product introductions and new market entrants. Information technology
companies may be smaller and less experienced companies, with limited product
lines, markets or financial resources and fewer experienced management or
marketing personnel. Information technology company stocks, particularly those
involved with the internet, have experienced extreme price and volume
fluctuations that are often unrelated to their operating performance. In
addition, information technology companies are particularly vulnerable to
federal, state and local government regulation, and competition and
consolidation, both domestically and internationally, including competition from
foreign competitors with lower production costs. Information technology
companies are facing increased government and regulatory scrutiny and may be
subject to adverse government or regulatory action. Information technology
companies also face competition for services of qualified personnel and heavily
rely on patents and intellectual property rights and the ability to enforce such
rights to maintain a competitive advantage.
Blockchain
Technology Risk. Blockchain technology is an
entirely new and relatively untested technology which operates as a distributed
ledger. The risks associated with blockchain technology may not emerge until the
technology is widely used. Blockchain systems could be vulnerable to fraud,
particularly if a significant minority of participants colluded to defraud the
rest. Access to a given blockchain requires an individualized key, which, if
compromised, could result in loss due to theft, destruction or inaccessibility.
There is little regulation of blockchain technology other than the intrinsic
public nature of the blockchain system. Any future regulatory developments could
affect the viability and expansion of the use of blockchain technology. Because
blockchain technology systems may operate across many national boundaries and
regulatory jurisdictions, it is possible that blockchain technology may be
subject to widespread and inconsistent regulation. Currently, blockchain
technology is primarily used for the recording of transactions in digital
currency, which are extremely speculative, unregulated and volatile. Problems in
digital currency markets could have a wider effect on companies associated with
blockchain technology. There are currently a number of competing blockchain
platforms with competing intellectual property claims. The uncertainty inherent
in these competing technologies could cause companies to use alternatives to
blockchain. Finally, because digital assets registered in a blockchain do not
have a standardized exchange, like a stock market, there is less liquidity for
such assets and greater possibility of fraud or
manipulation.
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Non-U.S.
Securities Risk. Securities issued by non-U.S.
companies present risks beyond those of securities of U.S. issuers. Risks of
investing in the securities of non-U.S. companies include: different accounting
standards; expropriation, nationalization or other adverse political or economic
developments; currency devaluation, blockages or transfer restrictions; changes
in foreign currency exchange rates; taxes; restrictions on non-U.S. investments
and exchange of securities; and less government supervision and regulation of
issuers in non-U.S. countries. Prices of non-U.S. securities also may be more
volatile.
Depositary
Receipts Risk. Depositary receipts may be less
liquid than the underlying shares in their primary trading market. Any
distributions paid to the holders of depositary receipts are usually subject to
a fee charged by the depositary. Holders of depositary receipts may have limited
voting rights, and investment restrictions in certain countries may adversely
impact the value of depositary receipts because such restrictions may limit the
ability to convert the equity shares into depositary receipts and vice versa.
Such restrictions may cause the equity shares of the underlying issuer to trade
at a discount or premium to the market price of the depositary
receipts.
Emerging
Markets Risk. Investments in securities issued
by governments and companies operating in emerging market countries involve
additional risks relating to political, economic, or regulatory conditions not
associated with investments in securities and instruments issued by U.S.
companies or by companies operating in other developed market countries. This is
due to, among other things, the potential for greater market volatility, lower
trading volume, a lack of liquidity, potential for market manipulation, higher
levels of inflation, political and economic instability, greater risk of a
market shutdown and more governmental limitations on foreign investments in
emerging market countries than are typically found in more developed market
countries. Moreover, emerging market countries often have less uniformity in
accounting and reporting requirements, unsettled securities laws, less reliable
securities valuations and greater risks associated with custody of securities
than developed markets. In addition, the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board, which regulates auditors of U.S. public companies, is unable to inspect
audit work papers in certain emerging market countries. Emerging market
countries often have greater risk of capital controls through such measures as
taxes or interest rate control than developed markets. Certain emerging market
countries may also lack the infrastructure necessary to attract large amounts of
foreign trade and investment. Local securities markets in emerging market
countries may trade a small number of securities and may be unable to respond
effectively to increases in trading volume, potentially making prompt
liquidation of holdings difficult or impossible. Settlement procedures in
emerging market countries are frequently less developed and reliable than those
in the U.S. and other developed market countries. In addition, significant
delays may occur in registering the transfer of securities. Settlement or
registration problems may make it more difficult for the Fund to value its
portfolio securities and could cause the Fund to miss attractive investment
opportunities. Investing in emerging market countries involves a higher risk of
expropriation, nationalization, confiscation of assets and property or the
imposition of restrictions on foreign investments and on repatriation of capital
invested by certain emerging market countries. Enforcing legal rights may be
made difficult, costly and slow in emerging markets as there may be additional
problems enforcing claims against non-U.S. governments. As such, the rights and
remedies associated with emerging market investment securities may be different
than those available for investments in more developed markets. For example, it
may be more difficult for shareholders to bring derivative litigation or for
U.S. regulators to bring enforcement actions against issuers in emerging
markets. In addition, due to the differences in regulatory, accounting, audit
and financial recordkeeping standards, including financial disclosures, less
information about emerging market companies is publicly available and
information that is available may be unreliable or outdated.
