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Related Party Transactions
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2025
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions

7. Related Party Transactions

 

Certain officers of the Trust are affiliated with the Sponsor and are not paid any fees by the Trust for serving in such capacities.

 

The Initial Sponsor agreed to waive Sponsor fees for the first three months of the Trust’s operations, through April 10, 2024. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Trust incurred $791,603 in Sponsor Fees, of which, $156,867 was waived by the Initial Sponsor. For the nine months ended September 30, 2025, the Trust incurred $1,249,321 in Sponsor Fees.

 

On January 10, 2024, Valkyrie Funds LLC, at such time an affiliate of the Initial Sponsor, purchased 40,000 Shares at a per-Share price of $13.00. Delivery of these Shares was made on January 11, 2024. Total proceeds to the Trust from the sale of these Shares was $520,000.

 

On March 15, 2024, the Trust entered into an agreement with CoinShares Co., a Delaware corporation, to act as Co-Sponsor of the Trust in an advisory capacity. Effective June 14, 2024 (the “Effective Date”), the Initial Sponsor withdrew as Co-Sponsor to the Trust. Pursuant to Section 6.9 of the Trust Agreement, on the Effective Date of the Initial Sponsor’s withdrawal as Co-Sponsor to the Trust, CoinShares Co. automatically and without further action by the Co-Sponsor, Trustee or the Shareholders (as defined in the Trust Agreement) became the successor Sponsor and has all the powers, rights, duties and obligations of the Sponsor under the Trust Agreement.

 

Prior to CoinShares Co. assuming the role of Co-Sponsor and Sponsor, CoinShares Capital Markets (Jersey) Limited, an affiliate of the Sponsor, served as a Bitcoin Trading Counterparty of the Trust. In such role, CoinShares Capital Markets (Jersey) Limited fulfilled orders from the Trust for the purchase and sale of bitcoin. No orders for the purchase or sale of bitcoin were executed with CoinShares Capital Markets (Jersey) Limited on or since March 15, 2024, the date on which CoinShares Co. became a Co-Sponsor to the Trust. During the period that CoinShares Capital Markets (Jersey) Limited was a Bitcoin Trading Counterparty of the Trust, CoinShares Capital Markets (Jersey) Limited fulfilled purchase orders with an approximate value of $295 million.

 

As of September 30, 2025, affiliates of the Sponsor owned 18,140,000 Shares of the Trust.