UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): June 7, 2024

 

 

VANECK BITCOIN TRUST

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware 001-41908 85-6811021
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)		 (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
     
666 Third Avenue, 9th Floor
New York, New York		   10017
     
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
     

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 293-2000

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
   
☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
   
☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
   
☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which
registered
Shares HODL Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company ☒

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

 

Effective May 31, 2024, MarketVector Indexes GmbH, the index sponsor and index administrator for the MarketVectorTM Bitcoin Benchmark Rate (the “Index”), replaced itBit with Bitfinex as a constituent trading platform used to calculate the Index. The current platform composition of the Index is Bitfinex, Bitstamp, Coinbase, LMAX and Kraken.

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: June 7, 2024

 

    VanEck Bitcoin Trust * 
       
    By: VanEck Digital Assets, LLC, as Sponsor of the Trust
       
    By: /s/ Jonathan R. Simon
    Name:       Jonathan R. Simon
    Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
   
* The registrant is a trust. The individual specified above is signing in his capacity as an officer of VanEck Digital Assets, LLC, the Sponsor of the registrant.
 
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