Currency
Risk. Changes in currency exchange rates
affect the value of investments denominated in a foreign currency, and therefore
the value of such investments in the Fund’s portfolio. The Fund’s net asset
value could decline if a currency to which the Fund has exposure depreciates
against the U.S. dollar or if there are delays or limits on repatriation of such
currency. Currency exchange rates can be very volatile and can change quickly
and unpredictably. As a result, the value of an investment in the Fund may
change quickly and without warning.
Active
Market Risk. Although the Shares are listed
for trading on the Exchange, there can be no assurance that an active trading
market for the Shares will develop or be maintained. Shares trade on the
Exchange at market prices that may be below, at or above the Fund’s net asset
value. Securities, including the Shares, are subject to market fluctuations
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and
liquidity constraints that may be caused by such factors as economic, political,
or regulatory developments, changes in interest rates, and/or perceived trends
in securities prices. Shares of the Fund could decline in value or underperform
other investments.
Asset
Concentration Risk. Since the Fund may take
concentrated positions in certain securities, the Fund’s performance may be
disproportionately and significantly impacted by the poor performance of those
positions to which it has significant exposure. Asset concentration makes the
Fund more susceptible to any single occurrence affecting the underlying
positions and may subject the Fund to greater market risk than more diversified
funds.
Authorized
Participant Concentration Risk. Only an
authorized participant may engage in creation or redemption transactions
directly with the Fund. The Fund has a limited number of institutions that act
as authorized participants on an agency basis (i.e. on behalf of other market participants). To the
extent that these institutions exit the business or are unable to proceed with
creation and/or redemption orders with respect to the Fund and no other
authorized participant is able to step forward to create or redeem, in either of
these cases, Shares may trade at a discount to the Fund’s net asset value and
possibly face delisting.
Cyber
Security Risk. The Fund is susceptible to
operational risks through breaches in cyber security. A breach in cyber security
refers to both intentional and unintentional events that may cause the Fund to
lose proprietary information, suffer data corruption or lose operational
capacity. Such events could cause the Fund to incur regulatory penalties,
reputational damage, additional compliance costs associated with corrective
measures and/or financial loss. Cyber security breaches may involve unauthorized
access to the Fund’s digital information systems through “hacking” or malicious
software coding, but may also result from outside attacks such as
denial-of-service attacks through efforts to make network services unavailable
to intended users. In addition, cyber security breaches of the Fund’s
third-party service providers, such as its administrator, transfer agent,
custodian, or sub-adviser, as applicable, or issuers in which the Fund invests,
can also subject the Fund to many of the same risks associated with direct cyber
security breaches. While the Fund has established business continuity plans and
risk management systems designed to reduce the risks associated with cyber
security, there are inherent limitations in such plans and systems.
Additionally, there is no guarantee that such efforts will succeed, especially
because the Fund does not directly control the cyber security systems of issuers
or third-party service providers.
Management
Risk. The Fund is subject to management risk
because it is an actively managed portfolio. The Adviser will apply
investment techniques and risk analyses in making investment decisions for the
Fund, but there can be no guarantee that the Fund will meet its investment
objective.
Market
Maker Risk. If the Fund has lower average
daily trading volumes, it may rely on a small number of third-party market
makers to provide a market for the purchase and sale of Shares. Any trading
halt or other problem relating to the trading activity of these market makers
could result in a dramatic change in the spread between the Fund’s net asset
value and the price at which the Shares are trading on the Exchange, which could
result in a decrease in value of the Shares. In addition, decisions by
market makers or authorized participants to reduce their role or step away from
these activities in times of market stress could inhibit the effectiveness of
the arbitrage process in maintaining the relationship between the underlying
values of the Fund’s portfolio securities and the Fund’s market price. This
reduced effectiveness could result in Shares trading at a discount to net asset
value and also in greater than normal intra-day bid-ask spreads for
Shares.
