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CREATIONS AND REDEMPTION OF SHARES

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2024

The Sponsor has the power and authority, without action or approval by the shareholders, to cause the Trust to issue Shares from time to time as it deems necessary and desirable, but only in one or more baskets (“Baskets”) of 5,000 shares based on the quantity of bitcoin attributable to each Share of the Trust (net of accrued but unpaid expenses and liabilities). The number of Shares authorized is unlimited. From time to time, the Sponsor may cause the Trust to divide or combine the Shares into a greater or lesser number without thereby changing the proportionate beneficial interests in the Trust, or in any way affecting the rights, of the shareholders, without action or approval by the shareholders. The ownership of Shares are recorded on the books of the Trust and/or a transfer (or similar agent) for the Trust. No certificates certifying the ownership of Shares are issued except as the Sponsor may otherwise determine from time to time. The Sponsor may make such rules as it considers appropriate for the issuance of share certificates, transfer of Shares and similar matters. The record books of the Trust as kept by the Trust, or by a transfer agent (or similar agent), as the case may be, are conclusive as to the identity of the shareholders and as to the number of Shares held time to time by each.

“Authorized Participants” are the only persons that may place orders to create or redeem Baskets. Each Authorized Participant must (i) be a registered broker-dealer or other securities market participant, such as a bank or other financial institution that is not required to register as a broker-dealer to engage in securities transactions, (ii) be a participant in The Depository Trust Company, and (iii) have entered into an Authorized Participant Agreement with the Trust.

The total deposit of cash required to create each Basket includes the cash equivalent of an amount of bitcoin that is in the same proportion to the total assets of the Trust less any accrued but unpaid expenses and liabilities. In order to calculate the amount of cash necessary for a creation Basket, the Trust administrator multiplies the NAV per share by the number of Shares in a creation Basket (5,000). Each night, the Sponsor or Trust administrator publish the amount of cash that will be required in exchange for each creation Basket the next business day. To the extent there is a difference between the price actually paid by the Trust to acquire a Creation Basket worth of bitcoin in the creation process compared to the cash value of the Creation Basket (i.e., if there is a difference between the amount paid by the Execution Agent on behalf of the Trust to purchase the requisite amount of bitcoin and the valuation of bitcoin as part of the Trust’s NAV calculation), that difference will also be charged to the creating Authorized Participant in the form of a variable fee.

NAV per Share for purposes of facilitating creations and redemptions of the Trust is computed each business day using the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate – New York Variant (the “Reference Rate”) as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time to value the Trust’s investment in bitcoin. The methodology of the Reference Rate used to value bitcoin for purposes of calculating NAV per Share may not be deemed consistent with GAAP and may be different from the value of bitcoin used in the Trust’s GAAP and may be different from the value of bitcoin used in the Trust’s GAAP financial statements.

Creation and redemption transactions of Shares of the Trust are shown in the Statements of Changes in Net Assets.