Valuation of Bitcoin
The Trust applies FASB ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement, in the valuation of bitcoin held by the Trust and for financial statement
purposes. The fair market value price for bitcoin reflects the price that would be received for bitcoin in a current sale, which assumes an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date of bitcoin on its principal
market, generally, the most advantageous market. Market participants are defined as buyers and sellers in the principal or most advantageous market that are independent, knowledgeable, and willing and able to transact. The Trust determines its
principal market (or in the absence of a principal market the most advantageous market) on a periodic basis to determine which market is its Principal Market for the purpose of calculating fair value for the creation of quarterly and annual
financial statements. Issuer-specific events, market trends, bid/asked quotes of brokers and information providers and other data may be reviewed in the course of making a good faith determination of a securitys fair value.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The
Sponsor is not aware of any known trends, demands, commitments, events or uncertainties that will result in, or are reasonably likely to result in, material changes to the Trusts liquidity and capital resources needs.
The Trust will pay the Sponsor a unified fee of 0.25% per annum (the Sponsor Fee) as compensation for services performed under the
Trust Agreement. From January 9, 2024 until January 28, 2024, the Sponsor Fee was 0.39% per annum. Prior to January 9, 2024, the Sponsor Fee was 0.59% per annum. The Trusts only ordinary recurring expense is the Sponsor Fee. For
a 6-month period beginning January 11, 2024 the Sponsor has agreed to waive the entire Sponsor Fee on the first $5 billion of Trust assets.
Except for periods during which all or a portion of the Sponsor Fee is being waived, the Sponsor Fee will be accrued daily and paid monthly in
arrears in U.S. dollars, and will be calculated by Bank of New York Mellon (the Administrator). The Administrator will calculate the Sponsor Fee on a daily basis by applying the 0.25% annualized rate to the Trusts total net assets.
Except as noted below, the Sponsor has agreed to pay all of the Trusts ordinary expenses out of the Sponsors unified fee,
including, but not limited to, the Trustees fees, the fees of The Bank of New York Mellon (for its services as the Administrator, Transfer Agent, and Cash Custodian), the fees of the Bitcoin Custodian, the fees of the Execution Agent, Exchange
listing fees, SEC registration fees, printing and mailing costs, legal costs and audit fees. The Sponsor also paid the costs of the Trusts organization.
The Trust may incur certain extraordinary expenses that are not assumed by the Sponsor. These include, but are not limited to, taxes and
governmental charges, any applicable brokerage commissions, financing fees, Bitcoin network fees and similar transaction fees, expenses and costs of any extraordinary services performed by the Sponsor (or any other service provider) on behalf of the
Trust to protect the Trust or the interests of Shareholders (including, for example, in connection with any fork of the Bitcoin blockchain), any indemnification of the Sponsor, Cash Custodian, Bitcoin Custodian, Administrator or other agents,
service providers or counterparties of the Trust and extraordinary legal fees and expenses, including any legal fees and expenses incurred in connection with litigation, regulatory enforcement or investigation matters.
To cover the Sponsor Fee, and extraordinary expenses not assumed by the Sponsor, the Sponsor or its delegate will cause the Trust (or its
delegate) to instruct Galaxy Digital Funds LLC (the Execution Agent) to convert bitcoin held by the Trust into U.S. dollars. The NAV of the Trust and the number of bitcoins represented by a Share will decline each time the Trust accrues
the Sponsor Fee or any Trust expenses not assumed by the Sponsor. The Trust is not responsible for paying any costs associated with the transfer of bitcoin to or from the Trust in connection with paying the Sponsor Fee or in connection with creation
and redemption transactions.
The Trust from time to time will be required to sell bitcoin in such quantities as necessary to permit
payment of the Sponsor Fee and any Trust expenses and liabilities not assumed by the Sponsor. The Sponsor has engaged the Execution Agent to sell bitcoin on the Trusts behalf in such circumstances. At the direction of the Trust, the Execution
Agent will seek to sell bitcoin at approximately the price at which it is valued by the Trust and in the smallest amounts required to permit such payments as they become due, with the intention of minimizing the Trusts holdings of assets other
than bitcoin. Accordingly, the amount of bitcoin to be sold may vary from time to time depending on the level of the Trusts expenses and liabilities and the market price of bitcoin.
The Trust has not entered into any off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely
to have a current or future effect on the Trusts financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources and would be considered material to
Shareholders.
Cash Flows
A primary
cash flow activity of the Trust is to raise capital from Authorized Participants through the issuance of Shares. This cash is used to invest in bitcoin.
As of the date of this Report, each of ABN AMRO Clearing Chicago LLC, Citadel Securities LLC, Goldman Sachs & Co., Jane Street
Capital LLC, JP Morgan Securities Inc., Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., Marex Capital Markets Inc. and Virtu Americas LLC has executed a Participant Agreement and are the only Authorized Participants.
Results of Operations
FOR THE PERIOD
JANUARY 11, 2024 TO MARCH 31, 2024
The following graph illustrates the percentage changes in (i) the market price of
the Shares (as reflected by the line Market), (ii) the Trusts NAV (as reflected by the line NAV), and (iii) the closing levels of the Benchmark (as reflected by the line Lukka Prime Reference Rate
(USD)). There can be no assurances that the price of the Shares or the Trusts NAV will exceed the Benchmark levels.
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