Non-Diversification
Risk. The Fund is classified as
“non-diversified” under the 1940 Act. As a result, the Fund is only limited
as to the percentage of its assets which may be invested in the securities of
any one issuer by the diversification requirements imposed by the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The Fund may invest a relatively high
percentage of its assets in a limited number of issuers. As a result, the
Fund may be more susceptible to a single adverse economic or regulatory
occurrence affecting one or more of these issuers, experience increased
volatility and be highly invested in certain issuers.
Operational
Risk. The Fund is exposed to operational risks
arising from a number of factors, including, but not limited to, human error,
processing and communication errors, errors of the Fund’s service providers,
counterparties or other third-parties, failed or inadequate processes and
technology or systems failures. The Fund, Adviser and Sub-Adviser seek to reduce
these operational risks through controls and procedures. However, these measures
do not address every possible risk and may be inadequate to address these
risks.
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Premium/Discount
Risk. The market price of the Fund’s Shares
will generally fluctuate in accordance with changes in the Fund’s net asset
value as well as the relative supply of and demand for Shares on the Exchange.
The Fund’s market price may deviate from the value of the Fund’s underlying
portfolio holdings, particularly in time of market stress, with the result that
investors may pay more or receive less than the underlying value of the Fund
shares bought or sold. The Adviser and Sub-Adviser cannot predict whether Shares
will trade below, at or above their net asset value because the Shares trade on
the Exchange at market prices and not at net asset value. Price differences may
be due, in large part, to the fact that supply and demand forces at work in the
secondary trading market for Shares will be closely related, but not identical,
to the same forces influencing the prices of the holdings of the Fund trading
individually or in the aggregate at any point in time. However, given that
Shares can only be purchased and redeemed in Creation Units, and only to and
from broker-dealers and large institutional investors that have entered into
participation agreements (unlike shares of closed-end funds, which frequently
trade at appreciable discounts from, and sometimes at premiums to, their net
asset value), the Adviser and Sub-Adviser believe that large discounts or
premiums to the net asset value of Shares should not be sustained. During
stressed market conditions, the market for the Fund’s Shares may become less
liquid in response to deteriorating liquidity in the market for the Fund’s
underlying portfolio holdings, which could in turn lead to differences between
the market price of the Fund’s Shares and their net asset value. This can be
reflected as a spread between the bid and ask prices for the Fund quoted during
the day or a premium or discount in the closing price from the Fund’s
NAV.
Smaller
Companies Risk. The Fund currently has fewer
assets than larger funds, and like other smaller funds, large inflows and
outflows may impact the Fund’s market exposure for limited periods of time. This
impact may be positive or negative, depending on the direction of market
movement during the period affected. If the Fund fails to attract a large amount
of assets, shareholders of the Fund may incur higher expenses as the Fund’s
fixed costs would be allocated over a smaller number of shareholders. Failure to
grow and large outflows may be factors the Board considers in any determination
to cease the Fund’s operations and dissolve.
Tax
Risk. The Fund intends to elect and to qualify
each year to be treated as a regulated investment company (“RIC”) under Subchapter M of the Code. As a RIC, the
Fund will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the portion of its net
investment income and net capital gain that it distributes to Shareholders,
provided that it satisfies certain requirements of the Code. If the Fund
does not qualify as a RIC for any taxable year and certain relief provisions are
not available, the Fund’s taxable income will be subject to tax at the Fund
level and to a further tax at the shareholder level when such income is
distributed. Additionally, buying securities shortly before the record date
for a taxable dividend or capital gain distribution is commonly known as “buying
the dividend.” In the event a shareholder purchases Shares shortly before such a
distribution, the entire distribution may be taxable to the shareholder even
though a portion of the distribution effectively represents a return of the
purchase price.
Trading
Issues Risk. Trading in Fund Shares on the
Exchange may be halted due to market conditions or for reasons that, in the view
of the Exchange, make trading in Shares inadvisable. In addition, trading in
Fund Shares on the Exchange is subject to trading halts caused by extraordinary
market volatility pursuant to the Exchange’s “circuit breaker” rules. There can
be no assurance that the requirements of the Exchange necessary to maintain the
listing of the Fund will continue to be met or will remain unchanged. The Fund
may have difficulty maintaining its listing on the Exchange in the event the
Fund’s assets are small, the Fund does not have enough shareholders, or if the
Fund is unable to proceed with creation and/or redemption
orders.
Volatility
Risk. Volatility is the characteristic of a
security, an index or a market to fluctuate significantly in price within a
short time period. The Fund may invest in securities that exhibit more
volatility than the market as a whole. Such exposures could cause the Fund’s net
asset value to experience significant increases or declines in value over short
periods of time.
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11.
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Effective
October 15, 2025, Nick Bonos, an Interested Trustee of the Trust who also served
as Principal Executive Officer and President of the Trust, resigned from his
positions. Effective November 17, 2025, Annemarie Tierney was elected to
serve as Principal Executive Officer and President of the Trust.
On
November 17, 2025, the Board of Trustees approved the liquidation of the
CoinShares Bitcoin Leverage ETF. The Fund will cease operations and distribute
all remaining assets to shareholders on or around December 16, 2025. After this
date, the Fund will no longer be offered, and all outstanding shares will be
redeemed. This liquidation will not impact the net assets or NAV per share of
the remaining Funds in the Trust.
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REPORT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees
of
Valkyrie
ETF Trust II
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We
have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including
the schedules of investments, futures contracts (as applicable), and reverse
repurchase agreements (as applicable), of Valkyrie ETF Trust II comprising the
funds listed below (the “Funds”) as of September 30, 2025, the related
statements of operations, the statements of changes in net assets, and the
financial highlights for each of the periods indicated below, and the related
notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion,
the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial
position of each of the Funds as of September 30, 2025, the results of
their operations, the changes in net assets, and the financial highlights for
each of the periods indicated below in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America.
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CoinShares
Bitcoin and Ether ETF (formerly CoinShares Valkyrie Bitcoin and Ether
Strategy ETF)* |
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For
the year ended September 30, 2025 |
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For
the years ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 |
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For
the years ended September 30, 2025, 2024, and 2023, and for the
period from October 21, 2021 (commencement of operations) through
September 30, 2022 |
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CoinShares
Bitcoin Leverage ETF (formerly CoinShares Valkyrie Bitcoin Futures
Leveraged Strategy ETF)* |
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For
the year ended September 30, 2025 |
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For
the year ended September 30, 2025 and the period from
February 21, 2024 (commencement of operations) through
September 30, 2024 |
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CoinShares
Bitcoin Mining ETF (formerly CoinShares Valkyrie Bitcoin Miners
ETF) |
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For
the year ended September 30, 2025 |
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For
the years ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 |
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For
the years ended September 30, 2025, 2024, and 2023 and for the period
from February 7, 2022 (commencement of operations) through
September 30, 2022 |
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financial statements referred to throughout are consolidated.
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Basis for Opinion
These
financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based
on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to
be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal
securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We
conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those
standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable
assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement whether due to error or fraud.
Our
audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material
misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and
performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included
examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in
the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities
owned as of September 30, 2025, by correspondence with the custodian and
brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other
auditing procedures. Our audits also included evaluating the
accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well
as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe
that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
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Emphasis of Matter – Liquidation
As
discussed in Note 11 to the financial statements, on November 17,
2025, the Board of Trustees approved the liquidation of CoinShares Bitcoin
Leverage ETF. The Fund will cease operations and distribute all remaining assets
to shareholders on or around December 16, 2025. Our opinion is not modified with
respect to this matter.
We
have served as the Funds’ auditor since 2021
COHEN
& COMPANY, LTD.
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
November
26, 2025
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ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
The below information is required disclosure from
Form N-CSR
Item 8.
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants for Open-End Investment Companies.
There
were no changes in or disagreements with accountants during the period covered
by this report.
Item 9.
Proxy Disclosure for Open-End Investment Companies.
There
were no matters submitted to a vote of shareholders during the period covered by
this report.
Item 10.
Remuneration Paid to Directors, Officers, and Others of Open-End Investment
Companies.
Refer
to information provided within financial statements.
Item 11.
Statement Regarding Basis for Approval of Investment Advisory Contract.
Not
applicable as the investment advisory agreement was not approved during the
period covered by this report.